Did you know Geologists believe almost all of the gold on earth arrived during meteorite storms over two billion years ago? Or that one Cubic foot of Gold weighs half a tonne and it is estimated that to date, humans have mined almost 180,000 tonnes of gold!? After this month, the Nelly Boum Show will be going on a small hiatus till the Autumn while they're concentrating on nationwide festival Tour de Moon. Join us while we take you on a sparkling, rich and GOLDEN finale show with another brilliant cast of speakers...
Mario Berta Battiloro master Artisanal Gold producer
Anne-Marie O’Connor journalist and writer who authored The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece
Adi Toch on the 4,250-year-old gold ewer which the Gilbert Trust for the Arts has recently returned to Turkey.
Beloved show regular Malena Arcucci on anything which pops into Nelly's mind
Kathleen Burk Professor of Modern and Contemporary History on the California Gold Rush
Rebecca Roberts, Research Associate at the Fitzwilliam Museum and curator of the Gold of the Great Steppe exhibition
Saltanat Amir, PhD student in Metallurgy at Cambridge focussing on material from East Kazakhstan
Sara Bran master crafter of gold lace
