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Glass interviews Maori Karmael Holmes, CEO and Artistic Director of BlackStar Film Festival

August 13, 2020

THE Philadelphia-based BlackStar Film Festival describes itself as “an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color, showcasing films b...

Glass interviews Zoey Deutch

Cara Jenkins

August 7, 2020

Culture, Feature

“I want to do it all” – The scion of Hollywood royalty, actor and producer Zoey Deutch’s latest vehicle reveals as much about her versatility as her ambition to succeed on her own terms SET in the underworld...

Glass interviews up-and-coming actor Deaken Bluman

Yinan Xia

July 31, 2020

Culture, Feature, Film

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THOUGH his current credits are scarce, actor Deaken Bluman is poised to make his mark as he’s proven during his transition from recurring to the central role of ‘Winston, one of Liberty High’s finest and keeper...

Glass speaks to Ali Jawad – Paralympic powerlifter for Team GB – about his career so far and his hopes for Tokyo 2021

Charlie Navin-Holder

July 30, 2020

Culture, Feature, Sport

Worth his weight in gold – Glass talks to Ali Jawad, Paralympic powerlifter for Team GB about his incredible career so far and his medal-winning hopes for Tokyo 2021 Photography CAMPAIGN, SPORTS ...

Glass interviews singer, songwriter and producer Labrinth

Katrina Mirpuri

July 24, 2020

Culture, Feature

The beat goes on – after shooting to fame 10 years ago, singer, songwriter and producer Labrinth continues to make musical waves, most recently with a hit soundtrack and sophomore studio album HAV...

Glass interviews rising actor Gana Bayarsaikhan

Imogen Clark

July 17, 2020

Culture, Feature, Glass Talents

MONGOLIAN actor Gana Bayarsaikhan was catapulted onto the radar when she played the role of The Girl in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians, based on the 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee alongside Sir Mark Ryla...

Glass interviews British actor Elarica Johnson

Cara Jenkins

July 15, 2020

Culture, Feature

WHEN I was first introduced to Elarica, I was pleasantly greeted with immediate warmth and the familiarity of an accent instantly identifiable as a fellow Londoner. Along with redefining a new era of TV, portra...

Glass interviews actor Rachel Brosnahan

Simone Williams

July 10, 2020

Culture, Feature

THE definition of “quiplash” is two-fold – the word refers to a board game, and also, in my opinion, the sense of being ricocheted between sentences while watching The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. A show t...

Glass explores the best recent foreign language films

Jackson Caines

July 9, 2020

Culture, Feature

The most interesting new films are being made in languages other than English. Don’t let a prejudice against subtitles stop you from seeing them What, if anything, do you remember from the Golden G...

Glass presents a new episode of Dior’s The Female Gaze

Imogen Clark

July 3, 2020

Culture, News

DIOR’s third podcast series, The Female Gaze is centred around the French fashion house's close collaborators and friends who bring together their creativity to continually push this iconic house into the futur...

Winners of the Indie Book Awards 2020 announced

Alice Hill-Woods

June 29, 2020

Books, Culture, Feature

READERS everywhere have anticipated the dramatic unveiling of the winners of the Indie Book Awards 2020, which is, at present, the only UK book award run by independent bookshops. As Independent Bookshop Week d...

Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of Glass – Shine

Caroline Simpson

June 25, 2020

Culture, Feature

I NEVER want to hear the word “unprecedented” again. Indeed it is banned from these pages. When we started working on the summer issue of Glass, none of the team could have predicted events of the nex...

Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of Glass Man – Shine

Caroline Simpson

June 25, 2020

Culture, Feature

AS ONE of our writers observes in these pages, we are living in a time of “remarkable confinement”. Luckily, the team had managed to wrap up one or two interviews and shoots for the summer issue of Glass Man, e...

Glass meets director Ola Ince – theatre’s rising star

Molly Denton

June 23, 2020

Culture, Feature

WHEN Ola Ince was little, she would organise various trips to Jamaica for herself and her cousins – off they’d hop, duvets and all, onto her bed. Her mother has always described this as her “early directing yea...

V&A brings Glastonbury Festival to our screens with new online platform

Molly Denton

June 22, 2020

Culture, News

WITH festival season cancelled for the foreseeable future, many of us have started to hold impromptu garden-fests to fill the void. Dancing away in the lockdown-sun, listening to our favourite artists, and sing...

Glass Man talks to actor George MacKay

Alicia Pountney

June 19, 2020

Culture, Feature

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier … Outlaw – Glass talks to actor George MacKay about playing a man on a mission to save 1,600 lives and going back to his Aussie roots “IT MADE me call the people I love and ...

Cartier announces the 2020 laureates of their Women’s Initiative

Imogen Clark

June 16, 2020

Culture, News

THE seven laureates of the Cartier Women’s Initiative have been announced. The seven women, picked from a pool of 1200 applicants from over 162 countries were selected by an independent international jury commi...

Glass interviews Tinie Tempah

Lily Rimmer

June 12, 2020

Culture, Feature

Glass meets Tinie Tempah to find out more about his journey from the charts to the catwalk with his fashion label What We Wear. “Imagine running and someone is constantly pulling the back of your shirt. Imagin...

The Glass Guide to horticulture at home

Augustine Hammond

June 10, 2020

Culture, Feature

MY GRANDMOTHER’S home in the Norfolk countryside has always been adorned with floral and botanical offerings. In the upstairs bathroom, on the sill at the top of the stairs, in the window behind the kitchen sin...

Cartier Women’s Initiative opens applications for their 2021 Edition

Imogen Clark

June 9, 2020

Culture, News

CARTIER has been in partnership with one of the world’s leading business schools INSEAD since 2006. This joint venture called the Cartier Women's Initiative, was started together with the aim to empower female ...

Glass celebrates World Oceans Day

Amanda Bernstein

June 8, 2020

Culture, Environment, Health, News

EVERY year since 2002 World Oceans Day has been celebrated on June 8. While Covid-19 and the rules around social distancing are changing how we recognise our blue planet this year, the need for action is more i...