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.
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Link of the Month:
Day in the Life: Ancient Egyptian Doctor:
Links:
0:44 – New Homes to get ‘Automatic’ Permission in England planning shake-up:
Race to the Bottom: Reform to planning system in England could be catastrophic:
Plans Revised for York Roman Quarter scheme set to create 450 jobs:
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19:23 – Stonehenge: Sarsen Stones Origin Mystery Solved:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339
Origins of Sarsen Megaliths at Stonehenge:
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42:16 – People Told to Avoid ‘Dangerous’ Magnet Fishing after Leeds Bomb Scares:
Magnet Fishing Laws – Is it Legal?
Water Safety and Magnet Fishing:
Hadrian’s Wall illegal Metal Detector Vigilance Plea:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-tyne-53456290?
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01:01:33 – Moscow expecting ‘balanced’ decision on Hagia Sophia:
Turkish Court 1934 conversion of Hagia Sophia into Museum Illegal:
Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum welcome Muslim Worshippers:
Turkey Meets UNESCO obligations in change of Hagia Sophia’s status:
