Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.

Link of the Month:

Adrenaline in Asterix : https://tinyurl.com/y4aw4mmn

Links:

01:51 – Havering Hoard: weapons found on building site to go on show:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50097646?fbclid=IwAR1RLujhR6VsJ1dAebRTGv4uhyXN6Z4aqkX1jnKbQyDIBTycr22mLVfwA5w

Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery MOLD Website:

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands/whats-on/exhibitions/havering-hoard-bronze-age-mystery?fbclid=IwAR0rWLXoMNiXuM6EYTNXBufveFrcJ80QqZHgKxpJeIXy-fwFLFC0S1DX410

22:13 - Ancestral home of all human beings discovered by scientists:

Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.

Link of the Month: Trowel Blazers Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon:

https://tinyurl.com/y4g5dp6w

Links:

05:34 – News Updates – Save Our Sands & HMS Victory 1744:

Goodwin Sands Judicial Review has been dismissed:

https://goodwinsandssos.org/goodwin-sands-judicial-review-has-been-dismissed/

HMS Victory: Ship artefacts to remain on wreck:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-49854546?fbclid=IwAR2ChW-WppGzzVTPOSGbC-ap0cVrDvscE5AiDhUxItZi_aNez10nqXt4SAk

11:43 – Fall Out from All Canning Metal Detecting Rally:

PAS Wiltshire Twitter Thread:

https://twitter.com/PasWiltshire/status/1177559001262956544?s=19&fbclid=IwAR3RbBuxq6D8cuO2_1JIDmNKAc-d43xPgA1hWLzfNZ-HjtxHgbe64XvCjTA

Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting in England and Wales (2017):

https://finds.org.uk/getinvolved/guides/codeofpractice?fbclid=IwAR2F91OrXWrksfJBf6kboY7bhzDRgtYN7soeqDElPtbojDExP8mvSpxhdcs

Ivory Hunting Gangs ‘destroy’ incredible 50,000 year Old Mammoth Graveyard: 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9855118/ivory-hunting-gangs-destroy-mammoth-graveyard-stealing-artefacts/

 31:23 – Flooded Archaeology, What Should Be Done?

’They are Barbaric’: Turkey Prepares to Flood 12,000-Year-Old City to Build Dam:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/12/they-are-barbaric-turkey-prepares-to-flood-12000-year-old-city-to-build-dam?fbclid=IwAR3Yh1Qk95fwH9JEpVLrULq6kkFDGy9Mzfq-EJhwfbjgM26Whg1KQKp-8xI

The video is available on Youtube via https://youtu.be/RIyQ26o753s

  Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find. Link of the Month: Pull Tab Archaeology:

https://youtu.be/-yHbcVw13D0 Links:  02:29 – HS2 Costs Spiral, Review Announced – What Does this Mean for Archaeology?

HS2 to be delayed by up to five years as cost spirals to up to £88bn:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/03/hs2-to-be-delayed-by-up-to-five-years

HS2 Railway to be Delayed by up to Five Years:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49563549

15:24 – Norwich Cathedral: Helter-Skelter Offers New Experience:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-49285829/norwich-cathedral-helter-skelter-offers-new-experience?fbclid=IwAR2A4iNIxrwgvpRpLDOJbi-D3YzJvxTxpBQ2QL7PHf8cO46AmlejFTErJHo

Here’s What You Can See from the Top of Norwich Cathedral’s New Helter Skelter:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich-cathedral-new-helter-skelter-nave-view-from-the-top-medieval-bosses-1-6215554?fbclid=IwAR2DWanpKflF1L4rAZjtDDjgqDC2sbMW-CY-P8GuAjRvoXidEs-hz2s85rM 23:44 - Ancient DNA and Nationalism, Netanyahu Weighs in: Israel’s Rabbinical Courts Begin to Recognize DNA Tests, Potentially Opening Gateway to Proving Jewishness:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-will-dna-testing-become-the-gateway-to-proving-jewishness-1.7772764?fbclid=IwAR0T7nsSmkfER3amhelvEarn2WvJ3mzG7FM1OwFDLyBrq3ITjI6CZG48iuM

Netanyahu uses DNA to deny Palestinian Right to Homeland:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190708-netanyahu-uses-dna-claim-to-deny-palestinian-right-to-homeland/

Twitter comment:

https://www.facebook.com/Archaeosoup/photos/a.509991202413865/2398730096873290/?type=3&theater

Scotland’s Genetic Landscape Echoes Dark Ages:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/scotland-s-genetic-landscape-echoes-dark-age?fbclid=IwAR3XCgeB-OpW54fsduk7ZRXT0rTbwnCT7Ewvaa_F6fn_0Rm85eBNj7sJlr8

40:45 - Volunteers Polish Giant’s Erection By Hand!:

https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/29/volunteers-polish-giants-erection-hand-10648785/?fbclid=IwAR1wMfolS3gpoep54izG09TLuFa9tHmpjp3UjalIQ71bO8h4anrK6O_9UJ4 52:04 – The Chew Valley Hoard: Best Practice the Value of Metal Detectorists’ Treasure:

Detectorists Find Huge Chew Valley N

Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find. Link of the Month: ‘Google Maps’ of Ancient Roman World: 

Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.

Link of the Month: Susan Oosthuizen Landscape Case study:

https://tinyurl.com/y4hgcs2a

Links:

01:29 - ‘No compensation’ for Tintagel bridge delays:

https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/no-compensation-for-tintagel-bridge-delays/5100250.article?fbclid=IwAR2CLNGxWYr2Q4Dj63DWTZacuuCoWpjQ8fvy3Z1DuYI-2xslpOqjvCvDlIU#.XRYHFduKg7g.twitter

 12:05 - PUPPY DOG EYES EVOLVED SO DOGS COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US:

 https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/puppy-dog-eyes-evolved-so-dogs-could-communicate-with-us.aspx

Plan to show treasures in Ethiopia is underway - V&A boss Tristram Hunt:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/30/plan-to-show-ethiopian-treasures-in-addis-ababa-under-way-says-tristram-hunt?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Messenger&fbclid=IwAR28lKuGbD0meytxfElm0czuOXvPqh4Z9a3iCvhIMSMtsxhcl-BTYZpqezE

47:08 - Professor Alice Roberts leaves Twitter after facing ‘hate, bile and misogyny’:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/professor-alice-roberts-twitter-deactivated-time-team-gender-binary-hate-bile-misogyny-a8966976.html?fbclid=IwAR1Rn2NcxDatNPxGwacRjOLnf8Uu7eTQVJuuiCDV-h5dWNdLmLOjOjSy5Uk

Facebook Link:

https://tinyurl.com/y45bpd9m

01:07:09 - Controversial King Tut Statue Has Sketchy Origins. Now Christie's Is Selling it:

https://www.livescience.com/65790-king-tut-statue-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR3KJSi4OXu78DJ4x-KzC5qlyV4q23IrEOMJEFGal3IMfjxNBoYLo92pvSU

Bust of Tutankhamun sold at auction for £4.7m despite Egypt protests:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/05/bust-of-tutankhamun-sold-at-auction-for-47m-despite-egypt-protests?fbclid=IwAR2xAvPZ6ERaxAOTPHW9eHefqo-Ykm10Wh2RMb1MbTfCm9O4S4DVwPoR1ME

'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction:

https://www.livescience.com/65641-yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR2MeFy1dC14ljLja_fiQuAmJRU3_jCeD-wsdZ7DOpih-jdmWW7caCFyEck

01:22:19 – Muppets of the Month: