Sean Sheehan - The Glass Magazine

There’s more to Cognac than cognac

September 26, 2022

AN OVER-SIZED model of a wine bottle greets visitors in the arrivals hall of Bordeaux airport but, less than 100km to the north, the timeworn town of Cognac is more understated about its own unique contribution...

Glass goes on a luxury exploration of Egypt and the Nile Valley

Sean Sheehan

August 2, 2022

Africa, Feature, Travel

EGYPT IS full of surprises and one of the first comes with realising that the pyramids of Giza are only 20 kilometres from central Cairo. There they were, standing in front of me – looking exactly like you expe...

The Lowell Hotel, New York partners with Shou Sugi Ban House for weekend retreat

Sean Sheehan

July 27, 2022

America, New York, News, Travel

AS WORLD cities go, New York is hard to beat and especially so if staying in the Upper East Side, Manhattan, with Central Park and Fifth Avenue on your doorstep. When the urban pulse becomes too insistent, howe...

Glass enjoys a week in Madrid

Sean Sheehan

May 10, 2022

Feature, Travel

CHECKING-IN at Madrid’s Heritage Hotel, after a proffered cup of tea, coffee or glass of cava, is a civilized affair. The small lobby area is like a cross-section of an elegant sitting room and intimations of ...

Glass visits the Euphoria Retreat, the Peloponnese, Greece

Sean Sheehan

January 24, 2022

Feature, Travel

AFTER a 5am train for an early morning flight to Athens, followed by a two-and-a-half hour drive, arriving at Mystras Grand Palace Resort brings immediate gratification. Gracious staff provide the essential hum...

Glass takes a break at Rocpool Reserve and Castle Crossbasket, Scotland

Sean Sheehan

January 10, 2022

Feature, Travel

SOMEONE said a vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking and if this hit a sore spot you may find yourself boarding a sleeper train one night and disembarking the f...

Glass enjoys some fabulous al fresco dining in London

Sean Sheehan

September 6, 2021

Dining, Feature

THERE is an attractive view of St James’s Church on Piccadilly – said to be Christopher Wren’s personal favourite – from outdoor tables at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill. The red brick and Portlan...

Pining for passport control: Glass reviews two travel books – Great Escapes Mediterranean and Great Escapes Greece

Sean Sheehan

April 12, 2021

Books, Feature, Travel

IF YOU are daring to dream of a holiday in the sun before the year ends, or when it is safe to travel abroad, two new books, aptly named Great Escapes, provide the necessary compass points. With hundreds of e...

Glass reviews National Gallery Titian and Artemisia exhibition

Sean Sheehan

November 23, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

LONDON’s blockbuster art exhibitions, on show for a limited time period, tend to be overwhelming but not just for the quality of their programmes. They can attract huge audiences and with crowds of spectators, ...

Glass enjoys a magical hotspot in Fitzrovia, London

Sean Sheehan

November 2, 2020

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

MOST London place names are far older than the buildings that occupy their spaces. Tottenham Court Road, for instance, is named after a manor house that was confiscated during the 17th-century English civil war...

Glass enjoys two restaurants Gauthier Soho and Apres Food co – with home dining options

Sean Sheehan

October 20, 2020

Culture, Feature

APRES Food Co, unassumingly positioned in St John St in Clerkenwell for almost four years now, continues to quietly turn out healthy food that is conscientiously prepared, cooked with acumen and designed to pl...

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...

Glass reviews Stephen Shore: Photographer of the Ordinary

Sean Sheehan

April 21, 2020

Art, Feature

AN AMBULATORY interview with Stephen Shore at last year’s Photo London was refreshingly informal. Pausing to say something before one of his photographs on display, he would then stroll to another one before r...

Glass Hits High Notes in Marrakech and Fez

Sean Sheehan

March 9, 2020

Feature, Travel

The first high, a literal one, came after taxiing away from Marrakech airport. I had been glancing back through the rear window for a final appreciation of the airport’s stunning design: all shining rhombuses a...

Glass escapes to Fort William

Sean Sheehan

February 10, 2020

Feature, Travel

LONDON in winter challenges the cosmopolitan spirit: dark, damp and dreary by 6pm; other people’s umbrellas threatening to take your eye out; cramped and crowded public transport. This was my ungenerous feeling...

Glass travels to Switzerland – and takes in a slow train, scenery and splendid hotels

Sean Sheehan

December 30, 2019

Europe, Feature, Switzerland, Travel

FIRST impressions stay inside your head and those of Switzerland are likely to be a multitude of majestic, screensaver-worthy landscapes. The Alps cover more than half the country but with only 10 per cent of ...

Glass checks out the latest on the London stage

Sean Sheehan

December 23, 2019

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

THE neon and colourful billboards decorating the Piccadilly Theatre’s exterior are par for the course in the narrow West End streets that surround it. The classiness that distinguishes the theatre from the neig...

Glass explores the dining scene in and around Somerset House

Sean Sheehan

October 15, 2019

Dining, Feature

BUILT on the site of a Tudor palace, Somerset House’s commanding position on the banks of the Thames is no longer so obvious. The Strand’s clutter of ill-assorted buildings and constant traffic conspire to di...

Glass goes gently outdoors in Québec Province

Sean Sheehan

October 14, 2019

Feature, Travel

BIG and beautiful Canada, with some 90 per cent of its land being uninhabitable, is mostly empty. Stepping outdoors into such a vast wilderness could be scary but, when the wide open spaces allow for an outdoor...

Glass goes by train to Venice

Sean Sheehan

September 30, 2019

Dining, Feature, Travel

THE first hurdle for a hassle-free trip to Venice is getting there. A number of airlines offer inexpensive flights but we’ve all know the frazzle this entails: fiendish luggage rules, cramped seating, queues, d...

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