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:

Black Trowel Collective Microgrants:

www.blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com

Links:

01:27 – Honorable Mentions and News to Keep and Eye On:

An Archaeologist Who ‘Discovered’ One of the Earliest Crucifixion Scenes is Going to Jail for Faking His Unbelievable Finds:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/spanish-archaeologists-fake-discoveries-1885953?fbclid=IwAR2mnf4RBJb56DoxHfK5AEVeumd2HT-JrnwaXRvEqo3x6Qy3P7YjfQuKLlQ

The Oldest And Largest Mayan Ceremonial Structure Ever Discovered Has Been Revealed:

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-oldest-and-largest-mayan-ceremonial-structure-ever-discovered-has-been-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR3wUtxplqlqRcLHoKmTmYGg5huYfgEd601yw4fNUZMsfeVZVhiR8bhTBYo

Major discovery of oldest and largest Mayan Structure in MExico sheds light on the rise of the Ancient Civilization:

https://tinyurl.com/ydfoa2ma

Archaeology in Development Management PDF:

https://www.algao.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Archaeology_in_Development_Management.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2Tz0gEH15EhBpRR0ray7tlcvsoeJ3khsFqkFF0o4-XOXQxdKLsP8wELhw

14:47 – COVID-19 Heritage Sector Response:

Vindolanda Fort: Roman site becomes family’s lockdown home:

https://tinyurl.com/yb3bkb35

COVID-19 and Brexit hit bid to sav