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Hammam’s the word – Glass discovers the perfect antidote to the English weather at Urban Retreat’s new Morrocan Hammam

February 17, 2015

Hammam’s the word – Glass discovers the perfect antidote to the English weather at Urban Retreat’s new Morrocan Hammam I always maintain I was born in the wrong country. I detest - no, loathe – the cold and ...

A speakeasy for the modern drinker

Becky Zanker

February 16, 2015

Dining, Feature

There is – seemingly – no secrecy in the very centre of Chinatown, in Soho, London. Restaurants display their menus, with bold, bright pictures, on huge entranceway panels, exotic vegetables are sliced to r...

Magnificent obsession – Photographer Lee Miller and a life uncensored

Lauren Weinberg

February 12, 2015

Archive, Art, Avant Art, Beauty, Books, Culture, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Talents, Photography

Magnificent obsession – Photographer Lee Miller and a life uncensored Mention Lee Miller’s name and the image of an icy, ethereal blonde comes to mind, her exquisite profile shimmering in the aura of a Steic...

Books, babies and Banana – Glass talks to actor Georgia Henshaw about her brilliant career

Arjun Sajip

February 12, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

Glass had a lot of fun chatting to Georgia Henshaw, the animated 21-year-old who cut her teeth on Casualty, The Bill and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, before moving onto Skins and Waterloo Road. She ...

The material world – Phaidon publishes the first monograph of Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen

Stephanie Clair

February 11, 2015

Avant Art, China, Feature

The material world – Phaidon publishes the first monograph of Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen “The value of a work of art is the value and knowledge and ideas, rather than the value of its materials …” Yin Xiuzh...

Ruven Afanador’s Ángel Gitano – Glass reviews the NYC-based Colombian photographer’s latest show – The Men of Flamenco

Emily Rae Pellerin

February 10, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Travel

Glass reviews the NYC-based Colombian photographer’s latest show – The Men of Flamenco New York City’s upper east side Throckmorton Fine Art is exhibiting, for the fourth time, the images of NYC-based Colomb...

The art of eating

Sean Sheehan

February 9, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, Dining, Feature

Tate Britain came up with a logical idea as to where best to eat after appreciating an art show when it commissioned the artist Rex Whistler in the 1920s to decorate the gallery’s Refreshment Room. He spent eig...

Verónica Echegui – the new Penélope Cruz? Glass catches up with the rising Spanish star

Arjun Sajip

February 6, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Don't Miss: Television, Feature, Glass Talents, News

Verónica Echegui – the new Penélope Cruz? Glass catches up with the rising Spanish star Being billed by many as “the new Penélope Cruz”does not faze Verónica Echegui, who made her name in Bigas Luna’s My Nam...

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong celebrates 10 years

Amanda Bernstein

February 3, 2015

Asia, Dining, Feature, Hong Kong, Travel

Marking Hong Kong Fashion Week last month, the largest and most important fashion event in Asia, the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong begins its 10th anniversary celebrations by collaborating with Anya ...

Extra tickets released for Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Shiyu Tang

February 2, 2015

Culture, Fashion, Feature, News

The V&A’s spring headline exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty has now sold 30,000 advance tickets, online pre-bookable tickets sold out for the first five weekends of the exhibition. This has bro...

The art of patience – Glass reviews Basil Twist’s stunning craftsmanship and puppet-poetry, Dogugaeshi at The Barbican

Lilian Pizzichini

February 2, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

The art of patience – Glass reviews Basil Twist’s stunning craftsmanship and puppet-poetry, Dogugaeshi at The Barbican Maybe it is something to do with the lure of television: as 21st-century westerners, we ...

From the Glass Archive – Avant Art

Glass Archive

January 30, 2015

Archive, Avant Art, Feature

From the Glass Archive – Avant Art We go back into the Glass magazine archive to revisit the work of some exciting artists featured in Issue Four. Jaime Tarazona Jaime lives and works in Colombia and is...

Real fortitude

Becky Zanker

January 29, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

British actor Nicholas Pinnock has an impressively eclectic list of credits to his name. In the 1990s, he appeared in UK TV stalwarts Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill and Casualty, but he’s since starred i...

Starlet-worthy skincare

Viola Levy

January 29, 2015

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

The 1950s Italian actress Sophia Loren famously quipped ‘everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.’ This pretty much sums up the Italian aesthetic: voluptuous, well fed, healthy. Loren – a regular muse for Dolce ...

Glass reviews the Scottish artist’s latest show in Tokyo – A history of human folly at the heart of Jack McLean’s art

Peter Yeoh

January 28, 2015

Avant Art, Feature

Glass reviews the Scottish artist’s latest show in Tokyo – A history of human folly at the heart of Jack McLean’s art Jack McLean’s painting, It’s a Long Story, in Full Colour, without a Happy Ending, on vie...

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 ...

The magnificent Monastero Santa Rosa hotel and spa

Amanda Bernstein

January 26, 2015

Europe, Feature, France, Travel

It strikes me that once a hotel reaches a certain level in the luxury stakes, what really stands out is how unique the property is in terms of its originality and geographical location. A huge bedroom with...

Eastern promise – Glass uncovers the secrets of a modern hero, the pioneering visionary Sun Yat Sen

Glass Archive

January 23, 2015

China, Culture, Feature

Eastern promise – Glass uncovers the secrets of a modern hero, the pioneering visionary Sun Yat Sen Bold, audacious and indefatigable, Sun Yat Sen was the pioneering visionary who laid the first stones of mo...

Glass handpicks the ultimate hero products to see your skin through the cold snap

Viola Levy

January 22, 2015

Feature

With the change in seasons comes a change in our skin – having to adjust to the biting cold, recovering from the sugar rush that is the festive season; interrupted sleep thanks to the bitter...

Effortlessly original

Jessica Quillin

January 21, 2015

Feature

For fans of US TV programme Project Runway, Amanda Valentine is far and away one of the most talented and down-to-earth participants of all seasons. Viewers could not be more thrilled when she was brought b...

Making history

Becky Zanker

January 20, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

She might have been born in 1980s Kent, but Charity Wakefield has lived in numerous time periods. Most recently, she’s appeared as Mary Boleyn in Peter Kosminsky’s highly anticipated Wolf Hall – that’s...