Author Sean Sheehan

April 23, 2018

SETTING your phone alarm for 04.45 while on holiday feels like the act of a masochist and I blame a Dutch couple whom I’d met a day earlier. They told me I would not regret going on a morning bush walk organis...

The grand exterior of Hotel Felix in Cambridge

Glass gets clever and goes to Cambridge

March 9, 2018

YOU may only have a weekend but every now and again a short break from London becomes an irresistible need. Somewhere close and easy to reach but also non-metropolitan, different to London: antique charm would ...

Glass comes close to nirvana in Namibia

February 26, 2018

Africa, Culture, Feature, Travel

OPEN spaces on an epic scale, landscapes that embrace the desolate and the dramatic, an initially disconcerting lack of other people (fellow travellers and Namibians) that soon settles into a comfortable normal...

Glass has a peach of a time in Jozie, South Africa

February 5, 2018

REFERRING to the city of Johannesburg as Jo-burg is merely convenient, reducing its four syllables to two, but calling it Jozie seeks to soften the syllables and bring a feminine touch to its harsh reputation. ...

Glass banishes the winter blues by dining out

January 9, 2018

IT’S cold out there and, despite the shortest day being back on December 21, still getting dark ridiculously early. Spring is not around the corner and London’s glamour is in danger of being shadowed a darker h...

Feature image - Cappadocia travel feature - looking down on Cappadocia landscape

Glass balloons it over Cappadocia’s otherworldly landscape

December 4, 2017

Feature, Travel, Turkey

GEOGRAPHY lessons at school were intensely boring and the teacher concluded it was not even worth entering me for an exam I was bound to fail. Not surprisingly, topics of a geographical kind have been off my ra...

Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens

November 6, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Athenian Delights – Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens IF you’re tired of Athens – someone might have said once – you’re tired of life. It was a city of renown two and a half thousand years a...

Glass hits the spot in the western Peloponnese, Greece

October 30, 2017

GREECE as a holiday destination suffers from a design fault and a product recall looks to be imminent as travellers discover there is more to the country’s appeal than the islands that dot the Aegean Sea. On th...

Glass seeks out meals to suit your mood in some of London’s finest restaurants

September 26, 2017

’Meals to suit moods – Glass therapeutically asks, before you choose a restaurant, how you are feeling? FEELING dissatisfied after leaving a restaurant is usually attributed to the food or the service but th...

Vancouver West Coast Wilderness Adventure - Credit Destination BC and Graeme Owsianski

Vancouver: gateway to Western Canada – Glass discovers a lifestyle city like no other

August 29, 2017

AFTER arriving in Vancouver, it will not be long before your spirit responds to its appeal as a lifestyle destination: dramatically framed by mountains, and sea, it takes a cable car or a hike to the top of Gro...

Toronto’s food scene – Glass is excited by the city’s culinary landscape

July 17, 2017

LONDON has long been regarded as unique given that people from all countries of the world live and work in the city. They also prepare and cook food there so the choice of restaurants offering authentic cuisine...

Glass finds joie de vivre on the east coast of India

June 28, 2017

Feature, India, Travel

INDIA was once part of the British Empire – the jewel in the crown and so on – but that there was also a Gallic presence on the country’s east coast is not so well broadcast. And, sacré bleu, it remained under ...

Taquitos, tiraditos, trempettes and trufón – Glass explores some London restaurants

May 25, 2017

BORN-and-bred North Londoners, like myself, never felt the need to walk along the Albert Embankment. The south side of the Thames, between Vauxhall Bridge and Westminster, was just a vista to glance a...

Veggiestan cookbook sends Glass on a meat-free mission

March 6, 2017

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

WHEN Sally Butcher’s vegetarian cookbook, Veggiestan, came out in 2011 some people asked her where this place was: to the east of Kyrgyzstan and just above Snackistan was her straight-faced reply when she felt ...

Glass enjoys a stopover in Lisbon

December 19, 2016

Europe, Feature, Portugal, Travel

Lisbon: city of ceramics and culture – Glass enjoys a stopover in Portugal’s capital MOST European capital cities have their “must-see” sights – a particular building, bridge, museum, whatever -- promoted wi...

Front Cover. A walk in a rainbow at ARoS in Aarthus

Glass surprises itself on a trip to Aarhus – Denmark’s second-largest city

November 28, 2016

Europe, Feature, Rest of Europe, Travel

EVERYONE is likely to visit Denmark’s capital sometime in their life but Aarhus, one of those destinations that only other Scandinavians visit in large numbers, is a well-kept traveller’s secret. A common respo...

Scrumdiddlumptious – Glass discovers new places to experience London’s food scene

November 14, 2016

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

THE ANGEL in Islington is a neighbourhood teeming with eateries and the appeal of another new restaurant there is diminished by the frequency of their appearance. Now they are beginning to colonize Essex Road b...

Front cover.Luxurious dining at Il Palagio

Glass visits some delightful places to stay in Florence and the Tuscan countryside

August 16, 2016

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

TIME spent in the museums and art galleries of Florence is an enthralling experience. From the glories of the Uffizi Gallery to the magnificence of Michelangelo’s David, to the ancient artworks decorating stree...

Front Cover.Sit out on the terrace at the Lungarno for breakfast and enjoy the views of the river

Summer in Tuscany – Glass visits some delightful places to stay in Florence and the Tuscan countryside

July 26, 2016

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

TIME spent in the museums and art galleries of Florence is an enthralling experience. From the glories of the Uffizi Gallery to the magnificence of Michelangelo’s David, to the ancient artworks decora...

Summer on a plate. Front Page. Wimbledon Dessert at The Refinery Banksidey

Summer on a Plate – Glass finds new menus and restaurants for London’s summer season

July 11, 2016