Jennifer Lucy Allan, known informally as Jen, is a British musicologist, writer and radio presenter. Allan was educated at the University of Sheffield, where she obtained a BA in philosophy, and at City, University of London, where she achieved an MA in magazine journalism. She has written for The Guardian The Quietus, and The Wire, being online editor for the latter. Allan runs a record label, 'Arc Light Editions'. She is credited as 'spiritual adviser' on the album Throne by experimental musician , who says she "guided me during periods of extreme self-doubt while recording".