T E Lawrence played a central role in the outcome of the First World War in the Middle East. His own testimony in his famous war memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom has now been ground-truthed by a ten-year archaeological field project. This provides a firmer base for examining his character, achievements, celebrity status, and endless cultural reconfiguration over the last century. These matters remain highly problematic, since Lawrence himself was both a Romantic and an Orientalist, and the many biographers, dramatists, and…

Memoirs the Great War from Britain, France and Germany In the years following the Great War of 1914-18 numerous memoirs of the war were published in Britain, France and Germany, some becoming bestsellers. This talk by Jerry Palmer explores some of the most significant, such as Blunden's Undertones of War, Barbusse’s Under Fire and Jünger’s Storm of Steel and how they contributed to the collective memory and opinion of the war. The talk looks at the texts as autobiography and…

This year marks 100 years since Lawrence's air accident in Rome, where the pilots Prince and Spratt died - A commemoration will be held at the Protestant Cemetery, in Rome on Friday 17 May at 11.00 am local time. More information from Amanda Thursfield, director of the cemetery = [email protected] and from Nicholas Stanley Price = [email protected]

The Society Lawrence collection of books and documents will be on show at Wareham Library on Saturday 18th May between 09.30 am and 12.00 pm. This collection was moved to Wareham Library some years back for safe keeping following a requirement to move from Oxford Library.

There will be the usual small ceremony at Lawrence's graveside in Moreton, with flowers and a reading. All are welcome and it is likely there will be some Brough's present also.

The North West Group of the T E Lawrence Society are invited to visit the Reserve Collection of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum Trust at Wrexham Museum on Tuesday 10th September, 2019. Wrexham Museum opens at 10.00 am and members should arrive by 10.30 am. The morning session will concentrate on the archive’s collection relating to Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon and Walter Brook of the 25th Battalion, RWF, who Lawrence immortalised as “Stokes” in his memoirs and will look at…