Andy Brockman
@andybrockman.bsky.social
Reporting from where politics and money meet archaeology and heritage at http://thepipeline.info/
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We also invites Giles Richardson onto the #WatchingBrief to discuss the pioneering work of the #MaritimeObservatory in developing techniques whereby satellite data can be used to monitor Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and deter and investigate #HeritageCrime impacting on such sites.
Satellite Data Can Catch Maritime Looters: Is it Too Late for HMS Prince of Wales? - 16th June 2023
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We also invites Giles Richardson onto the #WatchingBrief to discuss the pioneering work of the #MaritimeObservatory in developing techniques whereby satellite data can be used to monitor Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and deter and investigate #HeritageCrime impacting on such sites.
We followed up with further analysis of the looting of HMS Prince of Wales by the Chinese registered crane barge which was identified via satellite data from the Maritime Observatory and other sources, as the culprit.
THE MARITIME OBSERVATORY: CRANE BARGE HAD FIVE MONTHS AND SIX VISITS TO LOOT HMS PRINCE OF WALES
Lead Image: HMS Prince of Wales [Official US Navy Photograph Public Domain via US National Archive 80-G-190724] by Andy Brockman Less than a week after the UK experts at the Maritime Observatory fi…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We followed up with further analysis of the looting of HMS Prince of Wales by the Chinese registered crane barge which was identified via satellite data from the Maritime Observatory and other sources, as the culprit.
The new work is by Jessica Berry and Giles Richardson of the UK Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) and #HeritageCrime expert Peter Campbell of Cranfield University.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
The BIG READ: British Government Accused of Five Decades of Failure to Protect HMS Prince of Wales from Looters
Lead Image: HMS Prince of Wales in 1941. [Official US Navy Photograph Public Domain via US National Archive 80-G-190724]by Andy Brockman and Giles Richardson The peer asked Her Majesty’s Gove…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The new work is by Jessica Berry and Giles Richardson of the UK Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) and #HeritageCrime expert Peter Campbell of Cranfield University.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
It is doubly ironic that Springsteen should exercise his creativity and release this blistering attack on the Trump administration and its modern day SA at the same time as the absurd, vanity documentary and "Melania" receives its premiere, and is probably never seen or heard from again.
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
It is doubly ironic that Springsteen should exercise his creativity and release this blistering attack on the Trump administration and its modern day SA at the same time as the absurd, vanity documentary and "Melania" receives its premiere, and is probably never seen or heard from again.
The latest flash point at Sheffield: in what seems to be a deliberate trial of strength, the University SMT is demanding teaching lost to previous, balloted, strike action is undertaken without payment and if this is not done, the UCU states, staff will face a 100% loss of pay.
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The latest flash point at Sheffield: in what seems to be a deliberate trial of strength, the University SMT is demanding teaching lost to previous, balloted, strike action is undertaken without payment and if this is not done, the UCU states, staff will face a 100% loss of pay.
The update comes in the
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The update comes in the
Graham concludes,
"It does look like HS2 have learned their lesson from the initial work.
It is a shame we were not made aware of
the original proposal as all of this unpleasantness
may well have been avoidable."
[Thanks to Graham for linking to the #WatchingBrief discussion in the news letter]
"It does look like HS2 have learned their lesson from the initial work.
It is a shame we were not made aware of
the original proposal as all of this unpleasantness
may well have been avoidable."
[Thanks to Graham for linking to the #WatchingBrief discussion in the news letter]
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Graham concludes,
"It does look like HS2 have learned their lesson from the initial work.
It is a shame we were not made aware of
the original proposal as all of this unpleasantness
may well have been avoidable."
[Thanks to Graham for linking to the #WatchingBrief discussion in the news letter]
"It does look like HS2 have learned their lesson from the initial work.
It is a shame we were not made aware of
the original proposal as all of this unpleasantness
may well have been avoidable."
[Thanks to Graham for linking to the #WatchingBrief discussion in the news letter]