The gobstopper-sized beads of the 1980s are back on the necks of jewellery lovers. These aren’t a string of your grandmother’s pearls, but ultra-sized coloured gemstone balls. The bigger ...

Two of them — Colors of the Stone gem and To Bead True Blue bead shows — give collectors, designers and casual shoppers a chance to peruse a range of rare beads and antiquities, natural stones and ...