FAME AGM and Forum 2022: A non-archaeologist’s perspective

A large group of people in an old hall with oak beams. Some people are stood talking in groups and others are seated. FAME Forum.

Merchant Taylors Hall, York The Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers had their annual AGM and Forum on 16th and 17th June in two wonderful old buildings in York, Barley Hall and the Merchant Taylors Hall, thanks to York Archaeological Trust. Over two warm summer days representatives from roughly 70 of the main commercial archaeology […]

The Importance Of Being Earnest About Cultural Heritage

Stupa as cultural heritage

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you can’t have failed to see at least some of the media commentary on ongoing cuts to funding for cultural heritage (which I’m broadly defining as including intangible heritage, historic built environment, and archaeological investigation) . You might think, so what?