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 3:16 Diving in… 5:36 16th Aug - BM Press Release 9:07 17th & 18th Aug - eBay Whistle-Blower 14:46 Director Fischer Dismisses Reports 15:36 25th Aug - Director & Deputy Director Resign 17:18 26th Aug - George Osborne BM Chairman Steps in 21:34 Former Curator BM “Incredibly Poor” Security Standards 22:56 31st Aug - Interim Deputy Director & Directors Appointed 28:09 Support Us on Patreon 28:54 Damaging an Already Controversial Reputation 35:56 Security, Integrity & Legitimacy of the BM’s Collection 42:23 Individual & Institutional Shame? 44:17 The Full Context of the British Museum’s Plight 47:50 Is the BM Trying to Mark Their Own Homework? 51:56 Future Reporting, Pertinent Museums Issues 55:04 The British Museum Has Become a Distraction! 56:20 We NEED to Fund Museums & Heritage Properly 57:48 Conclusion *** Link of the Week: MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE Emergency Fund: https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/morocco-earthquake/ *** Links: British Museum worker sacked over missing treasures: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66527422 Announcement regarding missing, stolen and damaged items: https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/Announcement_regarding_missing_stolen_and_damaged_items.pdf Revealed: Stolen British Museum treasures worth up to £50,000 were offered on eBay for as little as £40 as expert curator is sacked: https://tinyurl.com/37uz83ve Revealed: Sacked British museum curator's Twitter name is same as ebay seller who flogged 70 items to whistleblower: https://tinyurl.com/htzvsmye Police spotted at home of British Museum curator accused of selling stolen items on eBay: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-spotted-home-british-museum-30729944 British Museum bosses first alerted to thefts in 2021: (£) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66582935 What we know about the British Museum thefts so far: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66543589 British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigns after suspected thefts: https://tinyurl.com/mvhxyxkk The British Museum's missing-treasures controversy so far: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-66626873 British Museum starting to recover missing items - chairman George Osborne: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-66626872 ‘Incredibly poor’ British Museum security let thief take valuables over years, ex-curator claims: https://tinyurl.com/27k2cyr3 How I smuggled a £20k foot out of the British Museum: (£) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-theft-greek-artefact-0ccr9w7pt British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66626619 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 British Museum thefts: Mark Jones named interim director of the British Museum: https://tinyurl.com/5d5xyhnm New British Museum interim director vows to ‘restore reputation’ of institution: https://tinyurl.com/22u4wpth No plans to return Parthenon marbles to Greece, says Rishi Sunak: https://tinyurl.com/yzmuhs4z British Museum suspect 'was promoted to job in charge of Elgin Marbles after theft warning' - as director claims whistleblower had 60 of the artefacts himself: https://tinyurl.com/e69kwwhp *** 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/ Artefacts should be returned to Wales as British Museum 'isn't safe', says Liz Saville Roberts https://tinyurl.com/mrbpka6j China state media calls on British Museum to return artefacts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-66636705 Why Chinese TikTok hit is fuelling calls for British Museum to return artefacts: https://tinyurl.com/yzsjmvx7 *** Being a victim of theft might help the British Museum reflect on returning its own swag: https://tinyurl.com/39xkkpve Politicians, not curators, are to blame for the British Museum’s woes: https://tinyurl.com/4c7kkdrd The British Museum thefts have exposed a deeper problem than just security: https://tinyurl.com/mavm3n23 Theft isn’t the only problem facing the cash-strapped British Museum – and I have some answers: https://tinyurl.com/5ha53ad5 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcOhm5Sf3s