The dirty F word
“Feminism” sometimes seems to have become an utterly filthy word in the last decade or so. For every person who believes that the 21st century woman is a feminist by definition of the time in which they were ...
Glass interviews Marianne Oldham the star of BBC WW1 drama The Crimson Field
Life does indeed resemble art when I interview Marianne Oldham in late December 2013. Having just wrapped from two months filming six one-hour episodes of the Sarah Phelps-penned drama The Crimson Fie...
Easter eggs from Nobu London
This Easter, Nobu London will give the classic chocolate egg a Michelin-star make-over. Executive head pastry chef Regis Cursan has created three Japanese designs in milk, white and dark chocolate, all from...
Glass talks with Tom Riley to share his experiences of playing the lead role in Da Vinci Demons
Kent-born, English actor Tom Riley spent his early years writing and directing plays before formally studying English literature and drama at the University of Birmingham. After graduating in 2002, Tom embarked...
Immortal melody
They are some of the greatest masterpieces ever written by humankind but what does the future hold for such specialist art forms as classical music and opera? What relevance do they hold in modern society and w...
Glass talks to British actor Laura Haddock about playing Da Vinci’s lover in the day, and finding solace in cooking at night
Playing the mistress – Glass talks to British actor Laura Haddock about playing Da Vinci's lover in the day, and finding solace in cooking at night
Watching the actress Hayley Mills star in Pollyanna at an e...
The eyes have it – When it comes to eye-care a pair of cucumber slices just isn’t going to cut it, as Glass discovers …
Despite allegedly being “windows to the soul”, our eyes seem to take quite a fair amount of flack on a daily basis. Not getting enough sleep, dehydration and wearing contact lenses for far longer than...
Bamford braves new frontiers
“New growth – above all optimism”, and if you take Carole Bamford’s word for it, the recent developments that have unfolded at the benefit of her eponymous RTW label throughout March clearly attest to her decl...
Fables of fame – Glass speaks with up-and-coming Scottish actor James McArdle
Knowing from a very young age that he wanted to become an actor, Glaswegian James McArdle has been feverishly chasing his dream ever since. From this youthful conviction, he joined and became a commit...
Sensing spaces: architecture reimagined
Sensing Spaces at the Royal Academy of Arts in London is an exhibition showcasing seven different spaces from architects from around the world. The concept behind the exhibition is to see how people respon...
Up in the clouds
Amsterdam-based Dutch artist, Berndnaut Smilde has become quickly well-known in the art world for his Nimbus series of multi-disciplinary installations where using a smoke machine, and carefully adjus...
Through the eye of the beholder
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong in the broken places.” Perhaps Hemingway had a little insight into our ongoing romance with semi-destruction in his rather poignant line ...
Against the trend
Fashion in any field is a peculiar thing because to really be at the forefront of it you almost have to be the one who’s totally ignoring it. Such is the enduring case of two of the most influential artists...
Plisskën festival 2014 line up announced
The line-up for Plissken music festival 2014 has just been announced. The annual festival, held in Athens, features a wide array of various music genres and aims to bring eclectic artists to Greece. The music e...
Magical Madrid
Madrid is one of the few European cities that has succeeded in retaining the overwhelming charm and authenticity of its mother culture – as the Spanish are wont to do so valiantly. Indeed, they ar...
Alice made this, fancy that
This year is already shaping up very well for Alice Walsh, mainly on account of her crafty cufflinks, and if you didn’t know, now you do, Alice made them. And indeed, Alice Made This cuff-links ar...
Simply does it
In a world of perpetual information, constant conversation, and complex debate, it is an unbridled breath of fresh air and a proverbial sigh of relief to come across someone whose view liberates you from th...
Spring make-up report ‘14
Make-up trends tend to come and go – smoky eyes one minute, a red lip the next with the occasional bold statement sneaking in which rarely makes it beyond the catwalks and coffee houses of Soho (blue lips a...
Laura Mercier teams up with Ovarian Cancer Action
Those fond of beauty with a good cause behind it will no doubt welcome Laura Mercier’s three new launches, 100 per cent of the profits are being donated to the brand’s Ovarian Cancer Fund (LMOCF). An often over...
Lagerfeld takes London and the world stands by
Lagerfeld has officially touched down in London town, and the sultan of the fashion new order knows every in and every out of the capital city, indicating, soon after his Britannic invasion, that it is one of...
Artistic transgressor
The polymorphous art of Sterling Ruby embraces paradox, confounds expectations, and defies easy categorisation. Yet at the same time his creative output partakes of and helps establish new paradigms for definin...