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Science at night

history of science
Ellen Embleton
01 August 2022
4 mins

Ellen Embleton tells the story behind a spectacular painting in the Royal Society's home in Carlton House Terrace.

Ruskin's perspectives

history of science
Sandra Kemp
25 July 2022
5 mins

A new exhibition shows how mathematics was central to the work of the artist, writer and critic John Ruskin, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.

Partners in paint

history of science
Ellen Embleton
02 May 2022
4 mins

Ellen Embleton admires watercolour paintings of Norfolk by two Fellows of the Royal Society, Tony Fogg and William Pearsall.

Cloud perspectives

history of science
Sandra Kemp
07 July 2021
6 mins

A new Royal Society Google Arts & Culture exhibition looks at how John Ruskin interacted with Victorian scientists in his depictions of the skies, as exhibition curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.