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CBA issues / comments

January 2004: George Lambrick on saving rural heritage

November 2003: George Lambrick on modern ways for professional archaeologists to support volunteering

September 2003: In his final article, award-winning editor Simon Denison considers how archaeology in Britain has changed since British Archaeology magazine was launched in 1995

July 2003: George Lambrick on the looting of antiquities in Iraq

May 2003: George Lambrick on the need for a National Heritage Act

March 2003: George Lambrick on broader history education after age 14

December 2002: George Lambrick on the pillage of the warship 'Sussex'

October 2002: George Lambrick on the power of public support

August 2002: George Lambrick on the importance of museum collections

June 2002: Stop demolishing Victorian terraces, by George Lambrick

April 2002: George Lambrick on new developments at Stonehenge

February 2002: David Baker on regulation of developer-funded archaeology

December 2001: George Lambrick on Government policy on the heritage

October 2001: George Lambrick on proposals to alter the planning system

August 2001: For education read archaeology, writes George Lambrick

June 2001: Farming in crisis (again): George Lambrick on the effects of foot and mouth disease on the historic environment

April 2001: Why we must redefine 'treasure', by George Lambrick

Voting for archaeology - Simon Denison on Archaeology and the General Election

February 2001: Moving beyond the anniversary cult: Simon Denison on anniversaries, events and archaeology

Reaching out to the world: is your historic environment in Little England? George Lambrick hopes not

December 2000: Blinkers off now: Government must change its approach to the historic environment, writes George Lambrick

October 2000: It's up to you: the lottery wants to spend more on archaeology, writes Simon Denison

August 2000: Loot no more: every day sites are wrecked to supply the art market, writes Simon Denison

June 2000: Keep on thinking free: David Irvine gave honest revisionism a bad name, writes Simon Denison

April 2000: One step to the left, two steps back: moving ancient woods or monuments out of harm's way is no way to preserve them, writes Simon Denison

February 2000: Conservation versus change? Archaeology can help society balance the two goals, writes George Lambrick

December 1999: Looking forward to the new century: how can archaeology build on its progress in the past 100 years? Simon Denison offers some thoughts

November 1999: Please may I demolish my listed home? At Barrington Park, some conservationists are answering `yes'. Simon Denison looks at the issues

October 1999: Want to be an archaeologist? Read this: a new survey examines the pay, conditions, and range of jobs in archaeology. Simon Denison takes a look

September 1999: Cromwell vs King Alfred at Waterloo: many people's grasp of history is a bit vague. Simon Denison wonders about the consequences

July 1999: Local archaeology and a bright future: all archaeology is local, whatever its national value. Richard Morris explains

June 1999: An abiding faith in archaeology's worth: has archaeology changed in 30 years? In some ways not, writes Richard Morris

May 1999: Improvements ahead for this magazine: next year will bring more pages, colour and a redesign. Simon Denison explains

April 1999: Victory at Tewkesbury's battlefield: Richard Morris explains why the decision to preserve the field matters

March 1999: Birdsong returns, but history is lost: how can Ministers remain so blind to the ruin of our conservation services? Richard Morris wonders

February 1999: Archaeology to capture the public mind: some ideas and discoveries receive wide news coverage, others not. Richard Morris explains

December 1998: The great prize of starlit Stonehenge: the new plans for Stonehenge deserve support, writes Francis Pryor

November 1998: Journey through history to Penda's fen: maps and signs point to the past still living in today's land, writes Richard Morris

October 1998: Farewell, cousin to the Crystal Palace: Oxford's Victorian railway station is to be demolished without public inquiry, laments Richard Morris

September 1998: Riding down the road to regional chaos: the Government's new culture proposals overlook the issue of conservation, writes Richard Morris

July 1998: Building roads to intellectual nowhere: archaeology on road and rail schemes is too often devoid of research objectives, writes Richard Morris

June 1998: Measuring the destruction of monuments: in England, recent losses have been appalling, writes Richard Morris

May 1998: Time to update ancient monuments law: New Labour shows no inclination to continue the work of the last Government, writes Richard Morris

April 1998: Education and better care of the land: fewer ancient sites would be ploughed up if we understood them more, writes Richard Morris

March 1998: The Government still getting it wrong: Ministers still don't understand about the historic environment, writes Richard Morris

February 1998: Collapse of public-interest archaeology: the Government and English Heritage seem unconcerned, writes Richard Morris

December 1997: Stemming the flood of looted antiquities: the Government may soon agree to change British policy, writes Colin Renfew

November 1997: Right and wrong way to do archaeology: without research, archaeology is a waste of time and money, writes Richard Morris

October 1997: Why peat extraction must be stopped, by Richard Morris

September 1997: The best archaeology tells stories about what happened in the past, argues Simon Denison

July 1997: The chattering classes now see `conservation' as a dirty word, writes Richard Morris

June 1997: Battlefields deserve better protection than they get, writes Simon Denison

May 1997: With the election over, Richard Morris offers the new Government some advice

April 1997: Why public access must be controlled, by Peter Fowler

March 1997: As looted antiquities keep pouring in let us halt this dreadful trade, writes Peter Addyman

February 1997: Richard Morris on `Heritage' and the end of responsibility

December 1996: John Walker calls for franchises in archaeology

November 1996: Richard Morris on opposing the ruin of all we stand for

October 1996: Tim Copeland on the change coming for higher education

September 1996: Philip Dixon on how English Heritage is put in the dock

July 1996: Richard Morris looks at two new Green papers on Britain's heritage

June 1996: Richard Morris on teaching roadbuilders `value for money'

May 1996: Frances Griffith warns that opportunities for finding sites from the air will be lost this summer

April 1996: Simon Dension on facing up to the Lottery's challenge

March 1996: Hedley Swain on the impending national museums crisis

February 1996: Richard Morris on time now for reform of Treasure Trove

December 1995: Frances Griffith laments the lost opportunities of the Rural White Paper

November 1995: Richard Morris on the trouble brewing for Welsh conservation

October 1995: Peter Addyman on the road that could ruin Stonehenge
Mike Heyworth asks why are archaeologists not reading?

September 1995: Richard Morris on what is this thing called archaeology?

July 1995: Patrick Begg on a crisis point in Scottish archaeology

June 1995: Neil Burton on defusing the disability time bomb

May 1995: Richard Morris on restoring listing's good name

April 1995: Peter Huggins on struggling amateurs, in need of support

March 1995: Frances Griffith on rural conservation
Mick Cuddeford on metal detecting and archaeology

February 1995: Richard Morris on smoothing air archaeology's flight path

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