Lucy Wrapson reports on her fieldwork analysing the curious cave paintings found on Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean, and their equally enigmatic...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, K is for...
Illuminated manuscripts are revealing their secret histories thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories...
In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the...
The conventional colours of Christmas – red and green – are not, as many might suppose, a legacy of the Victorians. Instead, they hark back to the...
Through his exploration of the science of art, the recipes of medieval artists and the writings of alchemists, art conservation scientist Spike...
Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from...
Dragon’s Blood, Purple of Cassius and Scarlet Lake – all pigments concocted by the 19th-century 'Colourmen' of Winsor & Newton artists’ suppliers...
From organic chemist, through maker of rubber monsters, to conservator of fine art, Spike Bucklow describes his career path as "something of a...
