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Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of Glass Man – Shine

June 25, 2020

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 looks at the Graduate Fashion Foundation’s latest talents

Molly Denton

June 24, 2020

Fashion, Feature

FOLLOWING the cancellation of Graduate Fashion Week because of current government guidelines, the Graduate Fashion Foundation looks to different ways to champion their talents. Supporting 14 universities world-...

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...

Paper Nations launches project The Great Margin to uplift marginalised creative voices

Alice Hill-Woods

June 22, 2020

Books, Feature

FORGING connections across a landscape of reduced physical proximity, creative writing incubator, Paper Nations, has launched an innovative online platform for writers from marginalised communities. The project...

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 ...

Glass present our favourite gender-neutral perfumes

Caroline Simpson

June 18, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks

Don’t define me – Glass present our favourite gender-neutral perfumes AS society becomes more accepting of a non-binary approach to gender, so has the perfume world, with unisex brands Tom Daxon ...

Cook the mountains at home with Norbert Niederkofler

Katrina Mirpuri

June 17, 2020

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

NORBERT Niederkofler is a three Michelin star chef whose renowned ‘cook the mountains’ theory has become integral to South Tyrolean’s way of life. His innovative approach to using wild foraged ingredients from ...

Glass presents four international talents from the Graduate Fashion Foundation and a special collaboration with TikTok

Molly Denton

June 16, 2020

Fashion, Feature

IN LIGHT of the current worldwide pandemic, Graduate Fashion Foundation has had to cancel Graduate Fashion Week which was due to be held at Old Truman Brewery in East London this summer. GFF, being inextricably...

The Glass Father’s Day Gift Guide

Rhiannon Jenkins

June 15, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Shopping Guide

FATHER’S DAY is just around the corner – 21 June, to be precise. What do you get for a man who claims he doesn't want anything? It's difficult, we know. Especially when you don't want to disappoint. But don't w...

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 Father’s Day Drinks Gift Guide

Katrina Mirpuri

June 11, 2020

Dining, Drinks, Feature, Food & Drink

FATHER’S DAY is incoming – in the UK it is on 21 June. Here is the Glass Guide to our recommended drinks to celebrate your dad. Help 4 Hospitality the online pop-up wine shop, is offering a mixed case of subl...

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...

The Glass Guide to Sustainable Beauty and Skincare

Caroline Simpson

June 9, 2020

Beauty, Feature

ONE thing you can do for a greener, more sustainable, life is to think about the products and tools you use in your skincare routine. Some simple tweaks and adjustments – using fewer plastic and singl...

Glass speaks to Luka Sabbat

Lily Rimmer

June 8, 2020

Culture, Feature

All that glitters is not gold … Glass speaks to Luka Sabbat about his rise to internet fame, his power to influence and whether he thinks social media is the apotheosis of consumer society ON THE evening ...

Joshua Buatsi. Photograph: Jamie McPhilimey

Glass talks to British Ghanaian boxing sensation Joshua Buatsi

Charlie Navin-Holder

June 5, 2020

Culture, Feature, Sport

This, that and all of the in-between – Glass talks to British Ghanaian boxing sensation Joshua Buatsi about his reputation in and out of the ring, his early years in Accra, and how Croydon is the capi...

The fourth in our series on meditative art – Glass profiles Roger Hiorns’ Seizure at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Rowena Chiu

June 4, 2020

Art, Feature

Glass presents the fourth in our online series on meditative art installations from across the world IN 2008, Roger Hiorns requisitioned a derelict postwar council flat on Harper Road in Elephant and Castle, S...

Glass meets rising model Krow

Emma Hart

June 3, 2020

Fashion, Feature

The power of connection – Glass meets rising model Krow, to discuss cosplay, his upcoming documentary, and becoming a voice for trans-models in the industry It is pretty difficult to believe that Krow has on...

Glass speaks to the students at the heart of Architecture Education Declares manifesto

Charlie Navin-Holder

June 2, 2020

Architecture, Design, Feature

Rewriting the script in architectural education – Glass speaks to some of the students at the heart of Architecture Education Declares manifesto demanding a much greater emphasis on the teaching of ecologically...

Glass talks to British artist Gavin Turk

Oliver Krug

June 1, 2020

Art, Feature

Mind the trash – Glass talks to British artist Gavin Turk about his show Letting Go which explores the environmental consequences of human existence and what happened, and what needs to happen next GAVIN Tur...

Caroline Simpson

June 1, 2020

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

IT falls on all of us, regardless of our race, to come forward with knowledge, empathy and action. Together, we must work to end state sanctioned violence, to liberate black people, and dismantle systematic...

Glass meets the K-pop supergroup Day6

Emma Hart

May 29, 2020

Culture, Feature, Music

Anything goes – Glass meets K-pop boyband Day6 – the supergroup that isn’t afraid to push boundaries If you were to ask K-pop group Day6 what the perfect formula for a boyband is, they would have a...