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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 Life & Arts pages.
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  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Life & Arts
    Ghislaine Maxwell and how the courts still fail the victims of sex abuse

    High-profile sex crimes obscure the facts about rape culture

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: the wellness issue

    Hit the ground running this year with positive thinking, high-performance gear and a dash of potato milk (yes, you’ll be drinking it) 

  • Friday, 31 December, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The secret to stopping smoking? Stop

    The new year brings a resurgence in gadgets, programmes and books on kicking the habit. But nothing beats just saying no

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The booing and the boorish

    Why La Scala’s loggionisti can teach us a thing or two about letting out feelings of frustration

  • Saturday, 18 December, 2021
    How To Spend It
    Editor’s letter: see you in 2022...

    As the year draws to a close we look back on the creative spark we’ve regained – and the bright stars we lost

  • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: How To Give It... again 

    Our second philanthropy issue features the actress Jessie Buckley, the jeweller promoting female empowerment and the children cutting off their hair to promote a good cause

  • Saturday, 4 December, 2021
    How To Spend It
    Editor’s letter: going around the houses

    This week’s issue takes us to a world of tiny furniture, a fabulous hen coop and the magical manor house time forgot

  • Saturday, 4 December, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Virgil Abloh, Stephen Sondheim and the gift of mentorship

    Two creative giants remind us that generosity can be the greatest genius of all

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    FT SeriesWomen of 2021
    The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2021 

    Written by Christine Lagarde, Elizabeth Warren, Malala Yousafzai, Jane Fraser, Greta Thunberg and many more

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  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: welcome back to the real world... 

    It’s a fabulous place to be

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    FT SeriesHow to eat and drink it this Christmas
    Our 25 favourite hotel bars

    We asked FT writers to nominate the best destinations for the perfect drink. Here are the top picks

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: in search of the new ingénue

    Odessa Young is just one talent in an issue full of evocative portraits

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Dipping a toe back into Dubai

    After 30 years away, returning to the Gulf city shows that despite the breakneck development, some things never change

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: stepping into the festive season

    Need a gift guides for a gardener, design enthusiast, fashion addict or food lover? We’ve got it wrapped

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    Arts
    Do you speak . . . podcast?

    A peculiar patter has taken over public broadcasting. And it’s. Extremely. Annoying

  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe HTSI expert gift guide
    The HTSI editor chooses the 14 things she really wants this winter

    Cashmere hoodies, cotton bedding – and cowboy boots for the holiday hoedown

  • Saturday, 6 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: saddle up!

    The elite world of showjumping, an ambitious new hotel on the Amalfi coast and the return of ’90s minimalism in menswear

  • Saturday, 6 November, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Welcome to Fawlty Britain

    We pride ourselves on our sophisticated dining cultures. So where have all the waiters gone?

  • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: travel special – for the love of the local

    This issue celebrates the world’s cultural gems – and the people who protect them

  • Saturday, 23 October, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to spend it wisely

    Following new paths to sustainability, from farming to fashion...

  • Saturday, 23 October, 2021
    Arts
    The exquisite melancholy of Succession

    Beneath the intoxicating privilege, the Roy progeny are a circus of sad clowns

  • Saturday, 16 October, 2021
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: home is where the car park is

    Carchitects, LVMH’s new Paris hotel and probably the best brickmaker in the world: step into our property issue

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    Life & Arts
    The inflexibility of the elastic week

    Workers want to reshape their working hours. But when does the work get done?

  • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe HTSI editor picks her favourite reads of 2021
    Bernard Arnault – ‘Paris is booming’

    With the Cheval Blanc hotel, the LVMH chairman and CEO is cementing his influence in the French capital – and his confidence in its renewal  

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe future perfect: HTSI autumn design special
    HTSI editor’s letter: design for the world of tomorrow

    Marc Newson, Sophie Bille Brahe, Ryan Gosling, Norman Foster and David Rockwell join our autumn special

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