Archive for the ‘Diamonds’ Category

29 Dec

Au Revoir London

Tomorrow afternoon, on Sunday 30th December 2012, I will gather up my little family along with several oversized suitcases, for a plane ride (actually two plane rides) to Gaborone in Botswana.

We’re relocating.

I’ve lived abroad and in Africa before (back in the 1990s) but for my wife and 2-year-old daughter it’s a very new experience.

All being well we expect (more…)
20 Aug

Your chance to own a piece of Diamondthrills

As mentioned earlier, we’re off to Africa at the end of the year – a work assignment in Botswana which proved much too exciting to turn down.

So, much as we would like to pack all our stunning diamond jewellery and take it with us to Africa, we think we should allow our pieces to find loving new homes in the UK (more…)
10 Jun

Diamondthrills Is Away… In Africa

It’s been a while since I was able to update this Blog, but things have changed here at Diamondthrills, so here’s the scoop (more…)
19 Feb

What if diamonds were new?

Here’s a flight of fancy which interests me… What if diamonds were new? By which I mean: what would we do with diamonds if we discovered or invented them today? (more…)
09 Nov

Taking the family out of business at De Beers

How many generations do family businesses last? Any idea? No, nor me, but my guess is that a small minority make it to the third generation (more…)
03 Nov

How to ‘burn’ a big diamond

Not literally, you understand, that would be silly (although it’s a little known fact that diamonds do burn…).

No, this is about selling a diamond at auction, but perhaps (more…)
09 Sep

Elizabeth Taylor’s diamonds up for auction in December

It’s one of the world’s most dazzling private collections of diamonds and other gems, and it belonged to the late Elizabeth Taylor who died in March at the age of 79 (more…)
25 Aug

The 47th Street Blues

I spent the last couple of days in New York, and yesterday afternoon I went along to West 47th Street.

The street is packed with diamond and jewellery shops (more…)
04 Aug

A fabulous contradiction: ‘fresh diamonds’

Bouncing around the webosphere this week I spotted a story about diamonds which throws some interesting light on the various ways (more…)