Ellen Halliday joined Tortoise in 2020. Previously, she was the Economist’s Nico Colchester Fellow, reporting on European affairs from Brussels. Her work on areas including politics, culture and human rights has appeared in the Times, Atlantic, New Statesman and elsewhere.
Ellen Halliday
Reporter
“In my career, I hope to uncover stories that matter, hold power to account and give voice to people who often go unheard. Tortoise does all that, with style.”
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Saturday 6 November 2021
08:30-09:30 GMT
Who should pay to save the rainforest?
A Cop26 series ThinkIn, looking at rainforest preservation and protection.
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Thursday 2 December 2021
Tory MPs signed up to a conference of men’s rights activists
Tortoise has found that two Conservative parliamentarians committed to speak at an online event organised by “anti-feminists”
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Thursday 11 November 2021
Exponential EVs
The gap between electric vehicle uptake and the infrastructure to charge them is growing. The hassle that will cause could put drivers off
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Wednesday 10 November 2021
There are two planets at Cop
The success of the summit depends on the powerful wielders of the negotiating pen heeding the warnings of the young, of activists and of indigenous peoples
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Wednesday 3 November 2021
Financing forests
On day two of Cop more than 100 countries joined forces to protect 85 per cent of the world’s forests. What’s not to like? We’ve tried this before and it didn’t work, but apart from that it’s a big step forward
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Wednesday 27 October 2021
In a climate crisis, land is power
“Green lairds” are buying up Scotland to offset emissions and green their reputations. They can make a difference – but communities must have more say
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Wednesday 13 October 2021
To get young people back to offices, encourage don’t chide
The British government is trying to make people return to city centres. They’re going precisely the wrong way about it
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Wednesday 29 September 2021
What do the German elections mean for Cop26?
The truth is: very little. But that says more about Cop than it does about Germany, which has a chance to lead global climate policy once its governing coalition is decided
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Tuesday 21 September 2021
Can capitalism save the rainforests?
The global fight against climate change depends on us protecting the natural resources we still have left. We should be prepared to pay for that
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Wednesday 15 September 2021
The Arms Race
On Covid and climate, rich countries can’t afford to be selfish
Due to vaccine inequality, trust is breaking down ahead of the crucial Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow. Genuine solidarity is needed to solve both transnational crises
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Tuesday 17 August 2021
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Eurasian migration
What just happened
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Monday 16 August 2021
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Twenty years on
What just happened
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Thursday 3 June 2021
The second couple at No.10
The invisible fixer
When Tortoise journalists set out to find a photograph of one of the most influential figures in British politics, they were astounded to find that just one existed
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Tuesday 18 May 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: FTSE silent on disability
What just happened
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Thursday 29 April 2021
Nine FTSE 100 companies stopped reporting on gender pay last year
During the pandemic, the government changed the law so that companies no longer had to publicly disclose the difference between what they pay men and women. The latest update of Tortoise’s Responsibility100 Index reveals how 2020 changed the FTSE 100
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Thursday 29 April 2021
The problem with corporate climate targets
Emissions pledges have become a trendy tool through which companies show off their “green” credentials. They’re just talk
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Thursday 22 April 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Fossil fools
What just happened
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Tuesday 6 April 2021
Slow Reviews Part III
Toy Story
Ellen Halliday on the Pixar movie that changed the art, ambition and business of animation
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Tuesday 30 March 2021
Why Alex Salmond’s shambolic party launch has rocked Scottish politics
Streaming ineptitude overshadowed the former first minister’s online press conference, but his ambitions should be taken seriously
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Friday 26 March 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Genocide in Xinjiang?
What just happened
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Monday 15 March 2021
This is a reckoning
Women must be able to reclaim the streets – not just to walk but to wander and explore. Until we can walk without fear, we have very little freedom at all
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Wednesday 3 March 2021
The Covid Variants
Know your killer viruses
A global battle to contain Covid-19 is underway, with the vaccine pitted against the virus and its unpredictable mutations. What do we know about the variants now stalking the world?
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Thursday 11 February 2021
A year of Covid
No silver bullet
Our understanding of Covid, and of how to treat it, has grown enormously over the past year. But mortality hasn’t significantly fallen
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Friday 5 February 2021
The life and death of an English river
As the River Lea progresses to the Thames, it is sullied and poisoned. Its plight, shared by waterways all over the country, should not be ignored
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Thursday 4 February 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Dateline Brexit
What just happened
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Wednesday 3 February 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Science 3 – Covid 2
What just happened
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Tuesday 26 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Tesco’s awkward pay gap
What just happened
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Monday 25 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Tesco’s awkward pay gap
What just happened
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Friday 22 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Tomorrow in Moscow
What just happened
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Thursday 21 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: New US management
What just happened
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Thursday 14 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Trump vs. the rebels
What just happened
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Wednesday 13 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Scorched earth
What just happened
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Friday 18 December 2020
Is the UK losing its edge on AI?
The country comes third in Tortoise’s AI Index, which seems impressive until you start looking closer…
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Thursday 3 December 2020
Who is leading the world in AI?
The UK slips back and China gains ground on the USA
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Friday 27 November 2020
Scottish Independence
Further reading
For those who want more answers to the Scottish Question
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Friday 20 November 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker: RAF Space Command
What just happened
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Tuesday 13 October 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker, 13 October 2020
What just happened
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Wednesday 21 April 2021
China’s war on fashion
How the high street retailer H&M got caught in the middle of a fierce argument over modern slavery.
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Thursday 25 March 2021
You’re gonna need a bigger canal
The story of a giant ship, the Ever Given, and how it got stuck in the Suez Canal – costing billions in delays