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: Indiana Joan: Meet WA’s real life tomb raider, 95-year-old Joan Howard: https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/indiana-joan-meet-was-real-life-tomb-raider-95-year-old-joan-howard-ng-b88631462z A 95-Year-Old "Real Life Tomb Raider" Isn't a Hero, She's a Thief: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFHA5nCh_0

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 *** 0:00 Introduction 1:43 Additional: Press Attacking Archaeologists 8:13 Victorian bridge in-fill must be reversed, says council 12:17 Please Consider Supporting us on Patreon 15:58 Maritime Archaeology – Endurance 20:06 The Viking Ships Museum at Risk? 22:36 Comparing the Two Case studies 26:35 Are the Viking Ships at Risk? 29:18 The Story of HMS Gloucester 34:36 The Location of Gloucester 35:46 The Context of the Re-Discovery of HMS Gloucester 38:55 Are These Like War Graves? 40:33 How is Archaeological Work Like This Financed? 43:48 Is There a Risk of Bad Legal Precedents Being Set? 47:35 Is the Ministry of Defense the Right Admin Body? 50:57 The Complications of Maritime Salvage & Rights Laws 56:28 Finding Treasure is Attractive to the Public! 1:00:00 Conclusions *** Link of the Week: Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/ *** Links: Colleen Morgan The Outrage Machine: https://colleen-morgan.com/2022/06/13/the-outrage-machine/ Burying of Victorian bridge in Cumbria must be reversed, says council: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/16/burying-of-victorian-bridge-in-cumbria-must-be-reversed-says-council *** Archaeologists race against time to study crumbling 1,300-year-old shipwreck: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/archaeologists-race-time-study-crumbling-1300-year-old-shipwreck-rcna33855 Rare Timbers From 17th-Century Spanish Shipwreck Discovered Off Oregon Coast: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-timbers-from-17th-century-spanish-shipwreck-discovered-off-oregon-coast-180980290/ *** Endurance wreck: Nations look to protect Shackleton ship from damage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61890273 Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea: https://en.mercopress.com/2022/06/23/antarctic-treaty-members-agree-to-protect-shackleton-s-endurance-wreck-3.000-meters-deep-in-the-weddell-sea *** The Viking Ship Museum: Closed: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/ Researchers have started a petition to save the Norwegian Viking ships: https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-science-policy-viking-age/researchers-have-started-a-petition-to-save-the-norwegian-viking-ships/2039224 A new home for Norway's famous Viking Ships: https://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/?tlp=5686623&name=A-new-home-for-Norway-s-famous-Viking-Ships Change.org : Redd vikingskipene! / Save the Viking ships! https://www.change.org/p/redd-vikingskipene-save-the-viking-ships *** Uncovering the stories behind Norfolk's Mary Rose THE GLOUCESTER: https://stories.uea.ac.uk/the-gloucester/ Two Brothers Have Discovered the ‘Gloucester’ Shipwreck, Which Carried a Former King of England, After 340 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wreck-gloucester-discovered-brothers-2130132 'So good to be back': Brothers revisit royal shipwreck Gloucester: https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barnwell-brothers-revisit-gloucester-norfolk-9044048 The Gloucester: Shipwreck is UK's most 'significant historic maritime discovery' since Mary Rose: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/61757397 The Gloucester shipwreck: Hopes part of royal wreck can be recovered: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61766186 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevEZXR4LUM