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Glass speaks to British actor Jenna Coleman

October 8, 2021

Glass speaks to British actor Jenna Coleman on what she learned from her early career days to her latest endeavour, starring in the BBC’s The Serpent alongside Glass Man cover star Tahar Rahim Jenna Co...

Glass speaks to British actor Michael Ward

Charlie Navin-Holder

April 16, 2021

Culture, Feature

Glass talks to actor Michael Ward about Top Boy, future co-stars and winning that Rising Star award MICHAEL Ward is “That Guy”. Hell, catch the right teenager on the right day and they might even s...

Glass discovers the illustrious background of the lavish The Langham Hotel, London

Amanda Bernstein

July 13, 2020

Feature, Travel

The popularity of the British staycation is on the rise, creating the ideal opportunity to make the most of our glorious capital city. With so much to offer in terms of history, diversity, open spaces fused tog...

The Glass guide to the best podcasts during self-isolation

Augustine Hammond

March 26, 2020

Culture, Feature

KEEPING yourself occupied while being urged to stay at home is a task not taken lightly in the current social climate. Finding distracting things to do can be a challenge when you are restricted to the four wal...

Glass previews BBC Music Introducing LIVE

Katrina Mirpuri

October 16, 2019

Glass LIVE, Music, News

BBC INTRODUCING has been the go-to place for sourcing the next big acts in music, and they’re returning this year for three days of musical showcases and talks in London’s Tobacco Docks. Taking place at the...

Maxim Baldry talks to Glass about new show Years and Years

Charlie Navin-Holder

May 14, 2019

Culture, Feature

ACTOR Maxim Baldry is hard to place. It sounds strange, but his face has the look of a utopian projection of some beige, hopeful future where singular national identity is a foreign, long-forgotten concept. He ...

Glass interviews Jacob Banks

Abi Simm

February 22, 2018

Feature, Glass Talent, Music

BRITISH-Nigerian singer-songwriter Jacob Banks is redefining soul for this generation. From a young age Bank’s was involved in music, playing the drums at his local church, but only began writing and pursuing m...

From Breakdown to Breakthrough – Paula Rego works on paper on show in London

Yasmin Bilbeisi

March 30, 2017

Art, Culture, Feature

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SOMETIMES a breakdown is actually a breakthrough, as evidenced by Dame Paula Rego in her son Nick Willing’s groundbreaking documentary Secrets and Stories. Willing made the film after his mother finally began t...

Happily Whenever After – Glass previews the documentary, Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Yasmin Bilbeisi

March 25, 2017

Art, Culture, Feature

ONCE upon a time, there was an artist who turned to fairytales and folklore for inspiration when painting. Such stories are the basis for most of the work in Dame Paula Rego’s 60-year-long outre oeuvre. Working...

Glass talks to the extraordinary orchestral-electronic musician Anna Meredith

Katrina Mirpuri

September 7, 2016

Feature, Music

WHEN you hear Anna Meredith’s music, it becomes apparent that you’ve not heard anything like it before. A wild combination of orchestral noise and electronic sounds make her music dangerous yet enjoyably eccen...

Glass talks to Elena Tonra of Daughter

Katrina Mirpuri

January 7, 2016

Feature, Music

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London-based three-piece Daughter, have gone from being a BBC-introducing act to a cult indie-folk band. Now, nearly three years after their debut album If You Leave, on 4AD, Daughter are back with a second alb...

In the fast lane with O-T Fagbenle

Gabriella Crewe-Read

June 24, 2015

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

O-T Fagbenle is a man on the move. Currently performing in the BBC One crime drama The Interceptor where he plays Special Agent Marcus “Ash” Ashton, a customs officer recruited into a secret bran...

For the love of it – Glass talks to rising star British actor Adam Nagaitis

Arjun Sajip

April 15, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature

Glass had a great time interviewing Adam Nagaitis, the RADA graduate rapidly making a name for himself in the film industry. Born and raised in Chorley, Lancashire, Adam began his training at the prestigious St...

Glass interviews Marianne Oldham the star of BBC WW1 drama The Crimson Field

Gabriella Crewe-Read

April 9, 2014

Culture, Don't Miss: Television, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature, Glass Talents

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...

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