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.
Links:
Art Deco pub saved after campaign to get it listed and preserved succeeds:
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/great-yarmouth-s-iron-duke-pub-is-listed-1-5292305?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons
V&A to display Brutalist flats at museum:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLt1AFXGx04
Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and recent archaeological discoveries, and discuss and debate what they find.
#archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup
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0:00 Introduction
0:16 RAF Scampton ‘Pup-date’
8:34 Ultra Rare Cricket Book!?
14:36 Metal Detectorists Prosecuted
27:26 Support Us on Patreon!
28:11 Adjaye’s Holocaust Memorial costs hit £139m
39:57 Liverpool Street Station ‘on the Wrong Track’?
51:12 Conclusion
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Link of the Week:
Disasters Emergency Committee:
https://www.dec.org.uk/
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Links:
RAF proposal to move Dambusters dog’s grave rejected:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/05/dambusters-dog-grave-raf-proposal-rejected
British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/13/british-library-acquires-ultra-rare-cricket-book-thanks-to-anonymous-donor
Metal detectorists are caught red-handed plundering a Roman villa after four are arrested with one carrying eight historic coins in his pocket:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12244485/Metal-detectorists-caught-red-handed-plundering-Roman-villa.html
Adjaye’s Holocaust Memorial costs hit £139m:
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/adjayes-holocaust-memorial-costs-hit-139m-as-budget-rises-again
Londoners need more say over new towers, Historic England chief says:
https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/londoners-need-more-say-over-new-towers-historic-england-chief-says/5123915.article
London’s Liverpool Street station redevelopment: on the wrong track?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/13/liverpool-street-station-london-redevelopment-on-the-wrong-track-herzog-and-de-meuron-sellar
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dij_CV-gQ4g
'Nazi War Diggers' is back! Here are some useful links and contacts to make your voices heard:
Channel 5: customerservices@channel5.com
Channel 5 Telephone: 020 8612 7700 or 03457 05 05 05
Twitter: @Channel5Press
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channel5uk/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOG0r2paVA
Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.
#archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup
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0:00 Introduction
2:31 Gender/ Race Row re: Human Remains
6:40 Cecil Rhodes Plaque Listed
10:54 Wrongness of Re-Enacting S_S
25:43 C-14 Dating ‘Hampered’ by Fossil Fuels
30:30 How to Tip us Off about a Story Safely
33:15 Stonehenge ‘Redetermination’ Underway
38:46 Fresh Battle lines Being Drawn
50:43 Bickering Archaeologists…
53:50 Nuke the Site from Orbit?
54:54 Appearance & Decisions: Real Archaeologique?
01:00:03 Closing Thoughts
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Link of the Week:
Disasters Emergency Committee:
https://www.dec.org.uk/
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Links:
Archaeologists for Trans Liberation:
https://anthrodendum.org/2021/08/06/archaeologists-for-trans-liberation/
Don’t give skeletons a gender or categorise their race as this ‘contributes to white supremacy’, woke activists demand:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042793/Dont-skeletons-gender-categorise-race-woke-activists-demand.html
Listed Status Row as Dorman Long Tower Falls & 'Detecting for Veterans' Collapse - WB 24th Sept 2021
https://youtu.be/OPZrPRtTCRQ
Nadine Dorries grants listed status to Cecil Rhodes plaque at Oxford college:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/29/cecil-rhodes-nadine-dorries-listed-status-plaque-oxford-college
On the wrongness of dressing up in an S_S uniform:
https://guywalters.substack.com/p/on-the-wrongness-of-dressing-up-in
Carbon dating hampered by rising fossil-fuel emissions:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02057-4
’Tip Us a Story’ – Pipeline advice:
http://thepipeline.info/sample-page/
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Redetermination: Process Grinds On:
https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/redetermination-process-grinds-on/
A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down):
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/
A303 Stonehenge: Heritage and history - National Highways:
https://youtu.be/n2BsCV65ocg
At National Highways we take great care in carrying out archaeological work before any road is built. This year we’re supporting the Festival of Archaeology, the UK’s biggest annual celebration of archaeology:
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/latest-news/festival-of-archaeology-2022/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e94FqgK4_JY
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: CBA Archaeology is For All Survey:
https://bit.ly/2FSNKiX
Links:
The Impact of Peter Jackson’s ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZP7lAaRNg
The culmination of an exciting day-long digital extravaganza: Special Offa: Communities and Offa’s Dyke.
Following presentations via Facebook and Twitter, with links to the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory blog and YouTube! The event began at 09.30 with an introduction by Professor Howard Williams and concluded with a History Tour of Offa’s Dyke at Trefonen.
Join us for a LIVE overview of the day at 6pm, discussing Offa’s Dyke and the goals of the day followed by a Q&A session and a series of competitions where you can win prizes including:
• A physical copy of Williams et al. 2019 (eds) Public Archaoelogy: Arts of Engagement featuring the work of Archaeosoup and John Swogger.
• A physical copy of the Offa’s Dyke Journal volume 1.
• An Offa’s Dyke Association 50th Anniversay Mug
• Bottle Opener Trowels
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• Offa’s Dyke cloth patches
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OffasDykeCollaboratory/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ODCollaboratory
The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory Blog: https://offaswatsdyke.wordpress.com/
Offa’s Dyke Journal: http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/odjournal/index
#SpecialOffa #Livestream #OffasDyke
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p39F0yFYPCk
This is a quick update video to let you know what I have been up to and to share some footage from filming in North Shields last week.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YbfG1f_FM
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:
Archaeology & Brexit Questionnaire: https://tinyurl.com/yd3u9q8q
Link:
Anger at Bird Hide damage to Neolithic Burial site:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLYbJncl2M