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.

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Link of the Month:

Brontë Parsonage Museum Appeal (COVID-19):

www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal

Links:

03:55 – Bronte Parsonage raising money to stay open & Blackstone buy Ancetry.com:

 Coronavirus: Bronte Parsonage raising money to stay open:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53950183

Bronte Parsonage Museum confirm they are in consultation over staff redundancies:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/bronte-parsonage-museum-confirm-they-are-consultation-over-staff-redundancies-2959956

Brontë Parsonage Museum Appeal (COVID-19):

www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal

Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ancestry-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-com-for-4-7-billion-idUSKCN2512ES?

Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion:

https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/?

Private equity wants to own your DNA:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ancestry-com-dna/?fbclid=IwAR1dGc4wQ07acBVkxb3-YKpFhTSSa3IawTiNJR83OgeliJF0HvvGxu94XrQ

Watching Brief: Ancestry.com Denies Exploiting Users' DNA - May 2017:

https://youtu.be/vWGHkEuG4Lw

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23:27 – Beirut blast: dozens of historic buildings in Lebanon capital at risk of collapse:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/beirut-blast-dozens-of-historic-buildings-in-lebanon-capital-at-risk-of-collapse?

Beirut explosion: The battle to