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The last time Jeremy Corbyn spoke from the stage in Liverpool's ACC conference centre's sprawling complex of glass and steel, he was leader of the Labour party.

“There was a period in the 1990s and the early 2000s where anything you put in a martini glass was called a martini.”

It is made of more than 1,000 handblown coloured glass tiles, each inlaid with gold leaf, echoing the colours of the cathedral's stained-glass windows.

For many people, a glass of beer feels incomplete without a thick, creamy layer of foam resting on top.

Working on a thick sheet of glass, she uses the blade from a utility knife to work the glue into the paper and smooths it out on the surface with her fingertips.