Jacob Banks. Photograph: Liam Bundy

Glass interviews Jacob Banks

Abi Simm
Feature, Glass Talent, Music
BRITISH-Nigerian singer-songwriter Jacob Banks is redefining soul for this generation. From a young age Bank’s was involved in music, playing the drums at his local church, but only began writing and pursuing m...

Plus points

Louise Lui
Avant Art, Feature
Hong Kong adopts the phrase “Asia’s World City” as its official slogan. With its incredibly free market and proximity to China’s booming economy, the metropolis has certainly lived up to its status as a bus...

The ballerina stripped bare

Ruvi Simmons
Culture
Marcel Duchamp caused an outcry stripping the bride bare. Today he would have to strip himself, strip his skin and then flay his flesh. Provocation gets old and dies, and yet there are taboos that agains...

Made in China

Renyi Ng
Feature, Glass Design
Stars do not illuminate Beijing’s sky at night. Instead there are the sparks of metal as builders weld steel to steel on the tops of high-rise towers. China’s construction workers are building rapidly. Yet mo...

Talking shop

Rowena Chiu
Avant Art, Feature
Kiosk was set up in 2005 on Spring Street in Soho, New York. Half museum, half store, it has since atttracted a quiet following of customers interested in meticulously sourced artefacts from around the worl...