Alice Ross

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.

This has not gone down well

"They use the ranch for group holidays and are mulling renting it on Airbnb to make it financially self-sufficient." www.ft.com/content/0e9c...

Fights over wills are growing as the population ages - my latest article in FT Wealth @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/1e41...

Newsroom colleagues currently discussing this article 👀 www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lif...

This is such an interesting, thoughtful piece that is not overly critical and genuinely seeks to understand www.ft.com/content/a00c...

Is it ever right to give one child more money than the other? My cover story for this weekend's FT got a lot of debate - fascinating stories in the comments section www.ft.com/content/c006...

An 18-year-old who suddenly has access to tens of thousands of pounds? What could possibly go wrong? My column for this weekend's FT Money. www.ft.com/content/56fc...

Round of applause for this picture editor 👏👏

My column in this weekend's FT: isn't it a bit weird to want to leave the country to avoid inheritance tax if that means not seeing your offspring, who you want to inherit, as much? www.ft.com/content/7586...

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?

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: www.ft.com/content/eac4...

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 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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

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. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/a...

Ah yes, the familiar 'Oy!' greeting of the London cabbie 🤔 www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Congrats Sinéad!

An excellent take on the warning signs in the markets by @katie0martin.ft.com www.ft.com/content/c2b4...

Just a normal everyday walk in the countryside… oh

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

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.

"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." www.ft.com/content/2c3f...

“I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (Two other users subsequently added prayer emoji.) www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

“Of all the ingredients that can be sandwiched, it is, for me at least, the egg that is most ennobled by the act.” on.ft.com/4kTGYJk

The book I published with Penguin Business in 2020, Investing to Save the Planet, is on this pirated list from LibGen 😱 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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”. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t... www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

There's still uncertainty around this, but I was really struck by the WMO estimating that the long-term temperature rise is 1.34-1.41C above the pre-industrial level. It was only in 2021 that the IPCC said the world had warmed by 1.1C (based on years to 2020) on.ft.com/4hjSzhR

“It is unsigned because nobody at the company wants to be fired for sending it.” on.ft.com/4iLJPSB

Lambeth libraries are under threat with cuts looming of 25% - on an already stretched budget. Libraries are vital to so many people - one of the few places you can go without spending money, and a portal to so many worlds. Sign and share! #KidLitUK #SaveLibraries www.change.org/p/halt-the-2...

I wrote about the new breed of sustainable funds for the FT Weekend's Isas supplement: long story short, a label isn't a mark of quality but a description. www.ft.com/content/dd1d...

This is a big debate in sustainable investing right now: should defence be classified as ESG? www.ft.com/content/062f...

Wishing my fellow authors good luck on their school visits today! Stay strong, take biscuits.

Time for a bit of reality - a thread. Sales in the shop are doing well, but we're reliant on sales on the website to help pay the bills. The website is reliant on social media, particularly twitter. Since September, we've seen a big decline in people seeing our tweets.

When you’ve lost the telegraph…

Even the Daily Mail is cross

This is amazing www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Swiss train coffee cup - less than 1% plastic

not sure if Elon Musk has woken up to how toxic his brand has become among environmentally-conscious electric car buyers

Glad that The Bookseller (who I don't think are on here?) has covered this www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...

Amazing that The Nowhere Thief was loaned out more than 2,000 times in the past year by libraries - always an unexpected boost to get the Public Lending Right payment statement through!

I wrote about whether sustainable investing can survive Trump (spoiler:yes) but how the industry is finally ditching the ESG term to mean sustainable. This one is free to read! on.ft.com/4jofU4j