Have had a look at Excavating Rita… by Richard Herring
I saw it at the Edinburgh festival a few years back… pant wettingly funny.. and horrible to watch, as you can’t help but see yourself in one of the characters… (not saying which one I was)
this little teaser..
MIKE (the Supervisor)
(TRYING TO HIDE ANNOYANCE AND APPEAR LIKE [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 25, 2008
Excavating Rita
May 14, 2008
The stolen rocks of Uluru
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/14/australia1
germaine Greer writes this piece in The Guardian,
# Wednesday May 14 2008
(image linked from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ )
“…Bits of Uluru, known for a tiny part of its long history as Ayers Rock, are now being returned from all over the world to the management of the Kaja Tjuta national park. Most come with a note saying simply [...]
May 10, 2008
Europes oldest human
from the Guardian Newspaper.
Science correspondent James Randerson looks at the significance of an archaeological discovery
this link takes you to an mp3 where you can listen to him talk about this amazing discovery.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2008/mar/27/james.randerson.human.remains
A fossilised jawbone and teeth found in a cave in northern Spain may have belonged to one of the first human ancestors to set [...]
May 6, 2008
Illegal Artefact Trafficking
Spanish police have arrested a couple accused of illegally trafficking a “priceless” haul of artefacts from Latin America for resale in Europe
This news from the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7385775.stm
Well it seems that more and more, people who are nicking heritage are being caught and prosecuted…
how much better if this is international… and that the collectors are aware [...]
