Andy Brockman
@andybrockman.bsky.social
Reporting from where politics and money meet archaeology and heritage at http://thepipeline.info/
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#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
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Complaints after metal detecting rally company makes reporting finds to the PAS a condition of attending...
Sorry my bad, makes reporting finds worth over £250 a condition of attending so the organiser and landowner can get a cut.
From a social media forum near you.
Complaints after metal detecting rally company makes reporting finds to the PAS a condition of attending...
Sorry my bad, makes reporting finds worth over £250 a condition of attending so the organiser and landowner can get a cut.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
From a social media forum near you.
Complaints after metal detecting rally company makes reporting finds to the PAS a condition of attending...
Sorry my bad, makes reporting finds worth over £250 a condition of attending so the organiser and landowner can get a cut.
From a social media forum near you.
Complaints after metal detecting rally company makes reporting finds to the PAS a condition of attending...
Sorry my bad, makes reporting finds worth over £250 a condition of attending so the organiser and landowner can get a cut.
If you are not familiar with the case of Arkell v Pressdram, this is the hilarious correspondence in the case.
TLDR: The Eye's response to a ludicrously self important claim for damages was "F*ck Off".
TLDR: The Eye's response to a ludicrously self important claim for damages was "F*ck Off".
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you are not familiar with the case of Arkell v Pressdram, this is the hilarious correspondence in the case.
TLDR: The Eye's response to a ludicrously self important claim for damages was "F*ck Off".
TLDR: The Eye's response to a ludicrously self important claim for damages was "F*ck Off".
From page 52 of the Senate January 6 Report.
BBC News seems to have been guilty of, at worst, a clumsy video edit.
The story about President Trump's unconstitutional conduct inciting the attack on the Capitol was and remains, correct and what has happened in the past week is a Right wing hit job.
BBC News seems to have been guilty of, at worst, a clumsy video edit.
The story about President Trump's unconstitutional conduct inciting the attack on the Capitol was and remains, correct and what has happened in the past week is a Right wing hit job.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From page 52 of the Senate January 6 Report.
BBC News seems to have been guilty of, at worst, a clumsy video edit.
The story about President Trump's unconstitutional conduct inciting the attack on the Capitol was and remains, correct and what has happened in the past week is a Right wing hit job.
BBC News seems to have been guilty of, at worst, a clumsy video edit.
The story about President Trump's unconstitutional conduct inciting the attack on the Capitol was and remains, correct and what has happened in the past week is a Right wing hit job.
The clue is in the website address bottom left.
This is the latest attempt by Tufton Street adjacent, would be entryists, Restore Trust to attract support in the National Trust ballot ahead of November's AGM.
This is the latest attempt by Tufton Street adjacent, would be entryists, Restore Trust to attract support in the National Trust ballot ahead of November's AGM.
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The clue is in the website address bottom left.
This is the latest attempt by Tufton Street adjacent, would be entryists, Restore Trust to attract support in the National Trust ballot ahead of November's AGM.
This is the latest attempt by Tufton Street adjacent, would be entryists, Restore Trust to attract support in the National Trust ballot ahead of November's AGM.
Oiling the Wheels of the British Museum Ball?
Q: What's worse for a museum's image than to be supported by a fossil fuel company?
A: To be supported by a fossil fuel company linked to state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft and its sanctioned boss Igor Sechin.
Buy Private Eye for the allegations.
Q: What's worse for a museum's image than to be supported by a fossil fuel company?
A: To be supported by a fossil fuel company linked to state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft and its sanctioned boss Igor Sechin.
Buy Private Eye for the allegations.
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oiling the Wheels of the British Museum Ball?
Q: What's worse for a museum's image than to be supported by a fossil fuel company?
A: To be supported by a fossil fuel company linked to state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft and its sanctioned boss Igor Sechin.
Buy Private Eye for the allegations.
Q: What's worse for a museum's image than to be supported by a fossil fuel company?
A: To be supported by a fossil fuel company linked to state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft and its sanctioned boss Igor Sechin.
Buy Private Eye for the allegations.
Does for AI Anime what JD Vance did for sofas (allegedly).
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Does for AI Anime what JD Vance did for sofas (allegedly).
From the Wall Street Journal ($)
Of course opposing or regulating AI would hasten the coming of the Antichrist and Peter Thiel is not in the slightest bit barking, no sirree...
Of course opposing or regulating AI would hasten the coming of the Antichrist and Peter Thiel is not in the slightest bit barking, no sirree...
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
From the Wall Street Journal ($)
Of course opposing or regulating AI would hasten the coming of the Antichrist and Peter Thiel is not in the slightest bit barking, no sirree...
Of course opposing or regulating AI would hasten the coming of the Antichrist and Peter Thiel is not in the slightest bit barking, no sirree...
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory #MetalDetecting News
According to its own figures released on Social Media more finds were submitted for Export Licences at this year's #Detectival than were recorded by the onsite recording team.
It is not known what percentage of finds made overall this represents.
According to its own figures released on Social Media more finds were submitted for Export Licences at this year's #Detectival than were recorded by the onsite recording team.
It is not known what percentage of finds made overall this represents.
September 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory #MetalDetecting News
According to its own figures released on Social Media more finds were submitted for Export Licences at this year's #Detectival than were recorded by the onsite recording team.
It is not known what percentage of finds made overall this represents.
According to its own figures released on Social Media more finds were submitted for Export Licences at this year's #Detectival than were recorded by the onsite recording team.
It is not known what percentage of finds made overall this represents.
"Again and again he (Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon and several other aliases) has faced formidable obstacles."
Fair...
Being repeatedly banged up and having a conviction for possession with intent to supply would be formidable obstacles for most people not on a Far Right media grift.
Fair...
Being repeatedly banged up and having a conviction for possession with intent to supply would be formidable obstacles for most people not on a Far Right media grift.
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Again and again he (Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon and several other aliases) has faced formidable obstacles."
Fair...
Being repeatedly banged up and having a conviction for possession with intent to supply would be formidable obstacles for most people not on a Far Right media grift.
Fair...
Being repeatedly banged up and having a conviction for possession with intent to supply would be formidable obstacles for most people not on a Far Right media grift.
Great British Cultural Traditions
#Flags
Smuggling in as many EU flags as possible to the #LastNightOfTheProms.
#Flags
Smuggling in as many EU flags as possible to the #LastNightOfTheProms.
September 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Great British Cultural Traditions
#Flags
Smuggling in as many EU flags as possible to the #LastNightOfTheProms.
#Flags
Smuggling in as many EU flags as possible to the #LastNightOfTheProms.
It's All About (modelling) the History News
WHS in crisis advertising rethink for Archaeologists Trowel after Minelab launches its new metal detector.
WHS in crisis advertising rethink for Archaeologists Trowel after Minelab launches its new metal detector.
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's All About (modelling) the History News
WHS in crisis advertising rethink for Archaeologists Trowel after Minelab launches its new metal detector.
WHS in crisis advertising rethink for Archaeologists Trowel after Minelab launches its new metal detector.
If I was going for a cheap joke I would ask if I could borrow a protractor to measure the precise angle of that right arm...
#NigelFarage salutes the Reform UK audience with his arm at Half Musk (or is it full Full Musk?)
#NigelFarage salutes the Reform UK audience with his arm at Half Musk (or is it full Full Musk?)
September 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If I was going for a cheap joke I would ask if I could borrow a protractor to measure the precise angle of that right arm...
#NigelFarage salutes the Reform UK audience with his arm at Half Musk (or is it full Full Musk?)
#NigelFarage salutes the Reform UK audience with his arm at Half Musk (or is it full Full Musk?)
#EAA Executive Board Omnishambles News
The Belgrade Organising Ctte of #EA2025 claims it was not consulted by the #EAA Executive Board regarding the Israel/Gaza votes and states using student volunteers to enforce rules on political statements during sessions was "particularly inappropriate".
The Belgrade Organising Ctte of #EA2025 claims it was not consulted by the #EAA Executive Board regarding the Israel/Gaza votes and states using student volunteers to enforce rules on political statements during sessions was "particularly inappropriate".
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#CultLikeHiveMind News
Leading proponent of the #CultLikeHiveMind in the Graham Hancock pseudoarchaeology cult, accuses archaeologists of having a #CultLikeHiveMind citing a single site where archeologists are doing their job according to current ethics and procedures.
Leading proponent of the #CultLikeHiveMind in the Graham Hancock pseudoarchaeology cult, accuses archaeologists of having a #CultLikeHiveMind citing a single site where archeologists are doing their job according to current ethics and procedures.
September 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#CultLikeHiveMind News
Leading proponent of the #CultLikeHiveMind in the Graham Hancock pseudoarchaeology cult, accuses archaeologists of having a #CultLikeHiveMind citing a single site where archeologists are doing their job according to current ethics and procedures.
Leading proponent of the #CultLikeHiveMind in the Graham Hancock pseudoarchaeology cult, accuses archaeologists of having a #CultLikeHiveMind citing a single site where archeologists are doing their job according to current ethics and procedures.
The comm's from archaeology's representative bodies are often lamentable, but...
On what planet did the EAA think it was acceptable to describe a democratically voted procedural decision as "collective punishment", a Crime Against Humanity of which the Israeli Government is currently accused?
On what planet did the EAA think it was acceptable to describe a democratically voted procedural decision as "collective punishment", a Crime Against Humanity of which the Israeli Government is currently accused?
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The comm's from archaeology's representative bodies are often lamentable, but...
On what planet did the EAA think it was acceptable to describe a democratically voted procedural decision as "collective punishment", a Crime Against Humanity of which the Israeli Government is currently accused?
On what planet did the EAA think it was acceptable to describe a democratically voted procedural decision as "collective punishment", a Crime Against Humanity of which the Israeli Government is currently accused?
The Black Trowel Collective has also published the text of instructions it states were sent to volunteer organisers of #EA2025 by the senior leadership of the EAA in an attempt to shut down discussions regarding the response of EAA members to the ongoing destruction of Gaza and its population.
September 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Black Trowel Collective has also published the text of instructions it states were sent to volunteer organisers of #EA2025 by the senior leadership of the EAA in an attempt to shut down discussions regarding the response of EAA members to the ongoing destruction of Gaza and its population.
Spot the Difference
Donald Trump weaponises history, complaining museums keep on about how bad slavery was & wants a partisan nationalist narrative
President Putin weaponises history writing "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" and promotes a partisan nationalist narrative.
Donald Trump weaponises history, complaining museums keep on about how bad slavery was & wants a partisan nationalist narrative
President Putin weaponises history writing "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" and promotes a partisan nationalist narrative.
August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spot the Difference
Donald Trump weaponises history, complaining museums keep on about how bad slavery was & wants a partisan nationalist narrative
President Putin weaponises history writing "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" and promotes a partisan nationalist narrative.
Donald Trump weaponises history, complaining museums keep on about how bad slavery was & wants a partisan nationalist narrative
President Putin weaponises history writing "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" and promotes a partisan nationalist narrative.
15 August 1945
Form 540 Operations Record Book: RAF Base Rangoon.
Form 540 Operations Record Book: RAF Base Rangoon.
August 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
15 August 1945
Form 540 Operations Record Book: RAF Base Rangoon.
Form 540 Operations Record Book: RAF Base Rangoon.
As President Trump tells a packed White House presser he is going to meet President Putin in Russia (well Alaska used to be Russia) I am reminded of this classic Private Eye cover noting the intellectual ability of a previous President.
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As President Trump tells a packed White House presser he is going to meet President Putin in Russia (well Alaska used to be Russia) I am reminded of this classic Private Eye cover noting the intellectual ability of a previous President.
To adapt the words of the great Marx (Graucho),
"Those are my facts and if you don't like them I've got others!"
"Those are my facts and if you don't like them I've got others!"
August 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
To adapt the words of the great Marx (Graucho),
"Those are my facts and if you don't like them I've got others!"
"Those are my facts and if you don't like them I've got others!"
Meanwhile the Board of Tesla has awarded Elon Musk $30bn of shares to "energise and focus" the World's richest man and perhaps as a reward for neutering all those Federal regulators who might call out and impose consequences for such egregious behaviour?
And Tesla wasn't even Musk's idea.
And Tesla wasn't even Musk's idea.
August 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Meanwhile the Board of Tesla has awarded Elon Musk $30bn of shares to "energise and focus" the World's richest man and perhaps as a reward for neutering all those Federal regulators who might call out and impose consequences for such egregious behaviour?
And Tesla wasn't even Musk's idea.
And Tesla wasn't even Musk's idea.
Winston Smith is alive, well and working in Washington DC at the Smithsonian.
NB: The use of the words "American Democracy" by the Smithsonian is, of course, increasingly ironic.
NB: The use of the words "American Democracy" by the Smithsonian is, of course, increasingly ironic.
August 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Winston Smith is alive, well and working in Washington DC at the Smithsonian.
NB: The use of the words "American Democracy" by the Smithsonian is, of course, increasingly ironic.
NB: The use of the words "American Democracy" by the Smithsonian is, of course, increasingly ironic.
#HeritageCrime News
Leading metal detectorist & rally organiser Jason (Jay) Price of Grantham has been charged with 5x counts of fraud by false representation relating to finds declared under Treasure Act, after what Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Team state was a long and thorough investigation.
Leading metal detectorist & rally organiser Jason (Jay) Price of Grantham has been charged with 5x counts of fraud by false representation relating to finds declared under Treasure Act, after what Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Team state was a long and thorough investigation.
July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#HeritageCrime News
Leading metal detectorist & rally organiser Jason (Jay) Price of Grantham has been charged with 5x counts of fraud by false representation relating to finds declared under Treasure Act, after what Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Team state was a long and thorough investigation.
Leading metal detectorist & rally organiser Jason (Jay) Price of Grantham has been charged with 5x counts of fraud by false representation relating to finds declared under Treasure Act, after what Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Team state was a long and thorough investigation.
Trump University
Media Management Module
1. The Streisand Effect
Media Management Module
1. The Streisand Effect
July 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trump University
Media Management Module
1. The Streisand Effect
Media Management Module
1. The Streisand Effect
Live in a cave perchance?
July 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Live in a cave perchance?