Sierra Leone was devastated by an 11-year civil war that ended in 2002, but by 2013 a commodities-led boom driven by deposits of iron ore, gold, diamonds and rutile had pushed growth to 20%.
By late 1891 he was convinced his brain was pouring from his nose and mouth, and thought his urine was made of diamonds.
I said, "I'm not going to push you like my father pushed me but the sooner you get to it, the faster you will create diamonds".
Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, acquired blingy, expensive jewellery like nobody's business – "Big girls need big diamonds," she once said.
The jewellery historian Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, the show's other co-curator, said most other gems, whether emeralds, diamonds or opals, were subject to the vagaries of fashion.
It follows the escape from Austria of a Jewish girl who's secretly carrying the family diamonds in her baby doll's bottle.
He is one of the diamonds in the cabinet.
Growing in capacity from 400 to 2000 this year, past highlights include the first ever gig by the Ting Tings (2007) and early- career sets by Marina and The Diamonds (2009), Alt-J (2011) and Sampha (2011) You'll see Salford on foot and actually go in a real (and I mean real) live pub.
I'm Wishing, which starts the set, suddenly reminds you that in her gown, Kimbra looks a bit like a Kick Inside-era Kate Bush, though a more apt comparison might be Marina and the Diamonds: an engaging and very pop take on kookiness but nothing that's genuinely out-there.
The Rublyovka show will be held at Barvikha Luxury Village, an elite shopping centre selling everything from yellow diamonds to Lamborghinis.
Marina and the Diamonds: Froot Tight electropop steeped in introspection from the Welsh singer-songwriter, on this third album.
