La Vida Lanzarote
Before visiting Lanzarote, I never thought I would get so excited over a potato. But the Spanish island’s traditional dish of papas arrugadas (Canarian wrinkled potatoes) has instilled in me a newfound enthusia...
Restaurant at the end of the world
The top end of Kings Road may be a hike from Sloane Square but, being so close to Chelsea’s premiership football club, it’s hardly the end of the world and especially so now that The World’s End Market has open...
Sunlight and Socrates
When thinking of Greece, my mind has always wandered to the famous islands such as Santorini and Rhodes, and with that all the clichés quickly surface, filling in the idyllic picture in my mind. Apart from ...
World’s only champagne and caviar temporary bar arrives on Aspen Mountain
The world’s only mountain-top champagne and caviar bar has just opened somewhere on Aspen Mountain, Colorado, and can be found every weekend during the ski-season.
Named Oasis, a large “snowcat” (think of an...
New York City’s three Chinatowns spotlighted in celebration of Lunar New Year
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, NYC & Company will spotlight New York City’s three Chinatown neighbourhoods—Sunset Park in Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Chinatown and Flushing in Queens. NYC & Company is ...
The Reality of the Snowman: Peter Regli’s Snow Monsters in NYC
Northward facing, in the immense shadows of the Flatiron Building and the (however urban-sparse) trees of Madison Square Park, are a flock of new sculptural residents.
In conjunction with Dominque Lévy Galle...
The material world – Phaidon publishes the first monograph of Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen
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
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 luxury cruiser Emeraude is renovated
Sailing on The Emeraude, a 37-cabin, junk-style ship, has been a travel bucket list entry since it became the first luxury cruise ship to navigate the waters, floating villages and karst landscape of Halong Bay...
Björk, A Retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art presents Björk, an eponymous retrospective dedicated to the mercurial singer, composer, and musician. Her work is an art in itself, one which spans genre and medium, transcending sensor...
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong celebrates 10 years
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 ...
Celebrating Harlem, NYC
The culture, music, art, people, food, and spirited overall vibe of uptown New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood are beckoning the attentions and affections of not only New Yorkers, but of the rest of the world....
The magnificent Monastero Santa Rosa hotel and spa
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
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...
Fortnum & Mason open The Bar at Terminal 5, London Heathrow
The world’s first airport bar from Fortnum & Mason has arrived at Terminal 5, London Heathrow, offering a new eating and drinking experience for discerning travellers. Located adjacent to the newly opened F...
Harmony Korine traverses boundaries of medium with exhibitions at Gagosian and St Barth’s Eden Rock
He is a famously raw filmmaker with a renown for skank and grit, for non-convention, for cinéma-vérité, for deep glimpses into the various milieus of youthdom. He is not-so-famously a fine artist, photographer ...
A little out of the ordinary – Glass stays at L’Hotel on Paris’s Rive Gauche
A little out of the ordinary – Glass stays at L’Hotel on Paris’s Rive Gauche
The charming and petite L’Hotel on Paris’s Rive Gauche (Left Bank) is one of the last vestiges of a bohemian and artistic society ...
Powder Byrne Properties launch Chesa Araus
The established experts in the luxury ski travel business, Powder Byrne Properties have announced plans to build nine luxury apartments in the quaint resort of Arosa in Switzerland, where local houses are choco...
The Secret and the Sublime
Zhang Xiaogang has become one of China’s biggest selling artists but despite huge acclaim and equally sizeable sales figures he remains humble and unaffected as Glass discovers
“A picture is worth a thousa...
Relaxing in Rio – Where to peacefully bed down and eat in a manic city of noisy fun
Relaxing in Rio – Where to peacefully bed down and eat in a manic city of noisy fun
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Jane Austen might have put it, that anyone in search of an excessively good time...