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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, 23 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the icons-only issue

      Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Lucas, David Shrigley, Bernadette Peters, Albert Hammond Jr, Sudan Archives and many more

      Albert Hammond Jr at home in LA with his La Marzocco GS3 coffee machine
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      What is it about men and the Roman empire?

      A TikTok trend has exposed a crucial difference between the boys and the girls 

      Men dressed in the costumes of ancient Roman gladiators, but checking their smartphones
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: men’s autumn style special

      The latest in suits, sportswear and shifts in menswear

      Zegna wool jacket, €2,690, wool shirt with covered placket, €2,990, and wool trousers, €3,290
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      In praise of sore losers

      Forget about repackaging disappointment into a ‘learning journey’ — we should accept the fact that defeat hurts

      A tennis player lifts a trophy after beating her opponent, who looks on
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: introducing the autumn women’s fashion

      The new season calls for tactile fabrics, vegan leather and the return of power dressing

      Victoria Beckham crochet and synthetic-hair dress, £990. Maison Margiela leather Tabi knee-high boots (just seen), £1,450. Bottega Veneta sterling-silver earrings, £720
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The joy of the flop

      A five-star review is great; one star is irresistibly subversive

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      Fashion industry leader Alison Loehnis talks taste

      The president of Net-a-Porter and interim CEO of YNAP loves Loretta Caponi, Lee Radziwill and A Tribe Called Quest

      Alison Loehnis wearing a favourite pair of Saint Laurent jeans: her style staple
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      The secrets of the house of Harlech

      Glyn Cywarch, a 17th-century Jacobean manor in north Wales, has been renovated by the fashion stalwart Amanda Harlech and her daughter – and is now opening its doors

      Tallulah and Amanda Harlech at Glyn Cywarch in North Wales
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: go back to school with Sofia Coppola and Thom Yorke

      The new season starts here

      Director Sofia Coppola in Paris
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Film
      Sofia Coppola can relate: an exclusive interview

      The director’s eighth film Priscilla puts us in the shoes of Elvis Presley’s teenage girlfriend. It’s a story she thinks we can all understand

      Sofia Coppola in Paris
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Life & Arts
      I love my £6 Primark bra. Does this make me a toxic consumer?

      For all the problems with fast fashion, price is no guarantee of higher ethical standards

      A pile of colourful bras
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Life & Arts
      When your virtual fitness instructor becomes your BFF 

      Fandom aside, users of online exercise apps are on the lookout for genuine motivation and empathy — and can spot fakers a mile off

      A woman stares at a smartphone screen showing online workouts
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Get shirty: the fanaticism and faddism of football fashion 

      Even backwater clubs are pushing their merch around the world to tap into a collective, feelgood mood

    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: finding summer’s pockets of tranquillity

      An artists’ retreat on the Amalfi coast, Arnie season – and the new frontier in toys

      A view of Li Galli off the Amalfi coast
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Ready for the Hot Tourist Summer?

      Europe is heaving. Here are some basic social rules

    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: how to spend your salad days

      Tips on a perfect summer party, Chinese style, African fashion and the Best Fridge in the World

      From left: Angel wears Creole Officiel and Xuly.Bët. Milanca wears Lilabare, Emmy Kasbit and Vanhu Vamwe
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: in the hood at Alaïa

      Pieter Mulier’s ambitious vision, the squeaky charm of Sylvanian families – and the foods we love to hate

      Beauise Ferwerda wears Alaïa fluid jersey hooded Deesse dress, £2,480
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      School’s out — and I’m completely heartbroken

      Another stop on the long road of parenthood

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      HTSI
      Alaïa’s heir apparel

      After two decades in the business, Pieter Mulier was “done” with fashion. Then Richemont called

      Muna wears sheer knitted viscose bodysuit, £1,050, Lurex taffeta couture trousers, POA, and leather platform boots, £1,490. Beauise wears sheer knitted viscose bodysuit, £1,050, Lurex taffeta couture skirt, POA, and leather platform boots (just seen), £1,490
    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The Marvelification of man

      When did everybody start looking like Chris Hemsworth?

      Chris Hemsworth, with is hair long and wearing a sleeveless vest, sits holding a cup
    • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: gone fishing...

      The deep desire to catch trout, and other ways to escape

      Some of David Coggins’ fishing gear
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The fashion magazine on the front line

      How Vogue Ukraine became an unlikely voice of defiance

    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the queen of the boxwoods, and other stories

      This week, seductive suits, super plants, sensational watches – and the perfect tee

      Artist and plantswoman Charlotte Molesworth at Balmoral Cottage in Kent
    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: Lily Allen’s latest act

      Plus the gardener and the nuns, and the world’s best butter

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Kylie and the key to pop immortality

      Forget about relevance — just be reliable

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