Join BS UK Conflict WG Member Nigel Pollard for a free hybrid lecture at the National Army Museum on June 28, 12.00pm - 1.00pm. World Heritage and War: The Bombing of Pompeii nam.ac.uk/whats-on/world…

Check out this excellent new podcast, 'Contested Heritage', which looks at heritage protection, art & law: co-hosted by the great Richard Harwood KC & Clarissa Levy, sponsored by 39 Essex Art Law. 1st interview with 𝔇𝔯 𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞 𝔍. 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰, 2nd with Ben Cowell (@bencowell.bsky.social) 39essex.com/information-hu…

Are you coming? Join BS UK Conflict WG Member Nigel Pollard for a free hybrid lecture at the National Army Museum on June 28, 12.00pm - 1.00pm. World Heritage and War: The Bombing of Pompeii nam.ac.uk/whats-on/world…

OPEN CONSULTATION Draft Priorities for Culture in Wales 2024 to 2030. gov.wales/draft-prioriti…

How can young collectors invest in the art market ethically? The AC's Helena Arose shares her recommendations for the art world's next generation. For the full article and resources about #ResponsibleTrade practices: ow.ly/Vx6p50Sk8T1

I've added a page on preownedpast.com with some of the resources I use to keep up to date with heritage crime news, including 👌 blogs from: @DrDonnaYates Conflict Antiquities Chasing Aphrodite Paul Barford ARCA Alexander Herman Angelina Giovani-Agha preownedpast.com/resources/

Excited to be in Romania with our wonderful partners, Romanian National Institute for Heritage, for Shielding the Past, celebrating the 1954 Hague Convention

Register here: Culture in Emergencies in the Pacific Region, with Blue Shield Pasifika, Blue Shield Australia, Culture and Emergencies Entity, Culture Sector, UNESCO - moderater Prof Ana Filipa Vrdoljak Tues 29 October 2024, 8am Paris, 6pm AEDT, 7pm Suva internationalculturalheritagelaw.org/2024/09/cultur…

The 2023 Blue Shield Annual Report is available! Follow amazing work around the world protecting heritage in conflicts, earthquakes, fires, floods, a volcano; advocating for #IHL (esp. #1954HagueConvention), countering trafficking, training hundreds - theblueshield.org/blue-shield-an…

Trafficking of cultural property: UK statement to the OSCE Emma Logan, UK Delegation to the OSCE, says that by disrupting cultural property trafficking, we can also disrupt broader Serious Organised Criminal activity. gov.uk/government/spe…

3rd October, UK announced it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It is a historic moment in which the UK has peacefully and legally agreed to hand over one of the very last pieces of its colonial empire ukblueshield.org.uk/news/uk-to-giv…

Great new book co-edited by our trustee Prof Lisa Mol, with Preface by Trustee / Blue Shield International President Peter Stone. We're excited to read it!

NEW GUIDE: “Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness: A Manual for Protecting Archives” - which aims to act as a single point resource on this crucial aspect of archives management. By Emilie Gagnet Leumas & M Crockett & ICA - International Council on Archives Available now tinyurl.com/bdendmb6

After Liverpool Maritime WHS was delisted, now Europa Nostra declare Victoria Tower Gardens, London, in the #7MostEndangered sites in Europe, as Holocaust conflict remembrance threatens existing heritage. The proposed construction also threatens WHS Palace of Westminster.

Great news for the UK - Communities to nominate UK traditions for new inventory gov.uk/government/new…

This Friday WEBINAR by our Conflict&Military Activity WG on Current Threats Facing the UK Heritage Sector 12.30-13.00 REGISTER HERE forms.office.com/e/whZtmimcXn

📢Join us for our 2025 symposium - last few spaces! Blue Shield UK will bring together heritage professionals, government, armed forces and law enforcement to discuss the future of cultural property protection in the UK. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:00 - 18:30 BST ukblueshield.org.uk/bs-uk-symposiu…

NEXT LUNCHTIME WEBINAR: Friday, May 23: 12.30-13.00 Timothy Fagg, The Need for Resilience within the UK Heritage Sector During Times of Conflict All are welcome to attend Registration link here: lnkd.in/ezQYdzp5

📢 NEXT LUNCHTIME WEBINAR: Friday, June 20: 12.30-13.00 Brittni Bradford - Rethinking Heritage Protection in the UK: The 1954 Hague Convention and Its Second Protocol NEW registration link: tinyurl.com/y3ruz9pv