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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.
Email Jo Ellison @jellison  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: don’t hold your breath

    And other ways to relax this weekend

  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Life & Arts
    Beauty and the beastly

    The quest for physical perfection has become a horror show

  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    HTSI
    Simone Bellotti – the brand whisperer at Jil Sander

    Can the designer who transformed Bally bring the same magic to the OG house of minimalism?

    Simone Bellotti at the Jil Sander HQ in Milan. Behind him is the 15th-century Castello Sforzesco
  • Saturday, 17 January, 2026
    Life & Arts
    The merit of a monstrous parent

    Learning to navigate a charismatic but chaotic father prepped me for life in the real world

    Donald Trump is reflected in Susie Wiles’s sunglasses as he speaks to reporters on the White House lawn.
  • Saturday, 3 January, 2026
    Life & Arts
    Please don’t talk about my generation

    The debate around age divides has peaked. Let’s make it stop

    A row of brightly coloured lit birthday candles
  • Saturday, 3 January, 2026
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to feel good in 2026

    Kickstart the new year with Jack O’Connell, transcendental meditation and a bit of bend and stretch

    HTSI cover star Jack O’Connell
  • Saturday, 27 December, 2025
    Life & Arts
    What makes a perfect holiday film?

    It’s the season of male vulnerability, 10-bed mansions and a ‘fantasy of goodwill’

    In a scene from ‘Home Alone’, Macaulay Culkin, wearing a festive woolly cap and winter coat, shops for groceries in a supermarket produce section.
  • Saturday, 20 December, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: take a bow 2025

    Amadeus actor Will Sharpe stars in our final issue of the year

  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to give it this holiday season

    Introducing the annual philanthropy issue 

    Phoebe Gates at home in New York
  • Saturday, 6 December, 2025
    Life & Arts
    It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide 

    Tips from a pro

  • Saturday, 6 December, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: the making of a British icon

    Burberry, Mike Skinner and Jane Austen lead a line-up of greats

    Mike Skinner photographed at home in London
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    The Aesthete
    The Streets’ Mike Skinner talks taste

    The singer-songwriter loves Daft Punk, aliens and drum machines

    Mike Skinner in his sitting room/studio at home in London
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to find your people

    From sumo wrestlers to wig wearers and tabletop gamers, we’re all looking for our tribe

    Joy Crookes and Imran Perretta
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The lovelorn bards of London

    Self-help musings are all over the city’s streets — is this a sign that social media is leaking into the real world?

  • Saturday, 22 November, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: sound the trumpets for a festive celebration

    March into a party season of fine wines, fine clothes and fine food

    The King’s Troop
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    HTSI
    The obsessive fascinations of Alec Cobbe

    At home with the master of country-house style – and his 55 pianos

    Alec Cobbe in the saloon at Hatchlands
  • Saturday, 15 November, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: are you a Type-A type?

    Meet an art-world hero, a foodie wunderkind and a middle-aged man with a kettlebell

    Harland Miller at home in Norfolk
  • Saturday, 15 November, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Have you switched to private yet?

    The new rules of cool

  • Friday, 14 November, 2025
    HTSI
    Joy Crookes and Imran Perretta: the best of British-Bangladeshi

    The singer and filmmaker bond over their common heritage, artistic catharsis and D’Angelo

    Imran Perretta and Joy Crookes at The Rookery Garden, south London
  • Saturday, 8 November, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: have yourself a very retro Christmas

    This year’s festive issue visits the friendly ghosts of seasons past

    Choosing Keeping glass Robin on a Clip ornament, £40
  • Saturday, 8 November, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The Louvre heist is a tale too good to muddy with the facts

    The museum jewel theft has captured the world’s imagination — and the internet is not letting the story rest

  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    FT SeriesThe HTSI holiday gift guide 2025
    16 gifts for homebodies – with a taste for granny chic

    The HTSI editor wants fancy fabrics, floral linens and a frou-frou shade

  • Saturday, 1 November, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: reinvent your life, your home – and your lunchbox

    Our autumn property special showcases masters of transformation, from Gabriel Chipperfield to Colman Domingo

    Colman Domingo wears Brunello Cucinelli leather and shearling jacket, £9,200, cotton shirt, £620, and wool flannel trousers, £860. Dolce & Gabbana leather Derby shoes, £925
  • Saturday, 1 November, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The step-count conundrum

    Just how many really count?

    A person with dark nail polish taps their smartwatch during a workout.
  • Saturday, 25 October, 2025
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: should I tell you about my favourite holiday spots?

    The HTSI autumn travel issue takes you to our top getaways  

    Conie Vallese in Rome, styled by Isabelle Kountoure
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