Heading off on holiday? Great — but don’t forget your house isn’t going on holiday with you. Empty homes attract opportunists, and small, portable valuables like jewellery are prime targets. A quick, professional check of your insurance and current valuations before you leave buys peace of mind — and keeps your heirlooms

The memorial diamond industry has been flourishing globally since 2002, as companies emerged offering a unique service: transforming the cremated remains of a deceased person into a lab-grown diamond. The process supposedly utilises carbon extracted from cremated ashes and reproduces the conditions deep within the Earth to form diamond crystals.