December, 2015 - The Glass Magazine

Glass reviews As You Like It at the National Theatre, London

December 24, 2015

Often referred to as one of the first ever sketch-show plays, it is understandable that some directors may feel hesitant about taking on the challenge of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy, As You Like It. However, ...

PJ Harvey announces new album with video teaser

Katrina Mirpuri

December 23, 2015

Music, News

Singer-songwriter and poet PJ Harvey has announced that she’ll be returning in 2016 with the release of a new album with a short preview video. The album was recorded at Somerset House as part of the Art...

Guy Burnet – from Hollyoaks to Hollywood

Tara Wheeler

December 23, 2015

Cinema, Culture, Feature, Television

Guy Burnet fell into acting as a teenager, when he was given a part in the UK soap opera, Hollyoaks. Five years and many hundreds of episodes later, Burnet decided to leave the show. In the years that followed,...

Steinway & Sons collaborates with Lalique

Alexia Sakellariou

December 22, 2015

Beauty, Culture, Music, News

French luxury brand Lalique joins forces with innovative fine pianomakers Steinway & Sons for the production of Heliconia piano, following the example of many other talented designers and artists throughout...

Glass loves … Cerruti 1881’s new AW campaign film

Livia Feltham

December 22, 2015

Fashion, Glass TV, News

Appointed as creative art director for Cerruti's AW 2015 – 2016 campaign, David Lipman draws on the Italian fashion house’s heritage. Dating back to 1967 when Italian stylist and designer Nino Cerruti founded t...

Cerruti 1881 unveil Autumn/Winter menswear campaign

Livia Feltham

December 22, 2015

Fashion, Feature, Glass Models

Fashion house Cerruti 1881 have unveiled their Autumn/Winter 2015/16 campaign, appointing David Lipman as creative art director for the new campaign. Art director David Lipman has been the head of his ow...

Glass interviews four-piece Spanish band – Hinds

Katrina Mirpuri

December 21, 2015

Feature, Music

Hinds are an all-girl four-piece that have recently dominated the music scene with their garage rock sound. Originating from Madrid, the band have gained remarkable success after touring the SXSW Festival and a...

Three of the best beauty box-sets for added drama and delight this Christmas

Rachel McCormack

December 18, 2015

Beauty, News, Shopping Guide

Gorging on television box sets is one way to get through these cold winter nights, when snuggling up at home in cashmere socks can seem a more attractive prospect than donning heels and drinking cocktails. But ...

Glass reviews Carrie Brownstein’s memoir – Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl

Michele Kirsch

December 18, 2015

Books, Feature, Music

Carrie Brownstein, guitarist in American Riot Grrrl bandSleater-Kinney, writer and co-star of the award-winning TV series Portlandia, and in this incarnate, a compelling story teller, has done the improbable. T...

Glass reviews Henry V by The Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre

Heather Doughty

December 17, 2015

Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

There’s nothing like an epic Shakespeare play performed skilfully in a stunning venue to warm your bones and heart on a chilly evening in December. Part of the King and Country cycle, director Gregory Doran’s s...

The Glass Christmas Gift Guide – perfumes of note

Glass Beauty

December 16, 2015

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks

Byredo Night Veils Extrait de Parfum The recently launched Byredo Night Veils Extrait de Parfum collection is ideal for those who love unusual and distinctive fragrances. Inspired by night-blooming flowers, ...

Glass reviews jazz double-bassist Dave Holland at Wigmore Hall

Arjun Sajip

December 15, 2015

Feature, Music

In the 60 or so seconds between the announcer disappearing and Dave Holland strolling onto the stage, the crowd grows increasingly impatient. A single cough encourages an army of apparent asthmatics to clear th...

Glass reviews Hiromi at the Southbank Centre

Arjun Sajip

December 14, 2015

Feature, Glass LIVE, Music

Never before have I attended a concert of two such distinct halves. Before the intermission, the unsavoury, almost relentlessly tasteless fusion jazz gradually begins giving way to more subdued sounds; but afte...

The Glass Christmas gift guide – make-up and skincare

Glass Beauty

December 11, 2015

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Feature, News

Ila Gold Cellular Age Restore Ila Gold Cellular Age Restore Products from this beyond-organic superbrand reflect our faith in the power of nature. And this is exactly what Ila does. The Gold Cellular ...

Glass speaks with heart-throb Juan Pablo Raba on the release of The 33

Emily Rae Pellerin

December 11, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature, Glass Talents, Television

Writhing, screaming, violently rocking. A petulant alcoholic trapped for over a week underground in a partially collapsed mine, for whom withdrawal has become all-consuming. In one of the most powerfully emo...

Glass meets actor and producer Michaela Conlin, star of US hit TV show Bones

Nicola Kavanagh

December 10, 2015

Cinema, Feature, Television

Few can boast a lifetime of doing what they love and following their greatest passion and actor and producer Michaela Conlin, star of Fox’s hit television show Bones, is one of those few. From the humble and ad...

The Glass Christmas gift guide – our candles of choice

Glass Beauty

December 9, 2015

Beauty, Feature, Shopping Guide

The Glass Christmas gift guide – our candles of choice Rhubarb Rhubarb! Candle Box Noble Isle Fine Fragrance Candle & Snuffer Rhubarb Rhubarb! Candle Box Noble Isle Fine Fragrance Candle & Snuffer ...

Fashion Illustration Gallery’s Christmas Art Fair comes to Chelsea this weekend

Alexia Sakellariou

December 9, 2015

Art, Fashion, News

Fashion Illustration Gallery is mixing up’ fashion and art together by organising a Christmas Art Fair with the help of many emerging and talented illustrators, such as Rosie McGuinness, Susannah Garrod, Petra ...

Glass interviews British actor Alex Hassell

Heather Doughty

December 9, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature, Glass Talents

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“You can’t win them all,” says Alex Hassell – Glass talks to British actor and co-founder of The Factory theatre company, Alex Hassell British actor, Alex Hassell is known for both his stage and screen rol...

Glass talks to author Joël Dicker about his collaboration with car brand DS automobiles

Livia Feltham

December 8, 2015

Books, Culture, Glass Talents, News

Glass visits Paris to talk to Swiss novelist Joël Dicker to discover the inspiration behind Dicker’s latest cast of fictional characters which stems from the author’s latest collaboration with hallmark French a...

The Glass Christmas gift guide

Glass Beauty

December 8, 2015

Cosmetics We Love, Feature

The Glass Christmas gift guide: our selection for the season of giving – and receiving Penhaligons Empressa Christmas Box Penhaligons Empressa Christmas Box Penhaligons celebrates Christmas 2015 with a range...

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