Maia Roston

Maia Roston is a freelance journalist who has written for the Telegraph and London Standard.

Why I still wear my Star of David necklace

My great-grandmother Netty died in June 2005, aged 99. I was four. That evening, my grandmother called us grandchildren into her living room and opened what looked like a small treasure chest. Out spilled her sparkling jewels. ‘Take whatever you want,’ she said. ‘She’d have wanted you to have them.’ I grabbed three things: a pair