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Jo Ellison is the FT’s How To Spend It editor. She was educated at Edinburgh University where she read history. Prior to joining the FT, in August 2014, she was the features director of British Vogue. Her column appears on the style pages.
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  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: what do women want to wear now?

    Feelgood classics, hero pieces and something seductive. The style issue explores the wardrobe of spring  

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The wisdom of terrible career advice

    It worked for them. So do the opposite

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: the art of being mild

    Welcome to the new gentle

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Dry January is done. Should we start drinking again?

    You’ve solved your drinking problem. Now for the rest of them

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The convenience and the curse of family success

    Euan Blair has built a $200m business that draws on his father’s political legacy. Ivanka Trump may not be so lucky

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Should we quit social media, too?

    Harry and Meghan have ditched their digital platforms. Is this the beginning of an analogue revival?

  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: wishing you a happy new you

    Welcome to our guide to feeling your very best in 2021

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    How to find your motivation in the new year from hell

    Step one: surrender to the suck

  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: why pets saved our sanity in 2020

    It’s time to thank the four-legged divas who were the real stars of this year

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  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to give it in 2020

    Activists, conservationists and random acts of kindness star in this philanthropy special

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    Life & Arts
    It’s beginning to look a lot like Groundhog Christmas

    We’ve kicked off the festive season earlier than ever. Can we handle a full month of holly, jolly cheer?

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: welcome to the next act

    It’s time to shake off months of introspection and start to think about the months ahead. We’ve plenty of inspirational stories to get you going

  • Saturday, 28 November, 2020
    How To Spend It
    Editor’s letter: why it’s time to raise some cheer

    How to celebrate when the guest list is “exclusive” and social distancing applies? We’ve got some ideas...

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ made all the right moves

    As the Netflix series shows, what we really want right now is an old-fashioned bedtime story

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: In search of beauty? Follow the links…

    Bulgari baroque, Alison Jacques’ artistic mission and a paean to the polo shirt star in HTSI this week

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Princess Nut Nut or avenging angel?

    Why I can’t get Carrie Symonds figured out

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: presents, at least, cannot be postponed...

    It’s time to unwrap the annual HTSI gift list. And more

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    How To Spend ItThe How To Spend It Gift Guide
    HTSI gift guide: Jo Ellison’s traditional presents with a twist

    HTSI’s editor kicks off a series of present wishlists from How To Spend It Contributors

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: we need some face time

    Beauty is more than skin deep – but you knew that already

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Lockdown Two unleashes the selfish gene

    Covid fatigue has found us all exploiting loopholes in the rules

  • Saturday, 31 October, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: the new era of travel

    Where to go? How to go? Should we go? Conversations we’re having about going away

  • Saturday, 31 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    2020 — year of the ghoul

    Who needs Halloween in a year that has brought us horror every day?

  • Saturday, 24 October, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: on how to spend it... wisely

    Ideas for the conscious consumer – from sustainable fashion to survival kits 

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Is the mute button turning us into cyborgs?

    The long-term effects of remote working are eroding the boundaries of basic human decency

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: a portrait of the world in transition

    How a photographer captured forgotten China – and the architect building the future

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