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Jo Ellison

Deputy editor, FT Weekend & How To Spend It editor
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, 24 July, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The strange fascination of ‘Sex and the City’ 

    Carrie and co are set for a comeback — but can a late-1990s drama really be rebooted?

  • Saturday, 17 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Freedom Day? Just give me a minute

    For the virus, the lifting of all restrictions in England signals a free-for-all

  • Saturday, 10 July, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: beauty may not be a necessity, but it is an eternal source of joy

    Rock stars at Louis Vuitton, regeneration in Beirut and running up cliffs in the Dolomites

  • Saturday, 3 July, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: art to make the heart beat faster

    We take you to three creative hubs

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Let’s not be so laissez-faire about affairs

    If someone can tell bald-faced lies to their family and friends, why should we trust them to do their job?

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Can career envy be a good thing?

    Measuring our own achievements against others’ can fuel our ambition — or cause chaos

  • Saturday, 19 June, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: get your motor running…. We’re planning to escape

    From superyachts on the high seas to motorbikes in Andalusia, it’s time to make a fast getaway

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Arts
    The beauty of the unquiet mind

    ‘Madness’, creativity and the post-pandemic culture

  • Saturday, 12 June, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: Palermo reborn, eco-planting and perfect hostess style

    The Sicilian capital reclaims its cool, Cordelia de Castellane dishes up the perfect table and gardening gets aspirational

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  • Saturday, 5 June, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: adolescence, interrupted

    We salute the resilience of youth – and treasure summer’s forever friendships

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Naomi Osaka’s unexpected strength

    The world’s highest-paid female athlete has stepped away from tennis — and taken back her power

  • Saturday, 29 May, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: an elegant summer

    Ferraris, men’s tuxedos and fresh flowers bring old-fashioned grace to the season ahead

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Life & Arts
    ‘Murdur’, method and the majesty of Mare of Easttown

    Why we’re all falling for Kate Winslet again

  • Saturday, 22 May, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: on your marks, get set...

    Go! As the borders slowly open we anticipate adventures yet to come

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Chicken soup and the soul of a city

    Why can’t London protect great dining institutions like St John’s Wood’s Harry Morgan?

  • Saturday, 8 May, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: Happiness is . . . 

    ... Damien Hirst’s cherry blossoms, hand-knits, hard tech. And topiary

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Ode to a Pukka Pad — a lockdown love story

    The humble Jotta may not have the cachet of its designer counterparts but it has been a dependable link to sanity in lockdown

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Tony Blair and the hammer hair of horror

    The full impact of lockdown has finally been revealed

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe Hope Issue
    HTSI editor’s letter: Jonathan Anderson guest edits the Hope issue

    This first guest-edited issue is built around optimism, and the inspirational people who make the world a brighter place 

  • Saturday, 24 April, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: a spritz of the zeitgeist

    Do you say luxury with diamonds or a digital cleanse?

  • Saturday, 17 April, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: when beautiful things are bewitching

    The spring Design Special celebrates the magical, the masterful… and the marlin

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    Film
    Hooray for the new Hollywood

    Is it the end of an era for the rudest town on Earth?

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Help! I got stuck in the lockdown time machine

    Have I been missing my old life — or a fantasy version of it?

  • Saturday, 3 April, 2021
    How To Spend It
    Editor’s letter: the right of spring

    Dance, paint, get dressed up and moisturise. Welcome to the reawakening

  • Saturday, 27 March, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: come on, get mappy

    An audience with Renzo Piano – and finding our happy place

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