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. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Link of the Month: Black Trowel Collective Microgrants: www.blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com Links: Muppets of the Month: The Far Right demonstrators gather in London to ‘protect’ symbols of UK history: https://tinyurl.com/ya7unjep Offerings to Churchill?: https://www.facebook.com/Archaeosoup/photos/a.509991202413865/3042393475840279/?type=3&theater In London skirmishes, suspect far-right protester is rescued: https://tinyurl.com/ybv55wgs Ancient Peak District stone circle damaged by campfires: https://tinyurl.com/yav6krfj Copy of Spanish Baroque painting botched by amateur restoration: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53141755?fbclid=IwAR0PXxeqii3OH_zRUmTgcNl4i6Eedw1RghQzFJdfx_fxLXfblkugLrHILlk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZOQJv5WfSc

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: Archaeology & Brexit Questionnaire: https://tinyurl.com/yd3u9q8q Links: The Bloodstains On The Shroud Of Turin Are Probably Fake, Say Forensic Experts: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PozFgLGRal8