Black Lives Matter - The Glass Magazine

Ramla Ali traces her journey to boxing champion with Glass

September 13, 2024

From Spring Issue 57 Glass speaks to Ramla Ali whose epic story as a former child refugee turned boxing champ, turned fashion model and activist continues to win her many plaudits Professional box...

Glass talks to Alexis Williams of the Fashion Minority Alliance

Pia Brynteson

December 6, 2022

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

Fashioning the future – Alexis Williams of the Fashion Minority Alliance tells Glass about the road to a more diverse and inclusive fashion and beauty industry THE year 2020 was a time for businesses and ind...

American actor Justice Smith opens up to Glass

Imogen Clark

January 28, 2022

Culture, Feature

American actor Justice Smith opens up to Glass about queer representation on screen and his latest project, the erotic thriller The Voyeurs IT WAS after a protest one Friday last summer that Justice Sm...

Glass meets rising star – actor Sọpẹ Dìrísù

Charlie Newman

October 15, 2021

Culture, Feature

The thinker After briefly contemplating a career behind an office desk, actor Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has emerged as “one to watch” after appearing in two of last year’s top small-screen dramas. Glass catches him in a r...

Welcome to the Spring 2021 of Glass Man – Breakthrough

Caroline Simpson

April 1, 2021

Fashion, Feature

WELCOME to the Spring 2021 issue of Glass Man – entitled Breakthrough. Why this theme? Due to the scientific brilliance and dedication of doctors and researchers – working together the world over – the Covid-...

Glass speaks to the star of Pose – Mj Rodriguez

Imogen Clark

February 5, 2021

Culture, Feature

Glass speaks to trans-actor Mj Rodriguez about her hit show Pose and how she hopes to help bring about a more accepting future MONTHS prior to this interview, I decided to begin watching FX’s tel...

Glass interviews actor and activist Brandon Flynn

Adina Ilie

January 15, 2021

Culture, Feature

“Community Makes The Difference” - Brandon Flynn opens up about outgrowing 13 Reasons Why, rallying for equality and why the future is togetherness BRANDON Flynn shot to fame with his breakthr...

Glass talks to artist and activist Valerie Ebuwa about – ValUE II

Imogen Clark

November 5, 2020

Art, Culture, Feature, Photography

THE POSTS on social media may have stopped, and the protestors may have gone home but, the fight to end racism has not. It may not be headline news and you may not hear the echoes of ‘Don't shoot’ bouncing off ...

Glass interviews Maori Karmael Holmes, CEO and Artistic Director of BlackStar Film Festival

Jackson Caines

August 13, 2020

Culture, Feature

THE Philadelphia-based BlackStar Film Festival describes itself as “an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color, showcasing films b...

#WhoseFuture – a new creative collaboration to amplify diverse forces throughout the city of Bristol

Rosie Fitter

July 30, 2020

Art, Avant Art, Exhibitions, News, Photography

THE BRITISH city of Bristol has been at the forefront of Black Lives Matter and racial justice developments recently. In the wake of these events, positive movements for social change have been emerging. ...

Glass interviews British actor Elarica Johnson

Cara Jenkins

July 15, 2020

Culture, Feature

WHEN I was first introduced to Elarica, I was pleasantly greeted with immediate warmth and the familiarity of an accent instantly identifiable as a fellow Londoner. Along with redefining a new era of TV, portra...

Black Aesthetics Advisory Board has launched to improve BAME experiences in the beauty industry

Imogen Clark

July 7, 2020

Beauty, News

WITH the Black Lives Matter movement at the forefront of all news, some medical professionals and aestheticians in the beauty industry have formed a new platform to cater and investigate the experiences of blac...

Glass speaks to artist Catherine Mondoa

Molly Denton

July 6, 2020

Art, Feature

CATHERINE Mondoa is an African-American artist based in London. After graduating from BSc Materials Science Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Mondoa currently studies MA Textiles at the Royal College...

Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of Glass – Shine

Caroline Simpson

June 25, 2020

Culture, Feature

I NEVER want to hear the word “unprecedented” again. Indeed it is banned from these pages. When we started working on the summer issue of Glass, none of the team could have predicted events of the nex...

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...

Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY’s SOLASTA livestream raises funds for UK Black Pride

Rosie Fitter

June 15, 2020

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

ON Saturday as part of London Fashion Week, the Glaswegian designer, artist and radical creative, Charles Jeffrey shared a livestream that was radically different to the original collection he had intended to d...

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