Author Sean Sheehan

Sean Sheehan

Glass Online food writer

Very high, very sublime and very Mediterranean: Glass goes to Lucky Cat, Mei Ume and Saisons

June 13, 2025

THAT THE views from Lucky Cat at 22 Bishopsgate are breathtaking is less a subjective impression and more an absolute truth. The panoramas are better than those from The Shard’s viewing platform because yo...

Eat, Play and Love around the world at Shangri-La Hotels

Sean Sheehan

June 9, 2025

News, Travel

THE Shangri-La group’s innovative idea is to deploy the 2010 film Eat Pray Love as a launch pad for promoting experiences of joy and adventure around the world this summer. In the film, the character played...

Bonjour Paris! Stylish, luxury aparthotel opens by Locke

Sean Sheehan

March 20, 2025

Europe, France, News, Travel

A LOCKE studio apartment is no ordinary holiday abode and its design-led approach to the home-meets-hotel format is now to be experienced in the heart of Paris at Le Jardin de Verre by Locke. It is Locke’s...

Glass takes it easy in Oman

Sean Sheehan

March 17, 2025

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

OMAN is like modal jazz – think 1960s’ Johnny Hodges or Herbie Hancock – so different to the turbocharged swing of bebop that gives voice to Dubai, its brash neighbour to the north. Driving away from Musca...

Cupid in the Sky at Shangri-La The Shard

Sean Sheehan

February 13, 2025

News

ROMANCE reaches new heights if Valentine’s Day is celebrated by ascending 306m to levels 34-52 of The Shard. The night could be spent here in a room or suite, with a bouquet of flowers, rose petals and a b...

Glass enjoys performance art at Sushi Kanesaka

Sean Sheehan

January 30, 2025

Food & Drink, News

IN THE foyer of the 45 Park Lane Hotel and on the first floor around the bar and seating area, paintings by the British artist Albert Irvin were on show at the time of my visit. Contours, lines and calming...

Glass enjoys Cantonese, Catalan and Levantine food in London

Sean Sheehan

December 11, 2024

Food & Drink, News

CHINA Tang has been delighting diners at The Dorchester in Park Lane for many years while Dim Sum by China Tang in Harrods is absolutely new and with a vibe all of its own. It is to be found it in a corner of ...

Glass stays at Edinburgh’s landmark hotel, The Balmoral

Sean Sheehan

November 18, 2024

Feature, Travel, United Kingdom

THERE are classic historic hotels so grounded in their locations that their name and the city are inseparable – the Waldorf Astoria, New York; The Peninsula, Hong Kong; La Mamounia, Marrakech – and up there wi...

Paul Smith decorates Claridge’s 2024 Christmas Tree

Sean Sheehan

November 13, 2024

Design, News

FOR SOMEONE who has restyled Anglopoise lamps, two-and four-wheeled vehicles, even a camera and a bottle of a well-known mineral water, it should come as no surprise to find Paul Smith adding a Christmas ...

Glass goes ski-less to Salzburg and Schladming-Dachstein

Sean Sheehan

November 4, 2024

Austria, Europe, News, Travel

SALZBURG needs little introduction when it comes to its classical heritage, musical and architectural. The city’s prince-archbishops who cultivated Salzburg-born Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were also responsible f...

Champagne Day meets World Pasta Day on Friday, October 25th

Sean Sheehan

October 23, 2024

Food & Drink, News

BY A HAPPY coincidence, this year’s annual celebration of Champagne (the 4th Friday of October) happens to be the date (the 25th October) that in Rome nearly thirty years ago was chosen by the World Pasta Cong...

Glass takes a food-fuelled journey across London’s South Bank hotspots

Sean Sheehan

October 1, 2024

Food & Drink, News

THREE restaurants occupying historic buildings on the south bank of the Thames offer unique dining experiences. A decommissioned electricity generating station is the setting for an unparalleled view of St...

Dorchester Collection Hotels bring some respite during Fashion Week

Sean Sheehan

September 11, 2024

News, Travel

FASHION Weeks are energising and pleasurable and in their London, Milan or Paris locales suitably stylish accommodation, should chime with this as well as provide a good night’s sleep after a busy day being wo...

Glass experiences the quiet luxuries of Southern Thailand

Sean Sheehan

August 19, 2024

Feature, Thailand

FLYING non-stop to Bangkok has never been more comfortable and flexible than with EVA on their B777-300ER airplanes. There are three levels of cabin service – Economy, Premium Economy and (with 2-metre long fl...

Glass indulges in the luxuries of Peru

Sean Sheehan

August 16, 2024

News, South America

THERE ARE different ways to reach Machu Picchu, the single biggest tourist attraction in South America, and one of them involves campsites and four days of serious trekking. This may not be everyone’s cup of t...

Villa d’Este to host new “Formula One of the Seas” – E1 World Championship

Sean Sheehan

August 15, 2024

News, Sport

THRILLING BOAT races using greener practices and cutting-edge marine technology are the hallmark of E1, the world’s first all-electric race boat championship. Now, following the first races in Jeddah, Veni...

Applause for New Pre-Theatre Menu at The Goring

Sean Sheehan

August 5, 2024

Food & Drink, News

IN 1910, when The Goring opened, the wow factor was an en-suite bathroom in every bedroom, a first for any hotel, and a chef who trained under Escoffier. The Goring’s new pre-theatre menu, thanks to Chef Graha...

Wine moments in Notting Hill at The Laslett

Sean Sheehan

July 29, 2024

Drinks, News

NOTTING HILL needs no introduction but a fetchingly small hotel on residential Pemberton Gardens tends to escape attention unless you seek it out. It makes a particular claim on the attention of oenophiles wit...

Opening in August: The first London location for Virgin Hotels

Sean Sheehan

July 11, 2024

London, News, Travel

WHEN IT opens next month, Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch will be the eighth hotel in Virgin Hotels’ portfolio; there is already one in Edinburgh and the others are in the US. It will become the seventeenth pr...

Glass goes to Monte Carlo and hits the jackpot at Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo

Sean Sheehan

June 24, 2024

Europe, News, Rest of Europe, Travel

CHIC IS the word that springs to mind when sitting and people-watching in the lobby of Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo. Going back in time, it is easy to imagine guests in ball gowns and tuxedos gliding throug...

Glass finds culinary triumph in Edinburgh

Sean Sheehan

April 11, 2024

Dining, Food & Drink, Restaurants

The grand Renaissance-style hotel in Edinburgh, The Balmoral, opened in 1902 and, as the only residential building ever erected on the south side of the city’s main thoroughfare, its 1, Princes St address is r...