One Day Symposium
2020-09-26 10:00 - 16:30 UTC | Dorset
On 26th September 2020, we will broadcasting our first virtual Symposium across the World Wide Web. We have 4 presentations and are pleased to announce:
Alison Jolley, ‘Consumed with a wild patriotism’: Will Lawrence in the Royal Flying Corps
Dr. Rob Johnson, Lawrence of Arabia’s War, the campaign in the desert.
John Johnson Allen, ‘The Best Years of my Life’, Lawrence’s maritime achievements.
Charlotte Berry, Ben Taylor and Lucy Smith, Magdalen College Archives. The archivists will take us through the latest developments with the Lawrence, Hogarth and Jeremy Wilson archives.
The video/sharing platform is being finalised and the start time will be 10.00 UK Summer time ( 09.00 GMT)
Further details will be updated as soon as possible and all participants who register will be e mailed details of how to participate. There will be Q&A sessions and the day will finish with an interactive session and the Society’s AGM.
Please e mail telsocchair@gmail.com to register your interest and receive further updates

Insider Tours: Jim Ede and T E Lawrence: A Friendship
2020-12-05 10:00 - 10:45 UTC | Dorset
This Insider Tour of Kettle’s Yard and its collection, in Cambridge, will explore the friendship and correspondence between Jim Ede and T.E. Lawrence, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, and their mutual interest in art and literature, as well as their memories of India. Jim Ede said in his book ‘A Way of Life’ that he could never have left and given away Kettle’s Yard without the example set by Lawrence. The tour will look at their correspondence, Jim’s long document about Lawrence written following his death in 1935 and books in the collection. Reference documents from a private collection relating to Lawrence will complement the tour.
£50 per group of up to 6 people, booking required at
www.kettles yard.cam.ac.uk

Your ticket covers one group, of up to six people. You will be the only group on the tour.
If you are not well please stay at home and cancel you ticket by emailing mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk.
Find out more about visiting us safely here.
In keeping with government advice you must wear a face mask or face covering for the duration of the tour unless you are exempt. You can find out more about exemptions here.
Due to conservation and security reasons, no bags, including handbags, or large coats are allowed in the House. Please leave bags at home where possible. If you do bring a bag it will be kept behind the desk until your House visit is complete.

David George Hogarth - a conference organised by Magdalen College, Oxford
2021-01-23 09:30 - 16:30 UTC | Dorset
Magdalen College Archives would like to invite all Society members to a virtual conference on the British archaeologist, intelligence officer and author David George Hogarth (1862-1927). Hogarth’s papers were donated to Magdalen College by his family in late 2019; the College will publish a catalogue of the collection early next year.

The conference will take place via Zoom on Saturday 23 January 2021; please email archives@magd.ox.ac.uk to register your interest.

David Hogarth was a distinguished field archaeologist of Greece, Asia Minor and the Middle East and the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum from 1909 to 1927. He was a friend and mentor to T.E. Lawrence: Lawrence’s first archaeological post was on Hogarth’s dig at Carchemish on the Turco-Syrian border; during WW1 the two men worked together at the Arab Bureau, where Hogarth was a senior officer and organiser. After the war, Hogarth was an adviser to the British delegation at the Paris Peace Conference.

Most of Hogarth’s papers have been held by his family since his death. They will now be publicly accessible for the first time. The collection includes a large volume of personal correspondence with his family and with renowned figures of the time including T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell. There are also archaeological and academic papers, and records and memorabilia of his war work.

Scheduled to speak are:

Professor Caroline Barron, David Hogarth’s granddaughter and donor of his papers
James Barr, author on the Arab Revolt and the making of the modern Middle East
Dr Bruce Westrate, historian of the Arab Bureau
Antonis Kotsonas, Assistant Professor of Mediterranean History and Archaeology, New York University
Ben Taylor, Hogarth Project Archivist at Magdalen College, Oxford
Dr Hussein Omar, Lecturer in Modern Global History, University College Dublin
Adam Fraser, archaeologist of the Middle East and North Africa
Lorraine Tinsley, Gertrude Bell researcher, University of Western Ontario

T E Lawrence and Wagner, a Webinar by Zoom
2021-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Dorset
The Wagner Society have joined forces with the Lawrence Society to present a Zoom Webinar where TEL Society members can join at the same rate (£5) as Wagner Society members – otherwise the charge is £10 for non-members.

https://wagnersociety.org/events/te-lawrence-and-wagner/

Details are:

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 6:30pm (UK time)

Martin Gething, Susan Vincent and Neill Child talking about

T. E. Lawrence’s love of classical music, including Wagner
The record collection at Clouds Hill and his books on classical music
Lawrence’s love of Nordic mythology and medievalism, which provided a bond with Richard Wagner’s music
How Lawrence, Thomas Hardy and Rutland Boughton tried to create the British Bayreuth

Pre-registration is required to join the Zoom talk, through the Wagner Society website.T E Lawrence and Wagner

Churchill and the Making of the Modern Middle East
2021-04-08 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Dorset
The International Churchill Society has a series of lectures on Thursday 8th April 2021 at 17.00.
ICS Virtual Symposium – featuring speakers Dr Warren Dockter, Professor Arie Dubnov, Dr Robert Johnson, Dr Liora Lukitz and others.
To book a ticket on EventBrite with donations see:

https://winstonchurchill.org/2021-events-calendar/

In March 1921 Winston Churchill, as the newly appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, chaired a conference in Cairo that was to have profound effects on the future of the region. Drawing on advice from TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and Gertrude Bell, Churchill presided over the creation of modern day Iraq and Jordan and supported the expansion of the Jewish presence in Palestine. The conference was followed by a visit to Jerusalem.

Lawrence of Arabia: A Life and Legacy
2021-04-18 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Dorset
In 2021 the North American Group of the T. E. Lawrence Society and the National WWI Museum and Memorial will launch a series of public Zoom presentations entitled ‘Lawrence of Arabia: A Life and Legacy’. The first will be on Sunday, 18 April at 2:00pm US-Central Standard Time, featuring Joseph Berton, Lorraine Tinsley and John Calvert exploring ‘His role in shaping the Modern Middle East’.

This presentation is timely for its relevance with the centenary of the 1921 Cairo Conference, which was a milestone for Lawrence and produced a legacy that had an impact on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Questions to be explored, during the session, include:

How did Lawrence’s pre-war experiences prepare him for his leadership role in World War I?

What political factors did he have to deal with, and how did they affect the military campaign an Arabia?

What did Lawrence and Feisal hope to accomplish at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and how successful were they?

How did Lawrence’s political lobbying during the Mesopotamian Revolt in 1920 set the stage for the Cairo Conference of 1921?

Were Feisal and Lawrence’s ambitions realized by the Cairo Conference?

To what extent was the Cairo Conference responsible for the political instability that engulfed the region over the ensuing decades?

The video conference is free for Society members and available to the general public. It will be broadcast from the USA at CST 2 pm which is 8pm BST in the UK and is hosted by the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Pre-registration is required, please visit:
www.theworldwar.org/events.

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T E Lawrence and Jim Ede: A Friendship explored
2021-04-21 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Dorset
An Online Talk:
Jim Ede and T.E. Lawrence: A Friendship explored
Wednesday 21 April, 6 -7pm
£10 Friends, £5 students, booking required

Join the Friends of Kettle’s Yard and Phil Neale, who works at Kettles Yard and Chair of the T.E. Lawrence Society, for an online talk exploring the friendship and correspondence between Jim Ede and T.E. Lawrence, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, and their mutual interest in art and literature, as well as their memories of India.
Jim Ede said in his book A Way of Life that he could never have given away Kettle’s Yard without the example set by Lawrence. The talk will look at their correspondence, Jim’s long document about Lawrence written following his death in 1935 and books in the Kettle’s Yard collection.
Find out more and book your ticket here

T E Lawrence: An Unusual Genius
2021-05-11 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Dorset
A presentation to the Edmonton Conservative Association, London, looking at Lawrences fascinating life, his unusual behaviour and the genius he showed throughout his life before the war, during the Arab Revolt and afterwards with his literary and artistic achievements. His legacy will also be explored in relation to our current times.
Our Society chairman Philip Neale will present this illustrated lecture and information can be obtained from telsocchair@gmail.com

Wemyss’ War, a British Admiral on land and sea
2021-07-11 20:00 UTC | Dorset
This is a Zoom based talk hosted by the National WW1 Museum and Memorial.
It is presented by John Johnson-Allen, talking about his new book on ‘Rosy’ Wemyss. John will be talking further about Wemyss at the Society Symposium in September
WEMYSS’ WAR, A BRITISH ADMIRAL ON LAND AND SEA
https://my.theworldwar.org/8703/8704

Please note that the event is at 2.00 pm US CT and 8pm BST

Pre registration is required and the vent is FREE

Lawrence of Arabia - Legacy Lecture Series Part II
2021-07-25 20:00 UTC | Dorset
The second presentation in a series of ZOOM based lectures organised by the North American group of the TE Lawrence Society, from the National WW1 Museum and Memorial
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA LEGACY LECTURES
https://my.theworldwar.org/8170/8709

Please note that pre-registration is required and the vent is free

The vent is at 2.00 pm US CT and 8.00 pm BST

Lawrence’s Birthday at Moreton
2021-08-16 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | Moreton, DT2 8RH
Join us at Moreton cemetery at 11.00 a.m. to celebrate Lawrence’s birthday and afterwards at The Walled Garden formal gardens and Dovecote Cafe.
If you re attending please contact:susan@susanvincent.org

One Day Symposium at the site of RAF Calshot on Calshot Spit
2021-09-25 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | SO45 1BR, Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot, SO45 1BR, United Kingdom
It was a real disappointment for everyone in the TE Lawrence Society that we had to cancel our 16th Symposium in Oxford planned for the last weekend in September 2021.
In the meantime we have been keen to provide an alternative event on the same weekend this year and we are pleased to announce an exciting One Day event to be held on Saturday 25th September 2021.
This unique event will be at the Calshot Activities Centre, on Calshot Spit at the site of RAF Calshot in Hampshire, a place intimately connected with Lawrence and his work with the Schneider Trophy Air Races and the development of the 200 Class Seaplane Tender at nearby Hythe.
The TE Lawrence Society has arranged this event with The Army Flying Museum and Hampshire County Council.
The day will feature three presentations related to Lawrence and there will also be a chance to explore Calshot and its sites associated with Lawrence while he was there.
The timeline with presentations is as follows:
10.30 Welcome and Introduction
11.00. Alison Jolley: ‘One brother in India very remarkable’:T. E.’s favourite brother, Will
Last year’s online Symposium opened with Alison looking at Will Lawrence’s service in the Royal Flying Corps. Now she returns to speak on a part of Will’s life which has gone almost unrecognised up to now – his association in Delhi, where he taught at a missionary college before the war, with some of Gandhi’s most significant early supporters. What part were the missionaries at the college about to play in drawing Gandhi into the independence movement, and how would having T.E. as a brother guide Will as he too sought to grasp the spirit of the East?
Alison was previously a speaker at the 2014 Symposium on the friendship between T.E. Lawrence and Lady Kathleen Scott, from whose diary the quotation in the title is taken. Her paper on Will – long recognised as the closest of T.E.’s brothers – appeared in the Spring 2021 edition of the Society’s Journal. Using new material on Will’s RFC service that has emerged since last year’s talk, Alison will conclude with a brief review of these final tragic weeks of his
12.15 A look at some exciting new acquisitions for the Society and for the NT at Clouds Hill and a discussion on the importance of these.
13.00 Lunch Break and a chance to explore Calshot Spit where there are many interesting reminders of Lawrence’s time there.
14.30 Group Captain John Alexander: Hot Air, Aeroplanes and Arabs; Lawrence and Air Power
The ever-expanding Lawrence literature overlooks the link between his concept of warfare and subsequent choice of the RAF for enlistment. Lawrence’s fame stemmed from the cultural difference between his romantic heroism in the desert and the industrial warfare on the Western Front. Yet pare away the myth and enigma of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ using historical analysis of the official archives and a re-reading of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and one finds a novel insight of Lawrence as a proponent of air power and a strikingly modern way in warfare, using machines rather than men, and combining aeroplanes and armoured cars with Arab regulars and irregulars. The experience lay behind Lawrence’s subsequent post-war support of the use of air power for colonial control in Iraq and probably influenced his choice of the RAF for enlistment.
John’s forty-year career in the Royal Air Force and is well placed to talk about Lawrence as he spent two years seconded as an advisor to an Arab force; served in the Hejaz, Iraq and Pakistan; was a visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford; and speaks poor Arabic. Unlike Lawrence, Alexander accepted a commission in the RAF’s ground fighting force, a civil service appointment to write RAF official history, and has spent several years in Afghanistan.
15.45 Vintage film from the archives and a look around Calshot
16.00 Paul Beaver: Lawrence, Calshot and the Schneider Trophy
This discussion will explore Lawrence’s connections with Calshot and Hythe and particularly his work in the ranks on the Schneider Trophy Air Race in 1929. Paul will look a the local angles to the story and much of this has often been overlooked by historians. He will bring a particular insight based on his aviation experience.
Paul Beaver is an aviation historian, broadcaster and writer who is very much a hands-on historian with his own vintage aeroplane company. He is also a Society member and Trustee of the Supermarine Seaplane Charity and has contributed many interesting talks and discussions to the Army Flying Museum programme.
17.00 – 17.30 Close
The cost for the day is £40 with a buffet lunch and £30 without a buffet lunch.
There are only 50 tickets available for Society members to attend the day at Calshot and if you wish to book a place, please e mail our Chairman, Philip Neale at telsocchair@gmail.com before Sunday 19th September 2021. You will then be provided with details on how to pay and more details for the day can be supplied.
The day will also be available LIVE as an on-line broadcast on the day, at a cost of £15 and a link with payment details can be found at:
https://armyflying.com/what-s-on/lockdown-lectures/t-e-lawrence-symposium-2021/

Lawrence of Arabia: A Life and Legacy
2021-10-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Dorset
The T. E. Lawrence Society and National World War I Museum and Memorial will offer on Sunday October 17th at 2:00pm Central Daylight Time (8:00pm British Summer Time) the third program in this series: Lawrence of Arabia: Apostle of Irregular Warfare. This topic is timely given the recent events and has been developed to fit within the Museum’s broader theme for the year: ‘Military leaders that led and defined warfare’.

Presentation:
In this presentation Lawrence’s wartime role as leader and innovator in irregular warfare will be explored. It features two presenters who will examine:

The rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire and the progress of World War I throughout the empire from 1914 to 1916.
Lawrence’s role with the Arab Army from 1916 through 1918 that led to the formulation of his theories on irregular warfare as expressed in his writings.
The legacy of T. E. Lawrence as an apostle of revolutionary and unconventional warfare as it is in the twenty-first century.

Presenters:

Brian L. Steed is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel with more than thirty two years of civilian and uniformed experience. He is a practitioner, student, and writer of military theory, Middle East culture, and history. He is an associate professor of military history at the US Army Command and General Staff College and a senior fellow at Narrative Strategies. Brian holds a PhD from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in political science and history.

George Thompson is a historian, writer and lecturer on the First World War. He currently serves as the Coordinator of the North American Group, T. E. Lawrence Society and is member of the Academic Advisory Committee for the National World War One Museum and Memorial. He has over 30 years of experience as a college professor and administrator. Prior to this he was a US Army officer between 1965 and 1972. His current focus is writing, lecturing and developing public programs on the life and legacy of T. E. Lawrence.

Registration for the Presentation:
This video conference is free for Society members and available to the general public, and is hosted by the National World War I Museum and Memorial. To register, please visit the link at: https://my.theworldwar.org/8170
The event will begin promptly at 2:00pm CDT (8:00pm BST) on Sunday October 17, 2021.

Society AGM, Wednesday 27 October 2021
2021-10-27 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Dorset
Our Society AGM 2021 will now be held on Wednesday 27 October at 8pm, rescheduled from 26 September in Oxford. It will be an online event and you can join us on Zoom at 8pm (20 00 UK time) to share news of our past year’s activities, finances and plans for the future.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND THIS MEETING IF YOU ARE A PAID UP MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY
The link for the AGM to be broadcast using Zoom is:
The Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: TEL Society AGM
Time: Oct 27, 2021 08:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82075396470?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 820 7539 6470
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Details of candidates standing for Officers’ posts and the Committee, along with a new Agenda, will be posted to you. All documents, including a copy of the Accounts, will be available before the meeting to view on our website Members’ Area, www.telsociety.co.uk.
The Minutes from our 2020 AGM have already been posted to members with the summer 2021 Newsletter and are available here.
We will not be holding an election by ballot this year as the number of candidate equals the posts available. The deadline for nominations has now passed.
Philip Neale, Kevin Winter and Carol Darbyshire are standing for re-election as Officers; Harriet Coates is standing down as Secretary and Anne Pedley has been nominated for this post.
We look forward to welcoming you, and members from across the globe, via Zoom, to our AGM, so do join us to see friends, hear reports from your Society team and to be part of the future of our Society.
Please note that only paid-up members will be allowed to vote at the meeting. Please check you have paid your 2021 subscription. members.secretary@telsociety.co.uk

‘On the Trail of T.E. Lawrence: 1908-1911’, a talk by Dr Nick Lynch
2022-02-18 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Dorset
Combined North West Group & Royal Geographical Society event
CHESTER CATHEDRAL – FRIDAY 18th FEBRUARY 2022 @ 7:00 pm – Tickets must be purchased in advance from The Royal Geographical Society website at a special price of £7.50 for Society members. There will be no cash sales on the door.
‘On the Trail of T.E. Lawrence: 1908-1911’, a talk by Dr Nick Lynch
Nick will talk about his journeys following the young Lawrence of Arabia prior to the outbreak of WW1, including cycling the majority of Lawrence’s 2500 mile tour of France.

Lawrence’s hardiness, simple living, and determination, which characterise his role in the Arab Revolt, are already evident in his 2500 mile cycling tour of France in 1908, and his walking tours of Syria in 1909 and southern Turkey in 1911. Nick will talk about following the young Lawrence of Arabia on these three journeys prior to the outbreak of WW1. Use is made of Lawrence’s letters and photographs to make then and now comparisons.
Nick is a trustee and former chairman of the T.E.Lawrence Society and is coordinator of its London Group. His interest in Lawrence dates from the late 1980s. On learning that no-one had previously followed Lawrence’s 1908 Crusader Castles cycle tour of France, he felt that the experience might give him some additional insight into Lawrence’s character and stamina. Nick’s re-tracing of the cycle route was followed in subsequent years by visits to Syria, Turkey, Israel and Jordan. Nick is currently at work on a publication describing these journeys, and detailing the locations of Lawrence’s photographs from this time.

Society weekend in Hay-on-Wye
2022-04-22 - 2022-04-24 | Baskerville Hall Hotel, Clyro Court, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, HR3 5LE, Baskerville Hall Hotel, Clyro Court, Hay-on-Wye, Powys,, Hereford, HR3 5LE
Friday 22 to Sunday 24 April 2022
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Hay-on-Wye in the Welsh Borders is widely regarded as the literary capital of the country thanks to its thirty-plus book shops and its famous book festival, held each May. We invite Society members to join us there for a social weekend of lectures, convivial company and an optional tour of Welsh castles.
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The weekend will be based at the Baskerville Hall Hotel, Clyro Court, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, HR3 5LE, two – miles from the centre of Hay. Baskerville Hall and a local legend were the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his famous Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles. The hotel offers a variety of accommodation options, from en-suite double and single rooms to bunk-house beds, and camping in the grounds, all at reasonable prices.
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We will have five speakers, an informal dinner on the Saturday evening, and an optional tour of Welsh castles on the Sunday.
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For full details, please click here.
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Seville Society trip - on line (Zoom) presentation
2022-07-30 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Dorset
The Society presents a Zoom based meeting looking back at the recent Society trip to Seville and Southern Spain, where the film locations for David Lean’s iconic film were set.
Presenters will include Louise Walker and Andrew Wright
Susan Vincent is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: My Meeting
Time: Jul 30, 2022 02:30 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83264055026?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 832 6405 5026
Passcode: [REDACTED]

T E Lawrence Society Symposium 2022
2022-09-23 09:00 - 2022-09-25 17:00 UTC | Keble College Oxford, OX1 3PC, United Kingdom
The 16th Symposium of the T. E. Lawrence Society
Keble College, Oxford
Friday 23 to Sunday 25 September 2022
The Society is pleased to be back in Oxford at Keble College, which is a new and exciting venue for our 16th Symposium.
Programme details and Booking Forms will be sent out to all members in late February. If any non members would like to come to the Symposium please contact the Hon.Secretary, and you will be placed on a waiting list.
Friday’s programme will consist of visits to archives related to Lawrence at Jesus College and Magdalen College in Oxford.
There will be four presentations on both Saturday and Sunday, covering a range of interesting subjects by world renowned speakers:

Lawrence and Hedgehog: Special Operations, James Stejskal
The SA riddle: Mystery solved, Dick Benson Gyles
Reliving Arabia: Lawrence’s post war life, Prof. George Thompson
Jim Ede and T E Lawrence, Dr. Barbara Cooke
One Brother in India Very Remarkable: T.E.’s Favourite Brother, Will, Alison Jolley
Desert Insurgency: Archeology and the Arab Revolt, Prof. Nicholas Saunders
A Syrian volunteer in Feisal’s army, Dr. Peter Clark
‘Rosy’ Wemyss, Admiral of the Fleet, John Johnson-Allen

The Full Programme can be viewed at CLICK HERE.

Exhibition: Challenging Legacies: The Kingdom of Iraq and Gertrude Bell
2023-01-16 - 2023-03-05 | Newcastle University, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT, United Kingdom
Members may be interested in this new exhibition at the Great North Museum Hancock in Newcastle. This is the culmination of work done on the Gertrude Bell Archive at Newcastle University as outlined by Dr Mark Jackson at our 2018 Symposium

On display from 16th January – 5th March 2023, Hall 1, Great North Museum Hancock.Free entry.
For opening times please visit the Great North Museum website for more details.

Challenging Legacies: The Kingdom of Iraq and Gertrude Bell will examine the events that led to the creation of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1921 and the role played by archaeologist and colonial administrator, Gertrude Bell. Using original material and newly digitised photography from Bell’s UNESCO International Memory of the World archive, held at Newcastle University, the exhibition will reflect upon the impact of this historically significant period on the rich and diverse landscape of Iraq and the Middle East.
This exhibition has been made possible by generous funding from the Harry and Alice Stillman Family Foundation, and the Catherine Cookson Foundation.

Lawrence as a Writer
2023-02-05 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Dorset
Zoom presentation in conjunction with World War I Army Museum, Kansas, USA.
Presentation by Philip Neale at 20.00 (UK time) 14.00 (US CT)
Please use link to register interest and obtain link to event
Colonel Thomas E. Lawrence always aspired to be a great writer. His 1926 published book “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” was an autobiographical account of his years in the Ottoman Empire during WWI – and is why many in the 21st century know him as Lawrence of Arabia. Philip Neale explores whether Lawrence succeeded in his writing ambitions, as well as the checkered history of “Seven Pillars” and the facets of Lawrence’s varied compositions. This program is presented in partnership with the T.E. Lawrence Society.
Free with RSVP | Zoom Conference

Joint Study Day on Lawrence and Thomas Hardy
2023-04-01 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Corn Exchange, High Street, Dorchester, United Kingdom
Joint Study day on 1st April 2023 with Dorset Group of the TEL Society and the Thomas Hardy Society on the friendship of TE Lawrence and Thomas Hardy which started 100 year ago on March 29th, 1923.
The keynote speaker is Jean Moorcroft Wilson, writer of biographies of both Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon.
Other speakers will include Mark Chutter, Chair of the Hardy Society, Dr. Tracy Hayes, Martin Gething, Marilyn Holehouse, Vance Wood.
10.00 to 4.30 followed by a wine reception. All in price £40 and £20 for unwaged and retired at the Corn Exchange Dorchester High Street Also includes lunch tea and coffees.
Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite on The Thomas Hardy Website www.hardysociety.org at the link below.
Further information from Susan Vincent at susan@susanvincent.org

T E Lawrence: The Unconventional Warrior
2023-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Dorset
T.E. Lawrence – The Unconventional Warrior
Online Talk and Live Q&A with Brigadier Hugh Willing CBE

Organised by The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Streaming from: 7pm, 18th April 2023

To the war-weary British in 1916, T. E. Lawrence rapidly became a hero – “Lawrence of Arabia” – the man who seemed a gallant brother to the Arabic people fighting to gain freedom from their Turkish overlords. But were Lawrence’s motives as clear-cut as the legend suggests? This talk will explore who Lawrence really was.
Watch the event free on the museum website, no ticket or registration required. Just watch the video in your browser once it goes live(Google Chrome recommended).

Lawrence Lecture Series: The ‘Earthly Paradise’ at Clouds Hill - presented on Zoom
2023-04-23 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Dorset
Members may be interested in the next talk in the series arranged by the Society in conjunction with the National World War I Museum in Kansas. The talk will be delivered by Martin Gething, Tony Gill and Neill Child who are all Society members, as well as being guides at Clouds Hill.
The Event will be delivered by Zoom.

Lawrence Lecture Series: The ‘Earthly Paradise’ at Clouds Hill
Sunday, April 23 – 2pm (Central US Time ), 8pm (British Summer Time)

Every day from spring to fall, a steady stream of fascinated sightseers files through a tiny cottage in rural Dorset close to Britain’s south coast, trying to catch a glimpse into the life of one of the most extraordinary – and famous – figures of the early twentieth century. 100 years after he first rented it in 1923, the home of T.E. Lawrence still attracts over 10,000 visitors a year. Tony Gill, Neill Child and Martin Gething, members of the team of staff and volunteers who welcome visitors to Clouds Hill, will discuss how Lawrence converted an abandoned and uncared-for cottage into his ‘earthly paradise.’

Blood Gold and Oil: A Play by Jan Woolf
2023-04-25 08:00 - 2023-04-30 17:00 UTC | The Gatehouse, Highgate, N6 4BD, United Kingdom
Rootball & Chromolume Theatre present

Blood Gold and Oil

“We fought on a lie”

Written by Jan Woolf | Directed by Isaac Bernier–Doyle

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London on 25 – 30 April 2023

From the Arab revolt of the First World War, a modern hero is constructed: the complex, flawed figure of Lawrence of Arabia. His legacy is as conflicted as his psyche. Brilliant military commander? Agent of British Imperialism? Vulnerable fantasist? Freedom Fighter?
Set in the present day, as an exhibition of the genuine archaeological finds (on loan from the Great Arab Revolt archaeological dig in Jordan) is set up in a museum, the ghost of Lawrence of Arabia is summoned through the passions of the archaeologist. Yet reality and agency reside in the more grounded figure who thinks about the future rather than the past.
Written for the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Jan Woolf started the play as writer in residence with the Great Arab Revolt archaeological dig in Jordan in 2013 where she ‘dug a play out of the desert.’ More information about Jan here.

CAST

Suzanna Hamilton

As Caroline

Douglas Clarke Wood

As TE Lawrence

Mascuud Dahir

As Muzz

Listings information

25th – 30th April
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, N6 4BD
Tues – Sat, 7.30pm, Sun 4pm | Running Time: 75 minutes
£20 – £16 | www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com | 020 8340 3488

Press contact: Annlouise Butt / Jan Woolf
E: annlouise@chromolume.co.uk T: 020 8340 4256
E: janwoolf@hotmail.com T: 07967 161 291

The Nineteenth Oxford Naval Symposium: ‘Sea to Ocean’
2023-05-13 09:15 - 17:30 UTC | Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, 56 Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6HS, United Kingdom
ONS 2023 Sea to Ocean Text Flyer

T E Lawrence Commemorative Evensong
2023-05-14 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | St Nicholas’ Church, St Nicholas' Church, Moreton, Dorset, DT2 8RH, United Kingdom
T E Lawrence commemorative evensong featuring readings and music for the occasion at St. Nicholas Church Moreton.

Moreton Church service in memory of Lawrence
2023-05-19 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Dorset
Service and meet at the Lawrence graveside in Moreton, Dorset with readings and coffee afterwards.

TE Lawrence motorcycle meeting, ride out and bike blessing
2023-05-20 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | St Nicholas’ Church, St Nicholas' Church, Moreton, Dorset, DT2 8RH, United Kingdom
A motorcycle meeting, ride out and then bike blessing beginning at the grave and ending at Moreton church. This is on Saturday 20th May at 2pm.

Blood, Gold and Oil. The play by Jan Woolf
2023-07-10 - 2023-07-13 | Riverside Studios, Hampstead, W6 9BN, United Kingdom
A updated version fo the play is presented at the Riverside Studios Hampstead. 10th to 13th July 2023
Book your tickets at the Theatre website
From the Arab Revolt of World War One, a modern hero is constructed: The brilliant, flawed figure of Lawrence of Arabia. His legacy is as complex as his psyche.
A museum. Present day. A curator puts the finishing touches to her final exhibition while its subject – seemingly summoned by the passion of the archaeologist – searches for a way out.
Produced for the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, BLOOD GOLD AND OIL scrapes away at the topsoil of TE Lawrence’s continued celebrity and interrogates all that lies beneath. Was he a brilliant military commander? Certainly. A Freedom fighter? He’d definitely like to think so. An agent of British colonialism? Could be.
During the course of the play, a real living exhibition is carefully pieced together with an array of genuine World War One artefacts on loan from the National Civil War Centre in Newark and Imperial War Museum. The finds were from a 2013 archaeological dig in Jordan where playwright Jan Woolf was a writer in residence and dug the play out of the ground.

Summer Gala Event at Hinton St Mary Tithe Barn
2023-07-13 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Hinton St Mary Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary Estate, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1NA, United Kingdom
Bring your own picnic from 6.00 p.m.and enjoy the atmosphere of this Grade II* Listed Tithe Barn
7.30 p.m. ‘Lawrence of Arabia and his Dorset connections’ Lecture by Martin Gething. Martin is a volunteer guide at Clouds Hill and a member of the T.E. Lawrence Society.
Tickets: £18 for DAT members, £20 non-members (incl. strawberries and cream and a glass of fizz)
To book your place at eventbrite.
This event is open to members and non members
