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  • The Chalky White Crust on Britain’s Chalk Stream Beds: What the Marl Coating Pebbles in Hampshire’s Rivers Actually Is

    The Chalky White Crust on Britain’s Chalk Stream Beds: What the Marl Coating Pebbles in Hampshire’s Rivers Actually Is

    Environment, The World
  • The Silvery Crust on Snowdonia’s Slate: What Two Centuries of Rain, Quarry Dust and Welsh Weather Have Left on the World’s Most Famous Roofing Stone

    The Silvery Crust on Snowdonia’s Slate: What Two Centuries of Rain, Quarry Dust and Welsh Weather Have Left on the World’s Most Famous Roofing Stone

    Environment, The World
  • The Painted Hulls of the Humber: What the Traditional Anti-Fouling Coatings of Yorkshire’s Working Barges Actually Contained

    The Painted Hulls of the Humber: What the Traditional Anti-Fouling Coatings of Yorkshire’s Working Barges Actually Contained

    Environment, The World

    What did Yorkshire’s Humber keel barges use to protect their hulls? A deep dive into tar, pitch, tallow and the strange organic compounds that kept

  • The Bronze Skin of Britain’s Outdoor Statues: A Story of Deliberate Patination, Acid Rain and Georgian Square Pigeons

    The Bronze Skin of Britain’s Outdoor Statues: A Story of Deliberate Patination, Acid Rain and Georgian Square Pigeons

    Environment, The World
  • How the Black Houses of the Outer Hebrides Were Never Truly Black: The Surprising Palette Hidden Beneath the Soot

    How the Black Houses of the Outer Hebrides Were Never Truly Black: The Surprising Palette Hidden Beneath the Soot

    Environment, The World
  • Tallow, Resin and Sea Air: The Lost Coating Traditions of the Cornish Pilchard Fleet

    Tallow, Resin and Sea Air: The Lost Coating Traditions of the Cornish Pilchard Fleet

    Environment, The World
  • The Greening of Britain’s Canal Locks: What Two Centuries of Algae, Lime and Slow Water Are Doing to Cast Iron and Stone

    The Greening of Britain’s Canal Locks: What Two Centuries of Algae, Lime and Slow Water Are Doing to Cast Iron and Stone

    Environment, The World
  • What the Stained Ceiling of York Minster Tells Us About Eight Centuries of Candle Smoke, Damp and Survival

    What the Stained Ceiling of York Minster Tells Us About Eight Centuries of Candle Smoke, Damp and Survival

    Environment, The World
  • Soot-Blackened and Storm-Hardened: The Strange Resilience of Hebridean Dry-Stone Blackhouses Left to the Elements

    Soot-Blackened and Storm-Hardened: The Strange Resilience of Hebridean Dry-Stone Blackhouses Left to the Elements

    Environment, The World
  • Why the Oldest Gravestones in English Churchyards Are Sometimes Better Preserved Than Those Carved a Century Later

    Why the Oldest Gravestones in English Churchyards Are Sometimes Better Preserved Than Those Carved a Century Later

    Environment, The World
  • The Blackened Bones of Britain: Why Ancient Charred Timber Is Making a Quiet Comeback

    The Blackened Bones of Britain: Why Ancient Charred Timber Is Making a Quiet Comeback

    Environment, The World
  • The Blackened Bones of Hadrian’s Wall: What Two Thousand Years of Northern Weather Has Done to Roman Stone

    The Blackened Bones of Hadrian’s Wall: What Two Thousand Years of Northern Weather Has Done to Roman Stone

    Environment, The World
  • Why Whitby’s Harbour Boats Are Painted the Colours They Are, and What Those Traditional Pigments Actually Did

    Why Whitby’s Harbour Boats Are Painted the Colours They Are, and What Those Traditional Pigments Actually Did

    Environment, The World
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