Download the purchased products « Archaeosoup Productions Archaeosoup Productions – Archaeology Videos

Skip to content

Hadrian's Wall, UK
+447716605525
archaeosoup@gmail.com

Archaeosoup Productions

A bit of everything goes in to the 'soup of archaeology!

About Us
Workshops
Talks & Events
Film Making
Shop
Contact Us

Download the purchased products

Home
Download the purchased products

The purchase id is required

YouTube subscribe button by Skipser

Yesterday we learned that the tree at Sycamore Gap was felled overnight... and that a historic landscape was forever changed!

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

Links:

Tree at Hadrian's Wall's Sycamore Gap has been felled:

https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23819352.sycamore-gap-northumberland-damaged-storm-agnes/

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980

Sycamore Gap: Cut down tree could regrow shoots, experts say

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66957589

Sycamore Gap: Man in his 60s held after Hadrian's Wall tree cut down

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66966187

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

#etsy #etsyshop #maker

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup

Etsy Store:

https://archaeosoup.etsy.com

Watching Brief Badge Selection | Pin Badges : 58mm:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1542853997/watching-brief-badge-selection-pin

Neil Redfern blocked me on Twitter. This is NOT normal!

Every now and then I am reminded just how bizarre the behaviour of people at the top of Archaeology in this country can be...

Links:

Statement on Ukraine from CBA & Government ‘Unlawful’ on Planning AGAIN! - WB 15th April 2022:

https://youtu.be/eDCAYZ8JE60?si=FZ0mak6gGrAzemJO

***

Are ‘Woke’ Archaeologists SCARED of Skeletons? – WB 11th June 2022:

https://youtu.be/ARjxpMtCCtw?si=8wDWXEloURY8h392

Clarification and Retraction:

https://youtu.be/kevEZXR4LUM?si=sBk7yxSI8K6j0hON

Today I went to Shields Road in Byker. A High Street built on Hadrian's Wall...

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

Mail
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
WordPress
Patreon

© Archaeosoup Productions

Shark Business by Shark Themes