Emanuele Tassinari, a restorer from Turin, turned the recovery of an 18th-century door into a published case study: in the newsroom he leads columns on restoration and traditional techniques. He keeps a technical diary with notes on historic finishes that serves as a reference for each piece.
Expect disruption on the M8 westbound after a car overturned near the Livingston slip road; emergency services are on site and Traffic Scotland advises caution