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The Diamond Street App uses GPS technology to takes you on a dynamic, immersive audio walk through London’s historic jewellery quarter of Hatton Garden.

To use this app you will need to be in the Hatton Garden area. As you wander around using the specially commissioned historical map as your guide, the app will automatically set off audio stories, soundscapes and images relating to your location. Voiced by the author Rachel Lichtenstein, along with a host of other characters, including goldsmiths, diamond dealers, geologists, sewer flushers, jewellers, historians and visionaries of the city such as Iain Sinclair, this app contains over one hour of superbly produced and mixed audio and nearly 50 rare archival images. Just explore and enjoy the magical experience of having the secrets of the streets around you revealed.

This app also includes 4 newly commissioned short films. To view the films you will need to be near Wi-Fi.

Download the app now to discover the area’s fascinating history.

This innovative digital model has been funded by the Arts Council and produced by Rachel Lichtenstein in collaboration with Metal, Calvium, Phantom Productions, Field Studies Ltd & Hamish Hamilton.

Rachel Lichtenstein is an artist, writer and curator. She is currently writing a trilogy of non-fiction books for Hamish Hamilton on different London streets. The first, On Brick Lane, was published in 2007 to much critical acclaim and shortlisted for the Ondaatje prize. Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden is the second in the series. 

For further information visit www.diamondstreetapp.com

Diamond Street

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