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Glass reviews The Essence – Discovering the World of Scent, perfume and Fragrance

November 23, 2020

THIS GORGEOUS, coffee table-worthy tome The Essence – Discovering the World of Scent, perfume and Fragrance seduces you from the get-go into the heady world of scent, a place where, I firmly believe, all truths...

THE DIOR SESSIONS: Portraits by Nikolai Von Bismarck and Tailored by Kim Jones

The Glass guide to fashion books to read during self-isolation

Caroline Simpson

March 19, 2020

Books, Fashion, Feature

AT TIMES like these, what better way to unwind and escape for a moment than between the pages of a good fashion book. From Galliano to Ralph Lauren Glass has got it covered, so put the kettle on and get c...

Glass reviews some new books on Venetian art

Sean Sheehan

May 21, 2019

Art, Books, Feature

VENICE is heaving with classical art – being there, said Truman Capote, is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go – and sensory overload is an occupational hazard for the visitor. There is so...

The Wellcome Book Prize 2018 winner has been announced

Lily Rimmer

May 2, 2018

Books, Culture, News

THE long-anticipated Wellcome Book Prize winner has been announced. Judged by a panel of six and led by Edmund de Waal OBE the deliberations have taken place over the last two months. Last month we told you tha...

Shortlist for Wellcome Book Prize 2018 announced

Lily Rimmer

March 23, 2018

Books, News

CELEBRATING the best new books that illuminate our encounters with health, medicine and illness, and with a £30,000 cash prize at stake, the announcement of the Wellcome Book Prize 2018 shortlist was highly ant...

The 2018 longlist for the Wellcome Book Prize announced

Lily Rimmer

February 9, 2018

Books, News

CONSISTING of three novels, three memoirs, and six non-fiction titles, this year’s Wellcome Book Prize longlist is one of the most varied we’ve seen yet. The list was hand selected by a judging panel led by art...

Front Page. exterior The completed Lakeside and fountains (Oct 1981) Photograh @ Peter Bloomfield

Building the Barbican: Glass reviews Building the Brutal

Stephanie Clair

June 1, 2016

Books, Feature

AFTER three decades of conception and planning, the Barbican finally opened in 1982. Designed by young architects Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, the Centre was imagined as a union of utopian inner city life, uni...

Certified Indigenous

Roberta Lister

May 21, 2015

Avant Art, Books, Culture, Travel

The Luxury Collection: Certified Indigenous This month sees The Luxury Collection and Assouline join forces once more to re-write the travel guide in an impossibly luxe guise. Following the success of Epicur...

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