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Brasserie Angelica at the Newman Hotel Elevates All-Day Dining in London’s Fitzrovia

May 7, 2026

THE DEBUT of a new luxury hotel into the London hospitality scene is always an occasion to celebrate. And Brasserie Angelica at The Newman on the same-named street in Fitzrovia deserves getting the bunting out...

LFW SS22: Tiger of Sweden

Augustine Hammond

September 20, 2021

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

ACROSS the street from The British Museum, inside the gates of Bloomsbury’s Montague Gardens, the Tiger of Sweden SS22 presentation titled Performance, opened with exactly that. A group of contem...

Glass reviews No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Alice Hill-Woods

February 10, 2021

Books, Culture, Feature

IF YOU have been scavenging for a jewel of the post-internet age, then you’ve found it. No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood is a disorientating bumper ride through the thing that many of us love a...

Glass stays at The Academy, Bloomsbury, London

Imogen Clark

July 20, 2020

Feature, London, Travel

TUCKED away in London’s Bloomsbury, The Academy provides the London hotel experience in an incomparable way. Consisting of five Georgian townhouses on Gower Street, this establishment has been redesigned by New...

Winners of the Indie Book Awards 2020 announced

Alice Hill-Woods

June 29, 2020

Books, Culture, Feature

READERS everywhere have anticipated the dramatic unveiling of the winners of the Indie Book Awards 2020, which is, at present, the only UK book award run by independent bookshops. As Independent Bookshop Week d...

Glass talks to photoartist Jamie Mcleod about his new book I Created Me

Caroline Simpson

October 15, 2019

Books, News

THE NEW ZEALAND-born, London-based photo-artist, Jamie Mcleod has produced a new book entitled I Created Me featuring largely unseen photos from McLeod’s 20-year-old archive of his work with...

Glass swoons over L’oscar, a magical new hotel in Bloomsbury

Derby Jones

October 1, 2018

Feature, Travel

THE West End has been graced by the opening of L’oscar, a stunning five-star boutique property that oozes ambiance, class and first-rate service. Located in the middle of Bloomsbury, the listed Arts &...

The Glass Guide to Lamb’s Conduit Street, London – Maggie Owen

Jessica Graham

May 12, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

FRANCE is where the story started. Maggie Owen started her business in 2003, after being inspired by a Parisian jewellery designer, Philippe Ferrandis, to open her own shop in the heart of Lamb’s Conduit Street...

The Glass guide to Lamb’s Conduit Street, London – Ally Capellino

Stephanie Clair

May 4, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Shopping Guide

WHEN we think of vegetable-tanned leather and waxed canvas accessories with a timeless British design, our thoughts immediately jump to Ally Capellino. For the last 30 years, the owner and designer Alison Lloyd...

The Glass Guide to Lamb’s Conduit Street, London – Oliver Spencer

Caroline Simpson

April 28, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Shopping Guide

GLASS is very lucky to have our London office in Bloomsbury and on the doorstep (more or less) of Lamb’s Conduit Street – a fantastically unique neighbourhood, with an intriguing history, which has a wonderful ...

Lamb’s Conduit and Rugby Street, Bloomsbury, celebrate 450th anniversary, with street party

Caroline Simpson

April 4, 2017

Culture, Feature

THIS month a very special 450th anniversary street party is taking place in Bloomsbury, central London. Celebrating the founding of the Rugby Estate in 1567 by the canny and hard-working Rugby-born grocer and b...

Jo Malone London Releases Limited Edition Bloomsbury Set Fragrances

Jessica Graham

February 27, 2017

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

FIVE new scents entitled The Bloomsbury Set have been created by expert perfumer Yann Vasnier for Jo Malone London. The inspiration for the collection is The Bloomsbury Set — the group of UK-based philosopher...

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