Diamond Street

Diamond Street
01/01/2016 Rachel Lichtenstein

Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden

(Hamish Hamilton, 2012)

Diamond Street intimately describes London’s secretive and mysterious jewellery quarter. In this ‘fascinating’ and ‘sparkling book’ you’ll meet diamond dealers and goldsmiths, jewellers and lapidaries as well as sewer flushers, artists, geologists and visionaries such as Iain Sinclair, as Rachel Lichtenstein reveals the history and stories that bring this vibrant Clerkenwell street and its environs to life. Intimately connected to the area both personally (through family) and professionally (as an archivist of London streets), Lichtenstein is uniquely placed to explore the extraordinary stories of this historic part of old London. She visits the London diamond bourse, underground gold vaults and Dickensian-looking jewellery workshops, as well as subterranean rivers, ancient burial sites and medieval crypts.