When the River Ouse burst its banks recently, York's riverside business community bore the brunt of the flooding- tens of thousands of business documents were soaked. Quentin Coopertalksto experts in medieval paper conservation Trevor Cooper and Chris Webb from the Borthwick Institute in York. Faced with soggy piles of photographs, architectural plans, bills and receipts, they had to work quickly. How useful were their skills as medieval conservators when dealing with modern paper?
Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
