'Diamond Street' Hatton Garden Walk, with Emily's Walking Book Club

As you walk the streets travelled in the book, Emily will guide the conversation around Lichtenstein’s characters, stories and themes, such as craftsmanship, diasporic life and London’s layers of history. Learn about the emergence and flourishing of this area as London’s jewellery district.

The walk will begin at the Goldsmiths’ Centre and will take approximately 1.5 hours. There will be a limited number of opportunities to sit down. Please endeavour to read the book before attending the walk, but if you have not read it, you are still very welcome to attend. For safety reasons people attending this walk must be at least sixteen years old. The event is limited to fifteen people.

If you order a ticket with a copy of the book included for £5 extra, we will post this to you. Please ensure you include the correct postal address when booking. In line with our commitment to sustainability the book will be ‘nearly new’ and in good condition.

Image credit: View of Hatton Garden, 1895. Copyright London Metropolitan Archive.

‘Diamond Street’ is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of London's Hatton Garden.

Enter Hatton Garden, one of London's most mysterious streets. Home to ancient burial sites, diamond workshops, underground vaults, monastic dynasties, subterranean rivers and forgotten palaces. Here you'll meet sewer flushers, artists, goldsmiths, geologists and visionaries as Rachel Lichtenstein uncovers the history, secrets and stories that bring this vibrant Clerkenwell street and its environs to life.

Emily Rhodes is a writer and critic, whose work has appeared in publications including the Guardian, Spectator, and the FT Weekend. She began Emily’s Walking Book Club in 2012, whilst working as a bookseller near Hampstead Heath, and the group (which welcomes new members) continues to meet for monthly walks on the Heath and in Regent’s Park. Emily recently founded the charity Bookbanks, which brings books to food banks in the UK.