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: Susan Oosthuizen Landscape Case study:

https://tinyurl.com/y4hgcs2a

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01:29 - ‘No compensation’ for Tintagel bridge delays:

https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/no-compensation-for-tintagel-bridge-delays/5100250.article?fbclid=IwAR2CLNGxWYr2Q4Dj63DWTZacuuCoWpjQ8fvy3Z1DuYI-2xslpOqjvCvDlIU#.XRYHFduKg7g.twitter

 12:05 - PUPPY DOG EYES EVOLVED SO DOGS COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US:

 dog-eyes-evolved-so-dogs-could-communicate-with-us.aspx">https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/puppy-dog-eyes-evolved-so-dogs-could-communicate-with-us.aspx

Plan to show treasures in Ethiopia is underway - V&A boss Tristram Hunt:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/30/plan-to-show-ethiopian-treasures-in-addis-ababa-under-way-says-tristram-hunt?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Messenger&fbclid=IwAR28lKuGbD0meytxfElm0czuOXvPqh4Z9a3iCvhIMSMtsxhcl-BTYZpqezE

47:08 - Professor Alice Roberts leaves Twitter after facing ‘hate, bile and misogyny’:

alice-roberts-twitter-deactivated-time-team-gender-binary-hate-bile-misogyny-a8966976.html?fbclid=IwAR1Rn2NcxDatNPxGwacRjOLnf8Uu7eTQVJuuiCDV-h5dWNdLmLOjOjSy5Uk">https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/professor-alice-roberts-twitter-deactivated-time-team-gender-binary-hate-bile-misogyny-a8966976.html?fbclid=IwAR1Rn2NcxDatNPxGwacRjOLnf8Uu7eTQVJuuiCDV-h5dWNdLmLOjOjSy5Uk

Facebook Link:

https://tinyurl.com/y45bpd9m

01:07:09 - Controversial King Tut Statue Has Sketchy Origins. Now Christie's Is Selling it:

king-tut-statue-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR3KJSi4OXu78DJ4x-KzC5qlyV4q23IrEOMJEFGal3IMfjxNBoYLo92pvSU">https://www.livescience.com/65790-king-tut-statue-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR3KJSi4OXu78DJ4x-KzC5qlyV4q23IrEOMJEFGal3IMfjxNBoYLo92pvSU

Bust of Tutankhamun sold at auction for £4.7m despite Egypt protests:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/05/bust-of-tutankhamun-sold-at-auction-for-47m-despite-egypt-protests?fbclid=IwAR2xAvPZ6ERaxAOTPHW9eHefqo-Ykm10Wh2RMb1MbTfCm9O4S4DVwPoR1ME

'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction:

yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR2MeFy1dC14ljLja_fiQuAmJRU3_jCeD-wsdZ7DOpih-jdmWW7caCFyEck">https://www.livescience.com/65641-yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR2MeFy1dC14ljLja_fiQuAmJRU3_jCeD-wsdZ7DOpih-jdmWW7caCFyEck

01:22:19 – Muppets of the Month: