Dr. Krisztina Ilko, a lecturer at Queens College, Cambridge, actually works in the field of art history.
A plumber had accidentally damaged the door latch, making the heavy wooden door impossible to open. Ilko was inspired by her childhood hero MacGyver, an inventive secret agent. Using eyeliner, she pressed the bolt down and formed a hook out of a cotton swab with which she was finally able to open the lock. The lock has since been removed to avoid putting anyone in a similar situation.