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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 Lotus Effect: How a Swamp Flower Solved the World’s Biggest Coating Problem

    The Lotus Effect: How a Swamp Flower Solved the World’s Biggest Coating Problem

    Environment, The World
  • From Fjord to Front Door: How Scandinavian Painting Traditions Are Changing How We Protect Wood in the UK

    From Fjord to Front Door: How Scandinavian Painting Traditions Are Changing How We Protect Wood in the UK

    Environment, House and Home
  • Lichen: The World’s Most Patient Painter and What It’s Trying to Tell Us About Air Quality

    Lichen: The World’s Most Patient Painter and What It’s Trying to Tell Us About Air Quality

    Environment, The World
  • Ice Climbing and the Physics of Frost: What Natural Ice Coatings Teach Us About Extreme Environments

    Ice Climbing and the Physics of Frost: What Natural Ice Coatings Teach Us About Extreme Environments

    Environment, The World
  • Biofilms: The Slippery, Stubborn, Strangely Beautiful Coatings Taking Over the World’s Rivers

    Biofilms: The Slippery, Stubborn, Strangely Beautiful Coatings Taking Over the World’s Rivers

    Environment, The World
  • Painted Deserts: How Extreme Heat and UV Destroy Outdoor Surfaces Around the World

    Painted Deserts: How Extreme Heat and UV Destroy Outdoor Surfaces Around the World

    Environment, The World
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