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December 2020
Insider Tours: Jim Ede and T E Lawrence: A Friendship
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…
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David Lean’s Spain
The North West Group are visiting David Lean’s Spain, open to all members & their partners. For this seven-day trip we will be based in the beautiful city of Seville where we will visit the famous movie locations which doubled for Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus in Lean’s masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia. Also, in addition, day excursions to the great Moorish cities of Cordoba and Granada, and the coastal town of Cadiz, will be organised using public transport. We will use…
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T E Lawrence Symposium 2021
The sixteenth T E Lawrence Symposium will be held at St Johns College, Oxford from Friday 24th September 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021. Members and guests are invited to a long weekend of lectures, exhibitions and good company in the beautiful surroundings of this historic Oxford College. Accommodation is in college rooms, with all meals available including, a splendidly formal dinner in the Great Hall, with a special after dinner speaker and a traditional English Sunday lunch. Enjoy three…
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