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: Neolithic dog’s head reconstructed using Orkney Skull: https://tinyurl.com/y52r4tfv Links: Archeologists Uncover 4,000-Year-Old Tomb In Egypt And It Looks Like It’s Been Just Painted: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeYUBxArbjU

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 Watching Brief Badge Selection | Pin Badges : 58mm: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1542853997/watching-brief-badge-selection-pin *** 0:00 Introduction 2:14 Crooked House Update & Arrests 10:44 Hopewell Airburst Retraction! 18:53 Restore Trust at it Again! 24:50 Antoinette Sandbach vs. Slavery Study 39:10 Support Us on Patreon! 39:55 Interview - W.Australia Scraps New Heritage Law 44:04 Rhys Booth – What’s Happening? 45:44 Digging a Little Deeper 48:45 Does ‘The Voice’ Play a Role? 53:07 Not a Complete Repeal Plus Amendments! 53:48 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Pay No Fee!? 56:05 Federal Government Set to Legislate 58:10 Private Land-Owners Considerations 59:59 Delays Have Damaged Charitable Work 1:01:29 An Australian Perspective on the British Museum… 1:07:23 Will Law-Makers Learn to Listen? 01:08:14 New Acting Deputy Director at British Museum 01:14:43 The British Museum NEEDS to Change! 01:22:02 Conclusion *** Link of the Week: EAA Conference 2023: https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2023 *** Links: Crooked House Fire: What Happened? Deep Dive, Timeline & Response - WB 12th Aug 2023: https://youtu.be/METmopsfaKw?si=GTXYKZvx3WMFG48O Contractors to move off Crooked House site as 'Ceremony of the Locks' due to be held: https://tinyurl.com/mr2x99xm Update on investigation into Crooked House: https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/staffordshire/news/2023/august/update-on-investigation-into-crooked-house/ *** Retraction Note: The Hopewell airburst event, 1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41237-8 *** Woke rows undermine National Trust influence, says Lord Sumption: https://archive.ph/Wmc9l National Trust election turns into fight over charity’s ideology: https://archive.ph/zSCIF 2022: Right-leaning group fails to wrest control of National Trust: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/06/right-leaning-group-fails-to-wrest-control-of-national-trust-from-political-takeover *** Antoinette Sandbach: Ex-MP asks to be removed from slavery research: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66648763 Ex-Tory MP threatens to sue Cambridge University over slavery research: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/ex-tory-mp-threatens-sue-cambridge-university-slavery-research-antoinette-sandbach Antoinette Sandbach’s relatives owned slaves – and so did mine. We have to atone for that as best we can: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/antoinette-sandbach-relatives-slaves-ancestors *** Rio Tinto Row Continues | Amended Indigenous Heritage Laws in Western Australia! - WB 23rd June 2023: https://youtu.be/sUYHspL7VvQ?si=WjaqB6BZK7q4laNf Explainer: Western Australia ditches Aboriginal heritage protection act: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/western-australia-ditches-aboriginal-heritage-protection-act-2023-08-09/ Western Australia to scrap new law protecting Aboriginal heritage sites: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/8/western-australia-to-scrap-new-law-protecting-aboriginal-heritage-sites Divisive, confusing and stressful: Western Australia’s Aboriginal cultural heritage laws in a mess: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/13/divisive-confusing-and-stressful-western-australias-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-laws-in-a-mess Wangkamadla people launch special wildlife reserve application for Pilungah and Ethabuka reserves: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/wangkamadla-launch-special-wildlife-reserve-bid-stop-mining/102741894 *** The British Museum Promotes an Archaeologist to Effectively Lead the Institution in the Wake of Its Embattled Director’s Departure: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-carl-heron-2356424 China state media calls on British Museum to return artefacts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-66636705 Artefacts should be returned to Wales as British Museum 'isn't safe', says Liz Saville Roberts: https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-08-31/calls-for-artefacts-to-be-returned-to-wales-as-british-museum-isnt-safe Greek archaeologists claim British Museum losses show Parthenon Marbles not safe: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-museum-greece-parthenon-elgin-marbles-archaeologists-b1102369.html Mendoni: British Museum lost argument that Parthenon Sculptures safer in London: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1218769/mendoni-british-museum-lost-argument-that-parthenon-sculptures-are-safer-in-london/ Auctioneer exposed by BBC admits illegally selling rare ancient coins: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66594076 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apPvtGgiYYQ