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Jo Ellison

Deputy Editor, FT Weekend & HTSI Editor

Jo Ellison is the FT’s HTSI 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 Life & Arts pages.
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  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: the big names of the season

    Stephen Jones, Grace Coddington, Anna Sui and Duran Lantink join a legendary fashion issue

    Chemena Kamali (back row, third from left) and models backstage at Chloé AW24
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Life & Arts
    No, seriously: don’t f*** with cats

    The peculiar politics of modern pet ownership

    Taylor Swift cuddles a long-haired cat
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: Beetlejuice, bothy chic and baked beans

    The best things start with a B

    Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: Evgeny Lebedev, falafel and a new dance star

    A new season starts here 

    Evgeny Lebedev in the reception room at his home in Hampton Court Park, London
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Life & Arts
    What’s the story? Oasis glory

    The band’s getting back together. But what does it all mean?

    A black-and-white photo of four young white males in casual coats posing confidently for the camera.
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    HTSI
    Gucci Westman is hitting the spot

    In its first six years, Westman Atelier has become the go-to brand for a flawless complexion. What’s next? A cover-up, of course

    Gucci Westman photographed at home in New York State
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast21 min listen
    How ‘The Body Next Door’ gets true crime storytelling right

    The series’ director Gareth Johnson speaks to guest host Jo Ellison about what it takes to make a true crime show that goes beyond the tropes

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Life & Arts
    ‘Demurity’ and the memeification of modern life

    TikTok memes may be silly, but they’re also the great social emollient of the 2020s

    A screenshot image of a young woman in make-up and long blonde hair along with various emoticons on screen
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    Life & Arts
    The mysterious appeal of the superyacht summer

    What better way for the mega-rich to show off their powers than to corral famous people on board and hold them captive for sport?

    A helicopter approaches a large modern yacht at sea
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: summer with Sienna

    The enduring sunshine appeal of our cover star

    Sienna Miller wears Gucci velvet and lace embroidered dress, £9,680. Ilaria Icardi gold, diamond and emerald Snake ring, £5,680. Bracelet, Sienna’s own
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    HTSI
    A tale of two Tyrols

    The Dolomites are awash with luxury hotels. But where is the real deal?

    Bedlinen drying outside at the Hotel Briol, above Barbiano
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Olympic mirror on the wall . . . who’s the fittest of them all?

    The Games have begun. And the fashions are going for gold 

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to sport it

    Welcome to the adrenaline issue

    Igor Ramírez García-Peralta under the Wadi Mibam waterfall, Oman
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Life & Arts
    The brassy brilliance of Angela Rayner 

    Forget the critics, the deputy prime minister is the most relatable MP I’ve ever seen

  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: summer hosting come rain or shine 

    Seven tastemakers set the scene for a meal to remember 

    Amber Guinness and her husband Matthew Bell prepare a table to eat outside in Tuscany
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Jill Biden, Vogue and the torture of bad timing

    A week is a long time in politics. In the world of monthly publications, it can be an eternity 

    A smiling blonde woman in a white coat dress with the words ‘Vogue’ in capital letters behind her
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Is quick-fire decision-making always best?

    In a world of infinite choices, rapid thinking has become a superpower

  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: make your escape

    From hiking in Madeira to the female freedivers of Japan’s Mie Prefecture

    A freediver in Ago Bay, Japan
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: life in the fast lane

    Meet the inspirational female founders doing things their way

    Eighteen-year-old French racing driver Lola Lovinfosse in the Charlotte Tilbury Hotlips car, operated by Rodin Motorsport
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Rupert Murdoch
    Marriage à la Rupert Murdoch

    When it comes to love, what cosy webs billionaires do weave

  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: an ode to Debo

    In praise of the late Chatsworth châtelaine, a thought-leader lands in Venice – and a big scream for ice-cream

    Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, at Chatsworth in 2003
  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    Life & Arts
    The great hospitality gripe list

    Have you got a hotel pet peeve? Let’s talk about it

  • Saturday, 25 May, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to get your viral kicks – from Topjaw to Oaxaca

    Because nothing says personalised like a ‘For You’ page

    Topjaw’s Will Warr (left) and Jesse Burgess in Speedboat Bar, London
  • Saturday, 25 May, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Could sartorial competence help win the election?

    Political success starts with the wardrobe 

  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Luxury goods
    Gucci focused on building ‘sound foundations’, says Kering executive

    Deputy chief executive Francesca Bellettini was tasked last year with turning around flagship brand

    A window display featuring an outfit from the Gucci Lido collection by Gucci’s creative director Sabato De Sarno, at a Gucci on in Via Monte Napoleone in Milan, Italy
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