If Jewels Could Talk with Carol Woolton

Carol speaks to a giant of the diamond world and the expert in coloured diamonds, Leibish Polnauer, about his long career.

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Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

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Carol speaks to two inspiring jewellers and best friends, Francesca Grima and Amy Burton-Totton, as they launch their groundbreaking collaboration GRIMA for Hancocks.

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Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol speaks to best-selling author Katherine Howe about the secrets of the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers. Katherine specialises in historical novels and has collaborated with Anderson Cooper on books about both the Vanderbilt and Astor dynasties.

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Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol speaks to legendary singer, actor, model and now jewellery designer Vanessa Williams about her life, jewels, clothes and career, as her VICKISARGE X Vanessa Williams collection launches.

https://vickisarge.com/collections/vickisarge-x-vanessa-williams

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Edited by Joey Lever

Additional editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol finds out about two of the strangest journeys of Royal Jewels ever known, speaking to diamond and gem expert, historian and educator Laurie Wickwire.

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Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol meets star American jeweller Mish Tworkowski and discovers the unbreakable link between jewellery and horticulture.

https://mishfinejewelry.com

The garden Mish recommended is Great Dixter in East Sussex: https://www.greatdixter.co.uk

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol has a fascinating, wide-ranging chat with Tom Moses, chief laboratory and research officer at the Gemological Institute of America.

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol welcomes Anna Murphy, fashion director at The Times of London, for a LIVE chat about fashion in general and how to buy jewellery in particular. In front of a live audience at Harvey Nichols, the most stylish shop in West London. The talk is introduced by Harvey Nichols' Alistair Scott.

https://www.harveynichols.com

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Video produced by Another World Media.

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Serena Kutchinsky is an award-winning British journalist, and the daughter of Paul Kutchinsky, who once designed the world's biggest jewelled egg... and brought down his century-old jewellery house in the process. Carol hears the thrilling story...

Serena's book is out on March 31st, 2026 https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Serena-Kutchinsky/215597478

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate, here's a bonus episode, but with a big name in modern jewellery: Cece Fein-Hughes, whose company Cece Jewellery has skyrocketed in the last few years and sent its founder onto the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Carol meets her to talk about the jewellery of love...

https://www.cecejewellery.com

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol meets Michelle Ong, legendary jewellery designer and businesswoman, co-founder of the luxury jewellery brand Carnet.

http://www.carnetjewellery.com/

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Ann Dexter-Jones has had quite a life. Jewellery designer, writer and mother of five children including multiple Grammy-winning Mark Ronson, Carol meets the British-born New Yorker to hear all about it...

https://anndexterjonesdesign.com

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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For over forty years, Jennifer Tilly has been one of Hollywood's most entertaining character actresses, from thrilling star turns in Bound to Oscar-nominated hilarity in Bullets Over Broadway. But she also has one of tinsel towns most remarkable jewellery collections... so Carol has a chat with her to find out all about it!

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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For the second part of our Marie Antoinette special, Carol speaks to historian and author Vincent Meylan about the infamous diamond fraud case of 1785, wherein Marie Antoinette's implication had lasting impact on her own fate. Vincent also contributed to thecatalogue for the new exhibition at London's V&A Museum Marie Antoinette Style.

www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/marie-antoinette

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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In this first episode of our Marie Antoinette two-part special, Carol speaks to Dr Sarah Grant, Senior Curator of Prints at London's V&A museum and curator of the recent exhibition Marie Antoinette Style.

www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/marie-antoinette

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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In this special episode, Carol speaks to historian, journalist and high jewellery historian Vincent Meylan about the shocking heist that took place just this last Sunday at the most visited museum in the world, the Louvre in Paris.

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol is given exclusive access to the secrets of perhaps the most exciting jewellery discovery of the century so far - the Tudor Heart, found in a field in Warwickshire and now to be acquired by the British Museum. With many thanks to Rachel King, Curator of Renaissance Europe & the Waddesdon Bequest.

Donate to the British Museum's Tudor Heart appeal here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/tudor-heart-appeal

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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Carol speaks to Wartski's Katherine Purcell, who treats her to a sneak preview of the upcoming exhibition at Wartski in London's St James's Street, regarding the dazzling history of the brooch.

https://wartski.com/a-wartski-loan-exhibition/

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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For the first episode of season 8, Carol speaks to returning guest Marion Fasel, author of The History Of Diamond Engagement Rings, to discuss the fascinating and often misleading story of these iconic jewellery items.

https://marionfasel.substack.com/

This podcast is brought to you by Leibish

https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Read more from Carol Woolton - www.carolwoolton.com

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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For our season finale, Carol speaks to award-winning make-up artist and judge on TV's Glow Up, Val Garland, who has just branched out into jewellery, in collaboration with Vicki Sarge.

www.vickisarge.com

Follow Carol Woolton: @carolwoolton

Produced by Natasha Cowan @tashonfash

Editing and music by Tim Thornton @timwthornton

Creative direction by Scott Bentley @bentleycreative

Social media support by Isabella Thompson @isa.tom

Illustrations Jordi Labanda @jordilabanda

Read more from Carol Woolton - www.carolwoolton.com

Sponsored by Leibish, the coloured diamond specialist https://jewelry.leibish.com/cw

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