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Alice Ross

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Double identity as writer of children's fantasy and journalist at the FT. Books: THE NOWHERE THIEF (2023), INVESTING TO SAVE THE PLANET (2020). Shortlisted for Breakthrough Book in The Week Junior awards 2024. Rep: @da-childrens.bsky.social

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Nov 15

Greetings, new followers. Due to my dual identity I will be variously posting about sustainable investment/climate finance but also the publishing industry and children's books. Apologies in advance for the confusion.

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Sep 14

Those expressions on their faces 😑

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Aug 29

I still regularly get this theme tune stuck in my head. “One for all and all for one…”

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jul 28

Enjoying the comments on this. For me it's the angle between the right knee and hip that is mad - how could nobody have spotted this before it went to print?

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · Jul 28

I thought the worst thing about it was the ridiculous hyper-airbrushed texture we’ve come to expect from this nonsense technology and then I saw the actual full ad and apparently this fake woman made of environmental ruin and stolen art is about eight feet tall

An AI generated image of a blond woman wearing a black and white horizontal striped dress in front of a blue wall. She appears to have legs the length of which would look more appropriate on a literal Barbie doll.

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jul 27

A reasonable policy

Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jul 27

Having to put on a jumper in the office because of the aircon feels increasingly ridiculous - but offices of the future are looking at ways to avoid this via more energy efficient/climate-friendly cooling methods. My piece for Work and Careers this week:

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jul 22

It’s muggy - - a T-shirt is fine :)

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chloehadj.bsky.social @chloehadj.bsky.social · Jul 6

I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jul 3

One of my bugbears: if you tell people they are naturally a certain way, they will lean into it. Bit of a nature vs nurture debate that has naturally upset those that like to think women and men are definitely different.

on.ft.com/4leqnjh Stop telling women they are cautious investors

Stop telling women they are cautious investors

As the gender investment gap rises, it’s time to make lazy gender categorisations a thing of the past

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jun 27

“Had I ever learned, I should have been a great proficient”

Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jun 27

This interview is giving strong Lady Catherine de Bourgh vibes…

on.ft.com/46fcIn9 Eric Trump opens door to political dynasty

Eric Trump opens door to political dynasty

[FREE TO READ] ‘If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family,’ president’s son says in an interview

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Jun 17

I took the train to Brussels to see Alfred Brendel's farewell concert in 2008 because the London one was sold out, and was struck by all the young people there who'd popped in before going clubbing: as they said, he was one of the greats. End of an era.

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Alfred Brendel, Bravura Pianist Who Forged a Singular Path, Dies at 94

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · May 30

Ah yes, the familiar 'Oy!' greeting of the London cabbie 🤔

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 10

Congrats Sinéad!

Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · Apr 10

It's #LolaAndLarchMendAMagicMess Day! Book 4 officially publishes today, and I've got my celebratory dandelion ready. Huge thanks to the team @nosycrow.bsky.social for publishing the series; to Rachel Seago, for her art, and to YOU, for readin' 'em. Grab your copy now!

A mug with a green handle, the body of which is decorated with illustrations from the Lola and Larch series. In the mug is a toy white rabbit whose face is partly obscured by a dandelion flower. Beside the rabbit in the mug is a copy of Lola and Larch Mend A Magic Mess, written by Sinéad O'Hart, illustrated by Rachel Seago, published by Nosy Crow. The book and mug are laid flat on the grass, and a dandelion stalk is sticking up between them. Photo is taken from above.

Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 7

An excellent take on the warning signs in the markets by @katie0martin.ft.com

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Markets could get a lot worse — and quickly

The concern now among bankers and hedge fund managers is that something, somewhere could break

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 7

I heard from someone in film that they are stopping making movies where there are any visual clues/explanations of what’s happening: everything has to be verbal, as they assume people are also looking at their phones while it’s on.

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 6

Just a normal everyday walk in the countryside… oh

Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 3

It’s one of those traders looking stressed at screens days…

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · Apr 3

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · Apr 3

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Apr 2

"The race was the most expensive judicial contest in US history — with total campaign contributions of nearly $100mn — and was seen as a test case for Musk’s political might outside Washington."

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Elon Musk-backed judge loses Wisconsin race as liberals surge

Republicans retain US House seats in Florida special elections but Democratic vote rises

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Mar 24

“I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (Two other users subsequently added prayer emoji.)

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Mar 24

Reattaching for convenience

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Mar 24

“Of all the ingredients that can be sandwiched, it is, for me at least, the egg that is most ennobled by the act.”

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A three-tier theory of sandwiches

[FREE TO READ] So you thought an egg sandwich was simple? You thought wrong

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Mar 22

The book I published with Penguin Business in 2020, Investing to Save the Planet, is on this pirated list from LibGen 😱

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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · Mar 21

Many authors I know have been horrified to find their books on this pirated list used by Meta to train AI according to an Atlantic investigation. The Society of Authors has said in a statement it is “appalling behaviour”.

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