"We're not dealing in bread or milk. We're dealing with an item which is not an essential item to buy." That's one perspective on an industry at an indefinite standstill... Read More...

Families are being ordered to stay at home as a deadly plague ravages the land. Sound familiar? That's what's happening here, today, where I am... Read More...

They say hindsight is 2020, but who could have predicted the tsunami of unusual circumstances the world - and diamond industry - have experienced since 2020 kicked off. The coronavirus has had a deep impact...  Read More...

Three weeks ago, I penned my first memo for IDEX. It was about coronavirus. The Louvre had closed in Paris, Twitter staff were working from home and we were all getting anxious. But the invisible virus... Read More...

Things don't always go the way we expect. Sometimes there are challenges presented to us in our day-to-day... Read More...

Sometimes it feels as though the world is burning, and no-one can escape the heat. With the recent spate of disasters - from Australia's ravenous bush fire Read More...

I wonder who updates the spellchecker on my computer. Does Microsoft have a team of people scouring the internet for new words? Read More...

This is my last memo for IDEX (at least for the moment). As of next week, I'm handing things over to my colleague John Jeffay. Since he's a fellow Brit.... Read More...

Weddings just ain't what they used to be. Innovative traditions are being created, new rules are being written and couples feel a freedom...  Read More...

Oy vey. We have a problem. A perception problem. This time, it's not the whole lab-grown versus mined diamond debate (no doubt more on that next week)... Read More...