How do you go about stealing £20 000 worth of diamonds? Why, you waltz into Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, of course! This was an ‘extraordinary robbery’ in anyone’s terms, and used ‘spruce prigs’. I love this story, but feel quite sorry for Phillip Rundell and john Bridge (aka Oil and Vinegar).

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