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Glass reviews Turner‘s Modern World at the Tate Britain

November 3, 2020

TURNER’S Modern World has opened at Tate Britain. A powerful exhibition spanning JMW Turner’s career, the show presents Turner and his paintings as explorations of the time he was living in; musings on rapidly...

Glass enjoys a magical hotspot in Fitzrovia, London

Sean Sheehan

November 2, 2020

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

MOST London place names are far older than the buildings that occupy their spaces. Tottenham Court Road, for instance, is named after a manor house that was confiscated during the 17th-century English civil war...

Glass meets actor André Holland – star of Moonlight and The Eddy

Adina Ilie

October 30, 2020

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature

ANDRÉ Holland is one of the most promising performers of this generation. Having starred in a plethora of note-worthy cinematic classics – from the Academy Award-winning Moonlight to the culturally unrivalled S...

Glass discovers Structural Integration – or Rolfing – for perfect posture and greater wellbeing

Nicola Kavanagh

October 29, 2020

Feature, Health

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I FIRST met Anna Collins at a press reception at The Como Hotel in London, one of the many locations she practices in. We made the usual polite greetings and then she told me she was a Rolfer. I was intrigued a...

Glass presents Finding Balance – a fashion story by Paul Farrell and Chloe Forde

Olga Petrusewicz

October 28, 2020

Fashion, Feature

IN A WORLD that seeks connection, the earth element is the epitome of nature. Used abundantly in design to signify peace, calm and unity. When the earth element is balanced we become stable, feel safe and...

Glass reviews new book – Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery by Melanie Grant

Joshua Hendren

October 27, 2020

Books, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

IMMERSING readers into the rarefied world of limited edition and one-of-a-kind jewellery pieces, Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery, a new comprehensive book by writer and journalist Melanie Grant, o...

Swap your desk for the deckchair! It’s time to work from paradise

Imogen Clark

October 26, 2020

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

THERE is one word on everyone’s mind. Escapism. As we all adapt to the new normal, the memories of foreign lands play on loop as we sit at our desks at home and reminisce. However, not all hope is lost. With th...

Glass reviews Michael Clark’s Cosmic Dancer at the Barbican

Ella Mottram

October 23, 2020

Art, Feature

HAILED as a pioneer in the British cultural landscape, Aberdeen-born choreographer Michael Clark’s first major exhibition Cosmic Dancer at the Barbican, certainly lives up to its title. I have to admit I was sl...

Glass interviews British actor Tom Austen

Chandana Kamaraj

October 22, 2020

Culture, Feature

TOM Austen’s responses to how he became interested in acting and how he had such a meticulously curated Instagram feed were strikingly similar. I was answered with, “It was never something that I thought ‘oh I’...

Glass presents Unmoved – a fashion story by Sandra Seaton

Emma Hart

October 21, 2020

Fashion, Feature

GLASS presents an apathetic fashion story from photographer Sandra Seaton, symbolising the state of being all dressed up with nowhere to go — a call to our current times, perhaps? Model: Oliver ...

Glass enjoys two restaurants Gauthier Soho and Apres Food co – with home dining options

Sean Sheehan

October 20, 2020

Culture, Feature

APRES Food Co, unassumingly positioned in St John St in Clerkenwell for almost four years now, continues to quietly turn out healthy food that is conscientiously prepared, cooked with acumen and designed to pl...

K-pop group Seventeen returns with new album, Semicolon

Joshua Hendren

October 19, 2020

Feature, Music

K-POP boy group Seventeen has today released their highly anticipated new “special album” – entitled Semicolon. Debuting on numerous online music platforms alongside a music video for the lead single HOME;RUN,...

Glass finds a paradisical hideaway in Mozambique – White Pearl Resorts

Amanda Bernstein

October 19, 2020

Africa, Feature, Travel

WHITE Pearl Resorts is the kind of destination that Robin Crusoe wished he had been shipwrecked upon. A 90-minute drive from Maputo Airport or 40 minutes from the South African Kosi Bay border, this luxury lodg...

Glass interviews actor Jessica Barden – star of The End of the F***ing World

Emma Hart

October 16, 2020

Culture, Feature

BEFORE talking with Jessica Barden over the phone – she is based in LA and I am in the UK – I spent an hour scrolling through her Instagram enthralled and a little jealous. She has one of those Instagram pages ...

Glass reviews Chanel X Thames & Hudson – The Complete Collection

Derby Jones

October 15, 2020

Books, Fashion, Feature

UBER publisher Thames & Hudson have done it again with their beautiful new Chanel tome, Chanel X Thames & Hudson –The Complete Collection, which presents over 180 collections from the storied French fas...

Glass presents Before It Goes – a fashion story by Nina Raasch

Olga Petrusewicz

October 14, 2020

Fashion, Feature

BY A moonlight night, at the dawn of autumn and in this year of change, Nina Raasch captures the two faces of a contemporary woman. A transformation expressed and styled by playing with the contrasts of grunge ...

Is Chucs Belgravia the reliable and affordable Italian restaurant that you’ve been yearning for?

Lily Rimmer

October 13, 2020

Dining, Feature

AS MY favourite cuisine (as is the same for the majority of those reading this), in my eyes it is very easy to get it wrong when it comes to Italian. Not tooting my own horn or anything but more times than not ...

Glass visits the Ryse Hotel, Seoul

Amanda Bernstein

October 12, 2020

Feature, Travel

THE Ryse Hotel is truly at home in Seoul’s vibrant Hongdae district in which it is intimately connected with the cultural liveliness of its surroun-dings. Taking inspiration from indepen-dent music venues, desi...

Glass meets man of the moment Paul Mescal

Alice Hill-Woods

October 9, 2020

Culture, Feature

IT ALMOST goes without saying that Paul Mescal is a name that will continue to intrigue, inspire and generate tête-à-têtes. His performance as the endearing Connell Waldron, lead character of acclaimed novel an...

PFW SS21: Stella McCartney

Imogen Clark

October 9, 2020

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Film

STELLA McCartney spent her summer inside designing a collection for a year's time. Usually, not much changes over a year but as we all know this year has been different and now the future is unpredictable. How ...

Glass talks to leading cosmetic doctor Dr Sophie Shotter about the growth in men’s skincare and tweakments

Caroline Simpson

October 8, 2020

Beauty, Feature

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From botox to brotox – Glass meets leading cosmetic doctor Dr Sophie Shotter to find out more about the growth in men’s skincare and tweakments A LEADING light in the world of skincare and aesthetics, Dr Sop...