BBC Radio 5 Live: Shed Seven & Gordon Brown

LONDON, 28 May 2026 − BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash was a guest today on BBC national radio 5 Live's Matt Chorley afternoon show.   

Chatting alongside Rick Witter of 1990s' Britpop sensation Shed Seven, plus LSE economist Tim Leunig and investigative journalist Holly Watt, Adrian tells Matt why and how the UK's then finance minister Gordon Brown moved to sell half the country's gold reserves in May 1999, and what it's meant for gold prices since.

Listen to the show, starting at 1:08 here, for the next month on BBC Sounds:

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