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: Online History and Archaeology Resources: https://tinyurl.com/rvd6kgd Links: 02:04 - Hobby Lobby returns 11,500 artefacts of ‘dubious origin’ to the Middle East: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-of-bible-founder-returns-more-ancient-artifacts-1819623 Stolen Crown Returns Crown to Ethiopian Church: https://africadailynews.net/2020/03/05/stolen-crown-returns-to-ethiopian-church.html?fbclid=IwAR3SU_9B3ThcrRn1RtAAnSoC_UXDNqiZ4nZ6VdiWW3QJCNesTrL3quhngJ0 Indigenous experts call for return of countless treasured belongings held in museums: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/indigenous-experts-call-for-return-of-countless-treasured-belongings-held-in-museums Will Europe’s museums rise to the challenge of decolonisation? https://amp.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/07/europe-museums-decolonisation-africa-empire?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3HXyuOUMC8oHisZNrEU9nbSzXApMQvHTBDIzgpQwNoMLHy3amLYQeT8OY
21:51 - Groundbreaking Female Archaeologists: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/six-groundbreaking-female-archaeologists?fbclid=IwAR2v-hHvpiDDvXX3LVyGo1FKqmyTtLnCx4C3RKQ9J4Zzuyt-BSAoEGzd9Ww Cut Out and Keep The Great Archaeologists: Mortimer Wheeler and Tessa Verney Wheeler: https://twitter.com/GabeMoshenska/status/532268048963891200/photo/1 New Blue Plaques for women honour spies, artists and suffragettes: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/mar/04/new-london-blue-plaques-women-honour-spies-artist-suffragettes?fbclid=IwAR2Yks8G0iGhBBz4rjUi58au41PxIyj5x9pRfKNzdfCIBcB0VtFA16KE4co Land girls hostel given listed status to mark women’s war work: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/land-girls-hostel-given-listed-status-to-mark-womens-war-work?CMP=share_btn_tw&fbclid=IwAR31-48rC6CEV4QVbaS5mtZ1mzzSU3rSrigDxn_MXEC_-_5zhw2990MBCJE Boris John picks Boudicca as one of his five female heroes: https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/18280982.boris-picks-boudicca-female-icon/?ref=twtrec&fbclid=IwAR0Qi6TQj2f5Z1SCZQ8jwe9bvsq7AgEnS8vWOJYNOHLpptm4ZBtgdOwa0QU Trowelblazers: https://trowelblazers.com/
36:57 - Are Archaeologists Destroying Britain’s Heritage? https://archmdmag.com/are-archaeologists-destroying-britains-heritage-by-andrew-castleton/?fbclid=IwAR1TRjfy3UenNTE_qE2jz2M1PTat2HlZufh6qXBpqpLBpYe2IHSjBRySFNg Hurrah for heroic detectorists digging up our heritage: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/07/hurrah-heroic-detectorists-digging-heritage/?fbclid=IwAR3OW3_9p4Yc-q7TYwdwmffAgAOad96cNidtU4Dsep0tk0vNJh7u9-y8WWc London Bridge Station Archaeology on Show: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/03/17/london-bridge-station-archeology-on-show/?fbclid=IwAR3FePw_P1eXbp23M6NiafWPaDiaua88g2k0hwk5Ho8hl9GuRPZwBn-Ldow Crossrail Archaeological Exhibits List: https://archaeology.crossrail.co.uk/exhibits/ Muppet(s) of the Month: 57:53 - Anger on Easter Island after Truck crashes into sacred stone statue: