Alice Ross @aliceemross Twitter profile

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Alice Ross

4 months

I start today as Acting International Economy news editor - please send your research and hot takes my way as I get up to speed

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Alice Ross

@aliceemross

5 years

Chilling FT graphic today - how poorer each person across Europe would be under a no-deal Brexit:

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3 years

My favourite reader comment this morning

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@aliceemross

2 years

Watching the FT get printed

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3 years

A lovely thing - FT journos are going to offer each other's kids online classes to help out with homeschooling. Martin Wolf among others has volunteered - am currently wondering how advanced I can say my five-year old is so that I can attend myself.

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4 years

Was at a meeting with senior trade lawyers last week who were all cracking up at the idea that Boris would get an EU trade deal in just 11 months.

Is Boris Johnson heading for another Brexit crisis?

Critics claim his deadline of a trade deal with the EU by December 2020 is impossibly tight

www.ft.com

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3 years

Today's surreal story: the Taliban set up a helpline for concerned residents on WhatsApp, and Facebook has now shut it down.

WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul

Number meant to act as emergency hotline for Afghan civilians to report violence and looting

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

2 years

7yo daughter keeps asking if we can check in on the lettuce. Keep thinking this is going to be her first memory of UK politics when she’s grown up.

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@aliceemross

3 years

Energy provider writes to let me know my electricity bill is going up 38 per cent and gas bill up 21 per cent due to the crisis.

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@aliceemross

3 years

"Adopting a ‘madman’ negotiating strategy might be great politics, but it’s terrible for food supply chains."

Business urges Frost to cool trade tensions with Brussels

Exporters call for less abrasive stance and build consensus to avoid damaging economy

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

4 years

Some personal news: delighted to have been appointed Deputy News Editor at the FT, alongside the brilliant @Rebecca_Bream . And some very large shoes to fill after the long and distinguished reign of @TonyTassell !

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@aliceemross

3 years

So it’s lockdown and no bookshops are open, but it is still exciting that my book on investing and climate change is published today. You can pick up a copy online here!

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@aliceemross

2 years

Russia's stock market has fallen 45 per cent today. Just this morning.

Russian stocks plunge and rouble hits record low after Ukraine invasion

Central bank pledges to support the currency as traders prepare for ‘significant sanctions’

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

2 years

This is quite something

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@Ryanair

2 years

The UK Covid Alert Level has been increased from Level 3 to Level 4

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@aliceemross

7 years

Wow. Email from immigration lawyer in New York arrives: "The last few days have been extremely unsettling for us all.." 1/1

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@aliceemross

1 year

FT style guide has decided that data "will now always be singular" and there is uproar in the ranks

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@aliceemross

2 years

Some relatively good news for those worried about the new variant - BioNTech has said it will know in two weeks if its jab works against it - and six weeks to make a new one if not.

News updates from November 26: Coronavirus variant concerns send global stocks lower, nations...

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

5 years

This is clever as it effectively prevents all the other parties from telling people to vote for change in their slogans.

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@BritainElects

5 years

The Independent Group has become a political party: Change UK.

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@aliceemross

2 years

Our analysis on what Putin's partial mobilisation means is up: “If this is meant to scare Ukraine and the west into capitulating, it’s not going to work. When it fails, Putin will have even worse choices”

Why Vladimir Putin is raising the stakes in Ukraine war

Russian president’s move underscores his shrinking room for manoeuvre at home and on the battlefield

www.ft.com

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Alice Ross

@aliceemross

8 years

Imagine her opponent writing this email.

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@aliceemross

2 years

Some non-FT news: I'm delighted to announce that my children's book, The Nowhere Thief, will be published by @NosyCrow in March. It's about a girl stealing things from other worlds to sell in her family's antiques shop. I hope to be able to share more details soon!

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@aliceemross

2 years

Supply chain crisis hits @FT newsroom

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Alice Ross

@aliceemross

4 years

Well look what just arrived...💃

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@aliceemross

4 years

Some personal news: delighted to say I am writing a book on investment solutions to climate change. It will be published by @penguinrandom next autumn and a teaser read is here. Happy to receive all thoughts and tips on the topic!

Tackling climate change — an investor’s guide

What counts as a climate-friendly investment strategy?

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

3 years

5 year old comes up to where I'm working and asks: "Do you sometimes feel sad when you have noone to talk to except your computer?"

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@aliceemross

3 years

Things one doesn't expect to hear in the FT newsroom: "Where's the orgy copy?"

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@aliceemross

5 years

Brexit panto joke at theatre today: Evil fairy discussing a spell: This is more complicated than Brexit! Narrator: OH NO IT ISN’T! Evil fairy: No, it’s really not.

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@aliceemross

1 year

Thrilled to be able to share the cover of my children's book, The Nowhere Thief, out in March with @nosycrow and with a fabulous design by @2t2z ! Aimed at 9-12 year olds, it's available for pre-order here:

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@aliceemross

7 years

"All foreign born travelers who do not hold US Citizenship or Permanent residence should review their social media accounts and activity.."

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@aliceemross

3 years

Hats off to this candidate for most brazen pitch of the year - @PickardJE and @robertrcorr go on a pub crawl and write about it in the @FT .

London’s top 10 pubs by the river Thames

A toast to the UK capital’s finest waterfront watering holes — rich in history and offering good food and splendid views

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

2 years

The truth is that we all expected better of Matt Damon, writes @jemimajoanna

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@aliceemross

3 years

Today, in shocking, hard to believe news:

Women in finance say ‘mediocre’ male managers block progress

Report claims it is easier for men to succeed in the City despite making mistakes

www.ft.com

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Alice Ross

@aliceemross

11 months

Just Stop Oil protest not very well received at Glyndebourne just now

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@aliceemross

1 year

Apparently I am "an exciting new voice in children's literature" 😱 Very excited about this lovely review in @thebookseller for The Nowhere Thief!

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Alice Ross

@aliceemross

1 year

Happy publication day to The Nowhere Thief! Thank you so much to everyone that made this happen - ⁦ @LozWesty ⁩ ⁦ @tombonnick ⁩ ⁦ @ZoePlant89 ⁩ ⁦ @fionascoble ⁩ and all the lovely team at ⁦ @NosyCrow ⁩ who have been amazing.

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@aliceemross

4 years

Our latest Trade Secrets video on supply chain disruption amid coronavirus - @alanbeattie again, on the true environmental cost of trading flowers, meat and fruit globally.

Trade and the environment: why it's not all about air miles

Senior FT trade writer Alan Beattie explains how the true environmental cost of trading flowers, meat and fruit globally is becoming clearer as debate focuses on the carbon footprint of these...

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

2 years

@MattGarrahan Surely this is an audition for a role in Ted Lasso

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@aliceemross

2 years

Unilever has announced a business structure shake up and one of its top jobs is "President Ice Cream"

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@aliceemross

3 years

Our team has created this great graphic which shows you every country's emissions and pledges and their energy sources in a few simple clicks.

How each country’s emissions and climate pledges compare

A searchable dashboard of 193 countries’ historical emissions and future climate targets

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

1 year

inevitably, 'reply all' emails written wholly in Latin are now being sent around

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@aliceemross

4 years

Weird to start the first day of a new job alone in your own kitchen.

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@aliceemross

3 years

This seems like a good time to be manning the main newsdesk solo.

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@aliceemross

7 years

"Upon entry to the US always be courteous and do not engage officers at the Border posts in political or Trump related discussion"

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@aliceemross

3 years

I mean, I guess it is good the five-year old is learning about history? 😬

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@aliceemross

5 years

Some personal news: I'm excited to be editing a new newsletter at the FT called Trade Secrets, which will be out four times a week from Monday-Thursday, working with the brilliant @alanbeattie and @JamesPoliti among others. Trade nerds can sign up here:

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@aliceemross

4 years

The testing the eyesight thing was reminding me of something and I just realised it was not sweating.

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@aliceemross

5 months

Some news: I'll be taking up a new role at the @FT in January as acting International Economy news editor. Looking forward to having firm opinions on rate cut probabilities again (no really)

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@aliceemross

3 years

I am really in awe of @ChrisGiles_ - it is quite something to digest a Budget within minutes then explain it to all your colleagues including fluently answering questions from @martinwolf_ et al.

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@aliceemross

5 months

Wrote another book

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@aliceemross

7 years

"Travel outside of the US should be considered only if necessary. Delays will most definitely be an issue for all foreign born travelers"2/2

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@aliceemross

7 years

"..w/ specific reference to opinions etc + should scrub phones, delete work related posts and generally clear FB, instagram, twitter etc"

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@aliceemross

10 years

RT @quantumpirate I missed an Amazon drone delivery. http://t.co/myZ9y0yROz

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@aliceemross

1 year

Just six days to the official publication day of The Nowhere Thief! My author copies look too exciting in their box to unpack somehow

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@aliceemross

1 year

Beyond surreal to receive a first proof of my book in the post from @NosyCrow (with the cover printed separately for some reason!) It's so... shiny? And looks gorgeous! Anyone that wants to preorder a copy before March 2nd can do so here:

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@aliceemross

10 months

Update to FT style guide says: “Beware of the phrase ‘working mother’ (we wouldn't say 'working father').” So true.

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@aliceemross

2 years

Love the arse-covering pitch from reporters. “Would you like a story on this? It’s not very interesting. But let me know if you’d like something.”

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@aliceemross

4 years

Our splash on Dominic Cummings has 3,400 comments - more than I can ever remember. People have views.

Boris Johnson sorry for public ‘anger and pain’ after Cummings defends trips

Prime minister stands by aide and announces new plans to reopen shops next month

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@aliceemross

9 years

Left my phone on the plane and had it returned by personal post by @americanair stewardess Debra Aguilar #uplifting http://t.co/9T310IiKnm

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@aliceemross

4 years

I have finished my book. That was intense. Going to have a lie down, or drink something strong. Or both.

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@aliceemross

4 years

Poll on the Telegraph's website.

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@aliceemross

4 years

We've launched a video series on Trade Secrets taking you through the hot topics in globalisation and supply chains right now. Check out this intro to globalisation from @alanbeattie on the Romans, the Mongols, the Black Death and beyond.

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@aliceemross

2 years

What I am taking from this piece from Martin Wolf on the BBC is that the FT has the smallest level of mistrust of all the news brands in the UK.

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@aliceemross

2 years

What are the odds of this?! Wordle 216 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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@aliceemross

1 year

So thrilled that The Nowhere Thief has been chosen by #PrimarySchoolBookClub as its book to read over April! Thank you!

#PrimarySchoolBookClub

@PrimarySchoolBC

1 year

It’s time! 🕗 Our #PrimarySchoolBookClub 📚Pick (March) we’ve voted to read over April is... THE NOWHERE THIEF @aliceemross Cover artwork: #FedericaFrenna @NosyCrow See you to discuss&vote in next #PrimarySchoolBookClub 📚on Thursday 27th April. Thanks for voting&happy reading!

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@aliceemross

3 years

Exciting to see my book in the window of the local bookshop!

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@aliceemross

4 years

My book is due in tomorrow and, driven by some long dormant student impulse, I went out to buy some emergency dinner.

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@aliceemross

1 year

SCOOP: Sam Bankman-Fried’s main international FTX exchange held just $900mn in easily sellable assets against $9bn of liabilities the day before it collapsed into bankruptcy, according to investment materials seen by the Financial Times.

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@aliceemross

11 months

When the official came back on stage he said that they had informed the Just Stop Oil protesters that Glyndebourne was the only opera house in the world to have its own wind turbine

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@aliceemross

3 years

Just a casual Sunday making dog leaping videos

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@aliceemross

4 years

City of London says we need to "reimagine" the city as it sets out a 5-yr recovery plan to encourage small businesses and those in the arts sector to come back, with flexible travel tix that recognise the new WFH normal. Scoop by @DanielThomasLDN

City of London seeks to ‘reinvent itself’ after pandemic

Square Mile looks to start-ups and flexible ways of working with 5-year recovery plan

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

4 years

I can confirm that trying to work from home with kids in tow - just have the one right now as well - is a total nightmare. Counts of "Mummy?" currently averaging five a minute.

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@aliceemross

6 years

Pleased to be doing a new gig at the @FT as Wealth Correspondent and editor of the @ft_wealth magazine. All wealth stories my way please!

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@aliceemross

4 years

Immunity to Covid-19 may be shortlived: a study shows that just 4.4 per cent of Brits had antibodies in September, *down* from 6 per cent in June.

Covid-19 herd immunity theory dealt blow by UK research

Testing of more than 350,000 people shows that antibodies fade within few months

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

3 years

Only in the @FT can we pivot seamlessly from a discussion of a sex party to the EU's €1.8tn recovery fund.

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@aliceemross

1 year

Very exciting to see The Nowhere Thief included as a highlight of the season by ⁦ @thebookseller ⁩ in their Buyer’s Guide for children’s books!

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@aliceemross

3 years

A must read - @RobinWigg on how Archegos managed to rack up such massive positions: "In truth, it seems more like a Reddit day trader got access to a Goldman Sachs credit card and went bananas."

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@aliceemross

4 years

This is starting to feel a little rude

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@aliceemross

1 year

Well now I'm wondering if this was their plan all along 🧐

The Bookseller

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1 year

Puffin has announced plans to publish a classic collection of Roald Dahl’s works to keep the original text in print following the "challenging" debate surrounding the publisher’s recent changes to new editions. Read here:

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@aliceemross

1 year

Great @FT graphic here on when the strikes are this month - helpful!

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@aliceemross

4 years

Macron saying France will go back into lockdown on Friday. Schools will remain open. People will need special permits to leave their homes again.

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@aliceemross

1 year

Fan mail - crikey. Can confirm that fan mail as a journalist is not this good.

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@aliceemross

3 years

Love these moments of positive stories in this pandemic. Our scoop: Scientists in Germany claim to have solved the blood-clot puzzle with the AZ and J&J vaccines

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@aliceemross

2 years

The longer the queue gets, the more I want to join it

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@aliceemross

1 year

@Enchantedbooks @NosyCrow Thank you so much for this lovely review!

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@aliceemross

3 years

Just a quiet day at the office. You'll really have to scrape the barrel for news when you're editing the week of Christmas, they said.

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@aliceemross

2 years

Happy 2021 Christmas!

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@aliceemross

3 years

The main story to follow today

Jim Pickard 🐋

@PickardJE

3 years

seeing lots of excited speculation today but I’ll eat my hat if the Lib Dems win here - one of the most true blue seats in the country

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3 years

My favourite thing about group Zoom calls is complimenting someone's cat on DM then seeing them smile when they open the message.

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@aliceemross

6 years

Enjoying interview with Steve Bannon in the Sunday Times magazine where he tells them: "The Financial Times are communists."

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@aliceemross

1 year

It felt fitting to end my last day on the main news desk at the @FT with a news alert on China's decisive break with zero-Covid, which has dominated the news agenda since I joined the desk in 2020. A fantastic job on a fantastic paper: I will miss it!

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1 year

What a week! Four schools, eight assemblies, one brilliant book launch party as The Nowhere Thief was published on #WorldBookDay2023 . Trying to decide between passing out or a stiff drink now!

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@aliceemross

4 years

Just sent an email in which I referred to various trade charts as "really fun" and am now pondering my life decisions.

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@aliceemross

5 years

I always mean to use my train journey to get ahead on the day’s financial news before getting to work. The reality is that I end up reading whatever @MarinaHyde has just written. (And this is not a complaint.)

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@aliceemross

3 years

Great new opportunity at the FT in the form of an economics fellowship in memory of our former economics editor Sir Samuel Brittan: spend six months as an intern split between the leader and economics team. Deadline for applications at the end of April.

Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship

Journalism fellowship for economics journalists

www.ft.com

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2 years

If you read one thing today let it be this, from our colleague ⁦ @miss_marriage ⁩

‘Charlie probably knew far better than the rest of us that death was coming’

My almost-twin lived with and learnt from a hidden disability

www.ft.com

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3 years

Lol - and the comment is in:

Abrdn: disemvoweled

FT Aalphaaviillee is unimpressed.

www.ft.com

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@aliceemross

1 year

I'm thrilled that The Nowhere Thief has been included in the #PrimarySchoolBookClub March 2023 vote this evening. Head to @PrimarySchoolBC and vote for it using the pinned tweet!