Slabs of ancient plaster have fallen from the ceiling of the Colosseum, leading experts to call for a £20 million restoration of Italy's most famous Roman monument. Nick Squires in Rome 10 May ...

One of the many self-help books my daughter bought before tackling this project suggested seating the toilet on plaster of Paris. This idea sounds good to me, but I thought that with all the ...

It wasn't used on a large scale until 1700s, when it was required to be used in all construction in Paris and hence, the name. Why is the plaster of Paris called so? Plaster is the common name for ...