Watching Brief - February 2020

What this episode covers

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: Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images to Public Domain: https://tinyurl.com/r4mkxar   Links: 01:46 - Updates/ Breaking News: Bovis Homes Follow Up: https://tinyurl.com/w7ubm5j Italian Museums Shutter due to Coronavirus: https://tinyurl.com/sozyf53 CBA Announce Neil Redfern as new Executive Director: https://tinyurl.com/qsa2zjn https://tinyurl.com/qsa2zjn https://tinyurl.com/qsa2zjnHeathrow Third Runway Legal Defeat on Legal Grounds: Heathrow third runway decision: what happened and what does it mean? https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/heathrow-third-runway-court-decision/?fbclid=IwAR15d-G8t7uIM7kxSbEQ8W3yrq1cnUzIVTjmTnmybAoOO4VvTLSTDGdeoD4   Heathrow expansion: What is the third runway plan? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51646562?fbclid=IwAR2_GD1G43wd3j8DA5s-f04v-8C4ArLYoCcD3f3jwKHUuqg4wie41A55svs Heathrow ruling prompts wildlife presenter to launch HS2 challenge: https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/heathrow-ruling-prompts-wildlife-presenter-to-launch-hs2-challenge HS2: Chris Packham launches legal challenge to rail link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51722251?fbclid=IwAR0MBRVKseQZdWx5FzXlLixk5QpQOVOYphlajBX-42QWBbb96T6opIlhrzE *** 17:01 - Board-Game piece from period of first Viking raid found in Lindisfarne: https://tinyurl.com/uvy4eb3 [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology?fbclid=IwAR3NcDXYYpRS5YVIlh-t8-Jh52H_plU5X3CjzTxf2-cRjxj9njciYaBjWrI] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology?fbclid=IwAR3NcDXYYpRS5YVIlh-t8-Jh52H_plU5X3CjzTxf2-cRjxj9njciYaBjWrI https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology?fbclid=IwAR3NcDXYYpRS5YVIlh-t8-Jh52H_plU5X3CjzTxf2-cRjxj9njciYaBjWrI1,200 Year Old board-game piece from Lindisfarne: https://tinyurl.com/vy8f3kg [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1200-year-old-boardgame-piece-from-lindisfarne-f81800bd5eb64e01a571fb3ca3b86364?fbclid=IwAR1xci9inNxZrlRMqtG7wxlyEMpMIv2fp4xu8EJ16Hik26C48f3Knu0PoRc] https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1200-year-old-boardgame-piece-from-lindisfarne-f81800bd5eb64e01a571fb3ca3b86364?fbclid=IwAR1xci9inNxZrlRMqtG7wxlyEMpMIv2fp4xu8EJ16Hik26C48f3Knu0PoRc https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1200-year-old-boardgame-piece-from-lindisfarne-f81800bd5eb64e01a571fb3ca3b86364?fbclid=IwAR1xci9inNxZrlRMqtG7wxlyEMpMIv2fp4xu8EJ16Hik26C48f3Knu0PoRc *** <