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Glass meets British actor Jodie Comer, star of Killing Eve

May 2, 2018

JODIE COMER has quietly been on the ascent for a few years now. The Liverpudlian actor has appeared on radio, television and film, perhaps most notable for her roles in My Mad Fat Diary, Doctor Foster and Thirt...

The Wellcome Book Prize 2018 winner has been announced

Lily Rimmer

May 2, 2018

Books, Culture, News

THE long-anticipated Wellcome Book Prize winner has been announced. Judged by a panel of six and led by Edmund de Waal OBE the deliberations have taken place over the last two months. Last month we told you tha...

Glass Visits Secret Cinema presents Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Joseph Furness

April 30, 2018

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, News

SECRET CINEMA is transporting audiences to LA 2019 at their Blade Runner: The Final Cut – A Secret Live Experience. The Secret Cinema organisation, now in its 11th year of running, specialises in re-creating th...

Entrance to La Concha Hotel, San Juan. Photograph by Jo Cosme

Glass takes a very personal look at Hurricane Maria’s impact on the island of Puerto Rico

Regner Ramos

April 27, 2018

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

Maria, the One and Only As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, Glass takes a very personal look at Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic impact on the island of Puerto Rico We were one of the ...

Christie’s Hong Kong and Michael Lau host inaugural private selling exhibition

Lily Rimmer

April 13, 2018

Art, Culture, Hong Kong, News

CHRISTIE’S Hong Kong first ever private selling exhibition, in collaboration with Michael Lau, is open to the public. Not only will it give you the chance to purchase his work but it also provides an insight in...

Kinky Boots_London Company 2017-2018_Photo by Matt Crockett

Kinky Boots is the Musical for Generation Drag Race

Thomas Marrington

April 13, 2018

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

IT WAS a particularly interesting experience, sitting in the Adelphi theatre recently, as I looked around at my fellow theatre-goers. For a show that stars not one, not two, but six professional drag queens, pl...

Nick Robinson in Love, Simon, photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Glass reviews … groundbreaking gay teen rom-com Love, Simon

Thomas Marrington

April 10, 2018

Don't Miss: Film, Feature

AS A gay man with a long-running obsession with the movies, I have learned over the years, like so many others, to mentally insert myself into cinematic scenarios that don’t quite fit my mould. You see, placing...

Zara Martin X Delores Daywear in support of Women for Women International

Zara Martin collaborates with Delores Daywear in support of Women for Women International

Todd Burns

April 5, 2018

Fashion, Human Rights, News

DJ, MODEL and long-standing ambassador for Women for Women International, Zara Martin has collaborated with independent womenswear label Delores Daywear to produce a range of Girl Hero T-shirts in support of th...

Glass reviews … 120 Beats Per Minute

Tom Halford

April 5, 2018

Cinema, Culture, Don't Miss: Film, News

ROBIN CAMPILLO’S French AIDS drama is a reminder of the devastating impact the disease has had and a celebration of the progress that has been made in tackling it. Set in the early ‘90s, 120 Beats Per Minute fo...

At Home at the Zoo - Homelife & The Zoo Story

Glass is thrilled by the Edward Albee revival at Signature Theatre, New York

Derby Jones

April 5, 2018

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

THE great American playwright Edward Albee came to fame at the age of 32 with his first play, The Zoo Story. Opening off-Broadway in 1960, the one-act, two-actor play made Albee something of a household name ov...

Glass talks to indie-pop duo Cults

Katrina Mirpuri

March 8, 2018

Culture, Feature, Music

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ENTERING the indie charts in 2010, the New York-based band Cults blew us away with their catchy single Go Outside. Now celebrating their third album, the duo are back with newest release Offering telling the ta...

The 90th Academy Awards 2018: The Glass Verdict

Charlotte Neale

March 5, 2018

Culture, Fashion, News

IT is that time of the year again as the stars of the big screen walked the red carpet last night at the 90th Academy Awards. Held at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre, Los Angeles, this Osca...

Carey Mulligan in Girls and Boys at the Royal Court, London

Glass reviews Girls and Boys at the Royal Court, London

Heather Doughty

March 5, 2018

Culture, Feature

DENNIS Kelly’s latest play for the Royal Court is Girls and Boys, a one-woman ninety minute narrative starring the affable and captivating Carey Mulligan. Thirteen years ago, Mulligan made her Royal Court debut...

Glass comes close to nirvana in Namibia

Sean Sheehan

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...

The Bulgari Hotel London Announces Breakthrough Women Film Series

Lily Rimmer

February 23, 2018

Culture, News

STARTING soon and running through till May this year the Bulgari Hotel London's cinema will host a series of four preview film screenings championing young female filmmakers and female-driven storylines. Openin...

FM Centre for Contemporary Art present The Szechwan Tale: China, Theatre and History

Lily Rimmer

February 21, 2018

Art, Culture, News

A NEW large-scale exhibition, curated by Marco Scotini, is coming to the FM Centre for Contemporary Art in conjunction with Milan Art Week. Named The Szechwan Tale: China, Theatre and History, the exhibition ta...

Chanel announces exclusive collaboration with the Grand Palais

Grace Calton

February 14, 2018

Culture, Fashion, Feature, News

CHANEL is the exclusive sponsor to the renovation of the Grand Palais in Paris. The fashion house will contribute €25m to the restoration in a project which will begin in December 2020 and conclude in 2024, rea...

The Shape of Water leads the 2018 Oscar Nominations: the full list

Thomas Marrington

January 23, 2018

Cinema, Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Film, News

GUILLERMO Del Torro’s The Shape of Water leads the 2018 Oscar ballot with 13 nominations, including nods for Best Director, Lead Actress and Best Picture. In a year with no obvious frontrunner’s, predictors hav...

Glass sets sail for Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Spain

Oliver Krug

January 19, 2018

Architecture, Culture, Design, Feature

Treehouse with a view – Glass sets sail for Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Spain AS we leave the rougher Atlantic seas behind, the main sail comes down just as we pass the lighthouse of Cabo Mayor and turn in...

No Stone - Trevor Birney - Feature image

Glass reviews documentary No Stone Unturned and interviews producer Trevor Birney

Lucy Wai

January 16, 2018

Culture, Feature, Film

IN 1994, two masked men walked into a pub in Loughlinisland, County Down, Northern Ireland, and assassinated six innocent men as they watched Ireland play The World Cup. The Loughinisland Massacre, as it would ...

Glass meets Autistica’s Chief Executive, Jon Spiers

Regner Ramos

January 12, 2018

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

Until We Have Answers – Glass meets Autistica’s Chief Executive, Jon Spiers, to find out how this organisation has become Europe’s leading charity for autism research IF you walk into a room of 88 children, ...