Watching Brief: Britain the 'Authentic Nation'? - March 2017

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Channel: Archaeosoup · 2017 · Education

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Welcome to Watching Brief. A new 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.

Links:

Sadly, some are behind pay walls after a paragraph or so:

Britain is the authentic nation in this battle:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-is-the-authentic-nation-in-this-battle-vnf0c8nhx

Britain is the authentic nation in this battle (Melanie's Blog):

http://melaniephillips.com/britain-authentic-nation-battle/

Facts Britannica: Response from Melanie Phillips:

https://medium.com/@HistoryMatters/facts-britannica-response-from-melanie-phillips-9c7fcf8de42d#.4c5zcjzd5

Mrs May is our first Catholic prime minister:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/mrs-may-is-our-first-catholic-prime-minister-zmbgdqjz3

How Britain will cope with the death of the Queen :

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/17/how-britain-will-cope-with-the-death-of-the-queen

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