Roman artists and plasterers were both receptive and innovative in their painting techniques. Roman pigments were derived from animal, vegetable and mineral sources and artists adopted materials and techniques from […]

Tony Minter will talk about his specialist brick company, The Bulmer Brick and Tile Company near Sudbury. Brick making is listed as 'endangered' by the Heritage Craft Red List, despite […]

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE 1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH TO AVOID OUR FIELD TRIP THE FOLLOWING WEEK Edward Charlesworth (1813–1893) was a notable 19th-century […]

An ever-growing range of extraordinary fossils is shedding new light on the history of life: colour patterns in dinosaur feathers and insect wings; DNA from an ecosystem two million years […]

The cobbled area outside the Great Gate of Trinity College may seem very ordinary to the casual observer, but it can tell a number of fascinating stories. Firstly, it is […]

An aquifer is a saturated, porous, permeable stratum or group of strata. Hydrogeological maps give a different view to standard geological maps, classifying the strata according to their importance as […]

We will have our club AGM, together with some post festive fare. Phil Ridley will talk to us about the range of Devon Marbles to found in the Watson gallery […]

(PTEE) The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event (PTEE) (c. 252 Mya) was the most severe extinction event that the Earth has experienced, with over 80% of the marine species and 70% of […]