Podcast: Inside the Jewel Vault

Revel in the wonders inside Sandra Hindman's Vault, as the leading scholar, international dealer and founder of Les Enluminures - unveils a speaking jewel and a betrothal ring restituted from a Nazi hoard.

Meet Robin Hansen. She’s Curator of Minerals and Gemstones at the Natural History Museum – one of the world's largest and most important mineralogical and gemmological collections. What treasures will she pick for her own fantasy Jewel Vault?

Visionary jeweller Romilly Saumerez Smith selects six fantastical jewels that overturn our usual concepts of arrangement and form, and tells how she overcame paralysis due to illness to work creatively again.

What curiosities would the brilliant physicist, Prof Robert Hazen, put inside his fantasy jewel vault? Boost your brain as you listen to Bob pick six marvellous gems from his life and work in mineralogy, experimental physics and the origin of life on earth.

Listen to Darren Hildrow, the highly regarded jewellery businessman and founder of NouvelleBox, describe his six surprising choices and ultimate treasure to see that it’s as much about the personality of those he does business with, as the amount of business he generates.

Dr Beatriz Chadour-Sampson fills her Jewel Vault with a breath-taking assortment of fine jewellery chosen from her renowned jewellery scholarship and her extraordinary family history.

Cristina Villegas, the globally respected Mines to Market director of Pact, shares her bright, gem-rich fantasy vault and describes what ethical jewellery means at a human level, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

Lace up your boots and set out with us on a podcast adventure with GIA Field Gemologist Wim Vertriest to select pieces from his extraordinary travels and career to date, from Bangkok lab to the jade night markets of Mandalay.

Welcome to Inside the Jewel Vault E1 S2, as I ask the Vogue editor Carol Woolton, to select six pieces from her life and career in jewellery and put them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

Welcome to the sixth episode when I ask the fiction writer, Josie Goodbody, to select six pieces from her life and career in jewellery and put them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

Welcome to the 5th episode of Inside the Jewel Vault. This time, the world leading expert in ancient jewellery technology and materials, Dr Jack Ogden, selects six pieces from his life & career in jewellery & puts them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

Welcome to the fourth episode of Inside the Jewel Vault. This time, my guest is the multi-talented diamond mounter and digital maestro Darren Sherwood, who selects six pieces from his life and career in jewellery and puts them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

What will leading jewellery designer, Hannah Martin, put inside her fantasy jewel vault? Admired for her uncompromising approach to designing jewellery that speaks to her essential vision, Hannah’s jewellery is non-derivative, non-gender, non-prescriptive. It just exists now and always in the moment. Listen as she describes her process in this revealing podcast episode.

What will the jewellery “experts’ expert”, Vivienne Becker, put Inside the Jewel Vault? Ep. 2 is a sumptuous treat of virtuoso jewels chosen by the leading historian, author & journalist. Listen, learn & wonder at the stories behind Vivienne’s pieces & enjoy the magic of her final choice - heart-warming, inspiring and meaningful.

In this episode I ask superstar fine jewellery blogger Katerina Perez to select six pieces from her life and career in jewellery and put them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever.

How a brainwave during a chat between jewellery expert Jessica Cadzow-Collins and BBC executive & TV producer Lizzie Wingham sparked the popular podcast 'Inside the Jewel Vault'.