The T. E. Lawrence Society is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to reject our application to List Lawrence’s family home at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford, as a Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Lawrence’s ornately decorated silver-gilt dagger – one of three worn by him during the two years of the Arab Revolt, and later left with Lady Kathleen Scott after she sculpted him in 1921 – has been saved for the nation, after the National Army Museum stepped in to prevent it being sold abroad.
UL 656 – Lawrence’s penultimate Brough Superior motorcycle, known affectionately as George VI – made its first public appearance for around 50 years, when it returned to Clouds Hill cottage as part of the National Trust’s annual Lawrence Week.
Vocal opponents to a proposed quarry site near Lawrence’s grave in Moreton rallied at a meeting of the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Minerals and Waste Policy Joint Advisory Committee at Dorset County Hall.
A temporary export bar placed on Lawrence’s silver-gilt dagger and robes, after they were bought at auction by a foreign buyer, has been extended to 1 July.
After the Society submitted an objection last year to Dorset County Council’s draft proposals for a sand and gravel quarry half a mile from Moreton village, we have now been invited to present our views to the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Minerals and Waste Policy Joint Advisory Committee in May.
A bullet discovered in the Arabian desert by a team of archaeologists working as part of the Great Arab Revolt Project has appeared to confirm that Lawrence’s account of the revolt in Seven Pillars of Wisdom is largely accurate.
Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar’s film set during the early days of the Arab Revolt – has become the first Jordanian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar.
The Department for Culture Media and Sport has placed an embargo on the export of Lawrence’s silver-gilt dagger and robes which were auctioned at Christie’s in London last year.
The T. E. Lawrence Society has submitted a formal application to Historic England to list Lawrence’s childhood home at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford, as a Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.