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:
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
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 save the city’s buildings:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200820-beirut-explosion-the-battle-to-save-the-citys-buildings? Beirut explosion: How conspiracy theories spread on social media:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53669029?fbclid=IwAR0okBdXhrsTfUNpEiENOTUDgn8hMGxL5EjiiCq2_SnT12FsH95M7BfQuXA
35:55 - Britain’s first ever Viking helmet discovered:
https://www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk/preston-park-museum-britains-first-ever-viking-helmet-discovered/?
Yarm Viking helmet ‘first’ to be unearthed in Britain:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-53713029? An Unprecedented Nintendo leak turns into a moral dilemma for archivists:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21347074/nintendo-gigaleak-controversy-history-preservation-archives?