I'm Carol Houlton, the voice of jewellery. Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm an author and broadcaster and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor at magazines like Tatler and Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone,

for people who do like jewelly,

for people who don't realise they like jewellery,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts,

new ideas and forgotten histories.

So join me as I tell sparkly tales

and meet all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewellery culture and investigate

what's happening now.

We are here today in London's Mather at the Atelier of Glend Spiro.

We're in the most beautiful mid-18th century building that once housed the

royal courtier Norman Hartnell. Glenn has recently celebrated 40 years of high jewelry flair and

originality and he's actually known for his non-conventional approach to the business so we'll talk a bit about

that later.

Beyoncé says there's a bravery and modernity to Glenn's designs and I've actually just

owned up to Glenn now that some years ago it was quite a long time ago we were doing

a big high jewelry story in vogue and I was working on it

with Krista de Sousa and I said to her, right, this morning we're going to go

and meet the Simon Cowell of the jewelry world. And I only used that phrase

because at the time Simon Cowell was the guy and he was famed for having these

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