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0:00 Introduction
1:44 UK Arch Response to Ukraine
2:35 Letters from Ukraine & Russia
8:43 Statement from Neil Redfern
12:13 Open Letter to UNESCO WHC
16:15 Problems with ‘Homes for Ukraine’
26:09 Context of Holocaust Memorial
32:39 Government ‘Unlawful’
43:37 Closing Comments
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Link of the Week:
Disasters Emergency Committee:
https://www.dec.org.uk/
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Links:
Letters: War in Europe: - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022:
https://archaeologyuk.org/asset/12DE3F33-2F10-405C-8D6F86A90A63EFFD/
Neil Redfern Letter (photograph courtesy of a viewer) - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022:
https://twitter.com/Archaeos0up/status/1512709194192982020
Open letter to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee-7-april-2022/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee
Damaged Cultural Sites in Ukraine Verified by UNESCO:
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/damaged-cultural-sites-ukraine-verified-unesco
Homes for Ukraine scheme: ‘I design Government systems for a living and it took me days’ to apply for visa:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-e2-80-98i-design-government-systems-for-a-living-and-it-took-me-days-e2-80-99-to-apply-for-visa/ar-AAW6teP
Ukraine war: Minister who took in refugee says friendship will 'last lifetime' - but there are issues with scheme:
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-minister-who-took-in-refugee-says-friendship-will-last-lifetime-but-there-are-issues-with-scheme-12584754
Just 1,200 Ukrainian refugees in UK homes under sponsorship scheme as 71% of applicants still waiting:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-uk-arrivals-b2053862.html
Displaced Ukrainian students to receive free tuition in Scotland:
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/education/displaced-ukrainian-students-to-receive-free-tuition-in-scotland-3654597
Refugees fleeing Ukraine (since 24 February 2022):
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine
Why the Holocaust learning centre is set for the wrong location:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/13/london-holocaust-memorial-learning-centre-calamitous-mistake
Holocaust memorial: Planning permission for Parliament monument quashed:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61038593
Wrong place, right ruling:
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/wrong-place-right-ruling
Full Judgement - High Court of Justice:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LHPGT-v-Minister-for-Housing-Judgment-080422.pdf
Behind the story: What now for the Holocaust Memorial?:
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/behind-the-story-holocaust-memorial
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 entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.
0:00 Introduction
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