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Latest Episodes
Podcast: New Forms and Finishes in Silver
As part of our 2017 talks programme, Corinne Julius, jewellery authority and curator, discussed new forms and finishes in silver and the joys of working in metal with silversmiths Adi Toch and Ane Christensen.
Podcast: The Poetics of Jewellery
As part of our 2017 talks programme, Corinne Julius, jewellery authority and curator, discussed the poetics of jewellery with jewellers Cristina Zani and Jonathan Mathew Boyd. Cristina Zani is an Edinburgh based jeweller and Jonathan Mathew Boyd is a j...
V&A: Preserving the Past, Curating the Future
From the new Exhibition Road Quarter to the Woman’s Hour Craft Prize, exhibitions on embroidery to Ocean Liners and Opera – the V&A’s past bridges its future. Dr Tristram Hunt traces the V&A’s genesis from its Victorian roots,
Nelson’s Lost Jewel: Recreating the Chelengk
A recording from an evening at Goldsmiths’ Hall on Monday 5 March, 2018. Jewellery expert Joanna Hardy, historian Martyn Downer (author of Nelson’s Lost Jewel), jeweller Philip Denyer and Roger Stephenson, the Deputy Chairman at Lock & Co Hatters discu...
A History of the Great XII Livery Companies
The Goldsmiths’ Company is fifth in the order of precedence of the Great Twelve Livery Companies in the City of London. But what does that mean? In a recording of a lecture given to the Members’ History Group,
Commissioning Engagement Rings with Maya Selway and David McCaul
Jewellers Maya Selway and David McCaul in conversation with Janice Hosegood at Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017. Maya and David talk about their own unique styles, and how they guide their clients through the commissioning process – discussing the types of metal ...
Romilly Saumarez Smith in Conversation
– PODCAST – As part of our Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017 talks programme, jeweller and Woman’s Hour Crafts Prize finalist Romilly Saumarez Smith was joined in conversation by Lucie Gledhill, Anna Wales and jewellery authority Janice Hosegood.
Red Carpet Jewellery with The Jewellery Editor
– PODCAST – As part of the Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017 Breakfast Talk programme, we were delighted to welcome Maria Doulton, Editor-in-Chief and co-Founder of The Jewellery Editor. Maria spoke about Red Carpet Jewellery, and its influence on larger trends.
Shades of Grey: Understanding the Surface of Silver
– PODCAST – As part of our Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017 talks programme, we were delighted to welcome to Catrin Jones, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Holborne Museum. In this abridged version of her Breakfast Talk,
Iron Age Gold: The Leekfrith Torcs
– PODCAST – As part of our 2017 Goldsmiths’ Fair talks programme, we were delighted to welcome Dr Julia Farley, Curator of British and European Iron Age Collections at The British Museum, to talk on the subject of Gold in Britain 2,