Sat 19th May at 12.30.  London Group event (all welcome). St Paul's Cathedral, to see the Kennington bust in the crypt and read some of the letters relating to the siting, lighting etc. of the bust.  Book early to get the group rate. Contact Nick Lynch on [email protected]

Join us for the 15th Symposium of the T. E. Lawrence Society St John's College, Oxford Friday 21 to Sunday 23 September 2018 Commemorating the end of the Arab Revolt with the taking of Damascus in 1918   The Symposium is the most important event organised by the T. E. Lawrence Society. Held every two years, the Symposium offers a chance to meet fellow enthusiasts from around the world and to enjoy lectures covering diverse aspects of Lawrence's life, in…

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…