Natalie Egling - The Glass Magazine

Glass explores Beverly Hills’ thriving food and drinks scene

April 30, 2019

“THE best way to start eating the Belvedere’s Fabergé egg is to take the back of your spoon and smash it,” says acclaimed pastry chef Stephanie Boswell, a tattoo of the chemical compound for sugar inked out in...

Glass gets back to nature with Banyan Tree Bintan, Indonesia

Natalie Egling

April 23, 2019

Asia, Feature, Travel

“Watch out for the strange creatures,” says Banyan Tree Bintan’s hotel manager Nicolas Belzic as he hands us our key during check in. Sure enough, on our first morning, we wake up to find curious monkeys peerin...

The historic Kinross House near Edinburgh in Scotland

Glass joins The Gilt Club

Natalie Egling

December 27, 2017

Europe, Feature, Travel, United Kingdom

THE Gilt Club, where members can swap or rent highly exclusive international properties from ski lodges to castles, chateaux and villas or exchange for assets such as private jet or yacht access, has just launc...

Glass meets Reeps One, multi-disciplinary artist behind Ballantine’s True Music Series

Natalie Egling

December 6, 2017

Art, Feature, Music

“PEOPLE deserve experiences, not just shows,” says prize-winning beatboxer and multi-disciplinary phenomenon Reeps One about music today. “I want to make people forget where they are – and using all the senses ...

Glass meets West End and Broadway star Joe Aaron Reid

Natalie Egling

April 25, 2017

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

“DREAMGIRLS is kind of a hot ticket at the moment,” says Joe Aaron Reid, stating the obvious. The West End show recently sizzled at this year’s Olivier Awards – it was nominated for five awards, including Best ...

Glass meets Dave Ma, the photographer behind Ballantine’s latest Artist Series

Natalie Egling

December 22, 2016

Art, Feature, Photography

“HERE’S a tip for you,” says Dave Ma, sitting on a heather-covered hillside in the Scottish countryside, not far from where the director and photographer shot his series of aerial images for the Ballantine’s Ar...

Glass gets a lesson in fragrance with fashion brand Zadig & Voltaire’s duo of the year

Natalie Egling

December 7, 2016

Beauty, Feature

Made in France – a lesson in fragrance with Zadig & Voltaire – Glass gets a lesson in fragrance with Zadig & Voltaire’s duo of the year IF you ever found yourself idly wondering “What is Zadig?”, you...

Front Cover. Dr Jane Goodall with orphan chimpanzee Uruhara at the Sweetwaters Sanctuary in Kenya

Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall

Natalie Egling

November 11, 2016

Culture, Feature

How to Change the World – Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall LAKE Tanganyika’s crystalline water laps against the shore of Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania...

Front Page. Exterior of D-Resort Sibenik Hotel

Glass catches the last of the summer sun at D-Resort Šibenik, in Croatia

Natalie Egling

October 3, 2016

Croatia, Europe, Feature, Travel

CROATIA is impossibly pretty. Its 1,105 mile-long Adriatic coastline, winding from Slovenia, in the north, down to Montenegro, includes a staggering 1,246 breathtaking islands, islets and reefs (more than one p...

Kids in tow – Glass goes on a city break with London’s Athenaeum Hotel & Residences

Natalie Egling

September 12, 2016

Europe, Feature, London, Travel

COINCIDING with the release of Steven Spielberg’s The BFG in July and the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth this year, five-star Mayfair hotel The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences recently launched its BFG packag...

Front cover, An internally displaced women in the Central African Republic, where over 400,000 people have been displaced by conflict (2015)

From the archive – Glass talks to Michel Gabaudan, president of Refugees International

Natalie Egling

August 26, 2016

Archive, Culture, Feature, Human Rights

From the Glass Archive: A World in Crisis – Glass talks heartbreak and hope with Refugees International President Michel Gabaudan IT’S an image seared onto our brains – much like Kevin Carter’s Pulitzer Priz...

Anytime WHEN – Glass is refreshed by WHEN face masks

Natalie Egling

July 13, 2016

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News

WHEN10:00PM is a jelly-like mask sheet containing gentle moisturising ingredients such as coconut juice, watermelon extract, key amino acids, Vitamins A & C and collagen to comfort tired skin. From the ...

Biking Barcelona – Glass saddles up to truly discover this Catalan capital

Natalie Egling

May 26, 2016

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

THERE is something wonderfully cinematic about cycling in Europe. Think: Guido, Dora and Joshua in La Vita è Bella, the entire Von Trapp clan in The Sound Of Music, and Catherine and her two loves in Jules et J...

Glass reviews the new Clarins anti-ageing skincare duo – Multi-Active Day and Night Creams

Natalie Egling

May 11, 2016

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Feature

WELCOME to your 30s, an age where you’re probably feeling at you most confident, reaching new heights in your career, free of the insecurity of your 20s and … looking at ways to keep yourself looking as fresh-f...

Tyger tyger, burning bright

Natalie Egling

October 7, 2015

Art, Culture, Feature

The Save Wild Tigers’ Be Inspired art exhibition at The Club at Cafe Royal London features several pieces aiming to frame the tiger’s perfect symmetry. Not least the late Neon Man Chris Bracey and Be Inspir...

Paradise on earth – explore the Halong Bay karsts with Paradise Cruises

Natalie Egling

July 22, 2015

Asia, Culture, Dining, Feature, Food & Drink, News, Travel, Vietnam

Sailing the jade waters of Halong Bay in Vietnam is the stuff legends are made of. Just add misty mornings, a traditional junk design – such as that of Paradise Cruise's luxury boats – and a UNESCO Heritage Sit...

Where luxe meets eco

Natalie Egling

June 3, 2015

Asia, Cambodia, Culture, Feature, Travel

Uninterrupted sunset and sunrise views are a given at Cambodia’s Song Saa Resort. Whether from your mooching position at one of the five-star eco-resort’s 27 villas, hovering above the ocean at the Vista Re...

The luxury cruiser Emeraude is renovated

Natalie Egling

February 4, 2015

Asia, News, Travel, Vietnam

Sailing on The Emeraude, a 37-cabin, junk-style ship, has been a travel bucket list entry since it became the first luxury cruise ship to navigate the waters, floating villages and karst landscape of Halong Bay...

Crime and drama – Glass talks whodunnits with actor Gwilym Lee

Natalie Egling

January 27, 2015

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

What makes Britain, Britain? Bacon butties, a cuppa and roast dinners – certainly – but whodunits are my British institution of choice, and none so more than Midsomer Murders and its eerie theremin-based theme ...

Great Scotts!

Natalie Egling

December 2, 2014

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

There’s a pleasing pattern to Ross Anderson’s character choices: all interesting Scottish men. There’s his big-screen debut as Fionn in The Silent Storm, followed quickly by Blackie in Unbroken and Rosse in 2...

About a girl

Natalie Egling

November 25, 2014

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

Glass is talking music with 28-year-old actress Jill Winternitz, but it’s not all musical theatre from the female lead of Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s Once, based on a much-loved, low-budget indi...

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