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Glass reviews The Emma Press Anthology of Illness

November 26, 2020

IF THERE is one thing that keeps us connected in some way, it’s our tendency to become ill. As a result, there's a certain comfort that can be derived from reading about others' experiences – for sick and healt...

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

Michele Kirsch

November 23, 2020

Beauty, Books, Fragrance Picks, News

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...

Glass reviews the photobook – 101 Pictures by Tom Wood

Michele Kirsch

October 28, 2020

Books, News, Photography

PHOTOGRAPHER Tom Wood, whose stark and evocative pictures of Merseyside in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s are collected in this beautiful book 101 Pictures, was known locally as “The photie man”– also the title of a ...

Glass reviews new book – Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery by Melanie Grant

Joshua Hendren

October 27, 2020

Books, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

IMMERSING readers into the rarefied world of limited edition and one-of-a-kind jewellery pieces, Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery, a new comprehensive book by writer and journalist Melanie Grant, o...

Glass reviews Chanel X Thames & Hudson – The Complete Collection

Derby Jones

October 15, 2020

Books, Fashion, Feature

UBER publisher Thames & Hudson have done it again with their beautiful new Chanel tome, Chanel X Thames & Hudson –The Complete Collection, which presents over 180 collections from the storied French fas...

Glass reviews The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott

Alice Hill-Woods

September 23, 2020

Books, Culture, News

THREADING together tales of adrenaline, violence and rhythm, American writer Rion Amilcar Scott presents a stunning narrative that bestows its shine from its sharp edges. His collection of short stories, The Wo...

Glass reviews Barbara Pyle’s photobook Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1975

Arjun Sajip

September 11, 2020

Books, Culture, News, Photography

AS REEL Art Press releases a limited, numbered, signed poster of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from their first-ever passport photo sessions, 45 years after the release of Born to Run, we take another...

Glass reviews The New Black Vanguard

Sean Sheehan

August 19, 2020

Books, Culture, Feature

THE photographer plays a large part in making choices that affect the fashion pictures they take: what kind of camera and lighting to use, type of lens, location, background, props and accessories and so on. Th...

Glass reviews some books that let you travel, virtually, in style

Sean Sheehan

August 5, 2020

Books, Feature

MAPS WITH imagination as well as precision set you free; passports to fly like a bird over the world and land in interesting places. This is the idea behind A Map of the World: According to Illustrators & S...

Cape Farewell launches creative emergency project Siren Poets

Alice Hill-Woods

July 31, 2020

Books, News

AN innovative climate activist arts organisation, Cape Farewell, has launched a new creative project with support from the Arts Council Emergency Funding. The project, entitled Siren Poets, commissions poets Li...

Glass reviews new book about British jeweller Shaun Leane by Vivienne Becker, Joanna Hardy, Claire Wilcox and Shaun Leane

Imogen Clark

July 7, 2020

Books, Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

THERE are very few friendships in the history of fashion that have accumulated to the same level of innovation between two creatives in the same way Alexander McQueen and Shaun Leane did. The pair spent eightee...

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...

Paper Nations launches project The Great Margin to uplift marginalised creative voices

Alice Hill-Woods

June 22, 2020

Books, Feature

FORGING connections across a landscape of reduced physical proximity, creative writing incubator, Paper Nations, has launched an innovative online platform for writers from marginalised communities. The project...

Indie Book Awards 2020: shortlist announced

Alice Hill-Woods

May 21, 2020

Books, Feature

DESPITE the challenges posed by coronavirus, Independent Bookshop Week is going ahead as planned this June in the UK. This will come as delightful news to worldwide readers of indie books, because the event wil...

Glass selects some of the best books for spring

Alice Hill-Woods

May 7, 2020

Books, Culture, Feature

SPRING has begun to emerge in different ways across the country. It’s my favourite season, mainly because of its anticipatory energy, a promise of the coming heat. Despite the difficulties of lockdown, it’s har...

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...

JW Anderson announces release of print and digital fanzine

Lexi Fadina

November 18, 2019

Books, News

VISIONARY behind the brands JW Anderson and Loewe, Jonathan Anderson never ceases to amaze with how far his creative ideas go. Having already experimented with workshops and exhibitions, Northern Irish designer...

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...

Desire – book of undiscovered photographs of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe in New York released

Katrina Mirpuri

October 14, 2019

Books, News

PHOTOGRAPHER Lloyd Ziff has announced the release of his latest book DESIRE, which showcases a collection of photographs of the iconic duo Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. The photographs were shot in N...

Glass speaks to writer and author Nina Antonia

Michele Kirsch

August 24, 2019

Books, Culture, News

BACK in 1987, anyone who was a fan of the short lived but hugely influential New York Dolls in general, and the of the Dickensian wraith-like tortured genius of Johnny Thunders in particular, was delighted to h...

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...