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  • 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
  • The Painted Caves of Cheddar: What Prehistoric Pigments Applied to Somerset Rock Tell Us About Humanity’s Oldest Urge to Coat a Surface

    The Painted Caves of Cheddar: What Prehistoric Pigments Applied to Somerset Rock Tell Us About Humanity’s Oldest Urge to Coat a Surface

    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

    Tracing the forgotten fish-oil and pine-resin treatments that protected Mevagissey and Newlyn luggers, and whether any survive on the Cornish coast today.

  • 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
  • The Amber Walls of Edinburgh’s Old Town: Why Sandstone Turns That Particular Gold and What It Is Actually Coated With

    The Amber Walls of Edinburgh’s Old Town: Why Sandstone Turns That Particular Gold and What It Is Actually Coated With

    Environment, The World
  • The Invisible Tide Mark: What the Salt Line Left on Britain’s Flood-Damaged Churches Actually Consists Of

    The Invisible Tide Mark: What the Salt Line Left on Britain’s Flood-Damaged Churches Actually Consists Of

    Environment, The World

  • Hemp: Britain’s Forgotten Crop Is Quietly Coming Back

    Environment
  • The Whale Road and the Red Barn: Why Scandinavian Farmers Painted Everything Red

    The Whale Road and the Red Barn: Why Scandinavian Farmers Painted Everything Red

    Environment, The World
  • The Secret Life of Lichen: Nature’s Most Resilient Surface Coating

    The Secret Life of Lichen: Nature’s Most Resilient Surface Coating

    Environment, The World
  • Antarctica’s Toughest Buildings: What Extreme Cold Teaches Us About Protective Coatings

    Antarctica’s Toughest Buildings: What Extreme Cold Teaches Us About Protective Coatings

    Environment, House and Home, The World
  • Why the British Coast Is One of the Harshest Environments for Paint on Earth

    Why the British Coast Is One of the Harshest Environments for Paint on Earth

    Environment, House and Home
  • Why the Amazon Rainforest Is Nature’s Greatest Paint Factory

    Why the Amazon Rainforest Is Nature’s Greatest Paint Factory

    Environment, The World
  • Painted by the Planet: The World’s Most Breathtaking Natural Mineral Pigments

    Painted by the Planet: The World’s Most Breathtaking Natural Mineral Pigments

    Environment, The World
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