Lawrence Of Arabia

One of the almost Forgotten Episodes in Lawrence’s Life In the April of 1919 T. E. Lawrence was heavily involved in the ‘slow grind’ of the Paris Peace Conference, but then he received a telegram from his younger brother stating their father was suffering from pneumonia and that he should…

“I first saw him in Lowell Thomas’s film at the Albert Hall: glorious photography, glamour and oratory…” Eric Kennington When Kennington came out of the Albert Hall on that sunny day in 1920 he felt ‘drunk’ with emotion and was determined to meet this Lawrence of Arabia somehow. Sadly, he…

“It pleased me greatly to learn that T. E. had chosen my Rolls tender for his future plans…” S.C. Rolls The above quoted S. C. Rolls was not the C. S. Rolls (Charles Rolls), who, born in 1877, was the co-founder of the Rolls Royce Motor Company in 1906. …

A celebration of David Lean’s greatest film. — Since seeing Doctor Zhivago at the tender age of nine, I have been obsessed with the films of David Lean. I have great difficulty picking a favourite. Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Ryan’s Daughter, the afore-mentioned Doctor Zhivago… It’s like choosing between my children. However…

This was the final home of “Lawrence of Arabia” — This tiny cottage was the final home of Colonel T E Lawrence (1888–1935) who achieved fame as “Lawrence of Arabia”. It is an isolated former forester’s cottage a short distance from Bovington Camp, which is a training centre for the British Army’s Royal Armoured Corps, in the Wareham Forest of…

Florence and Frank Doubleday, and the Story of a Book The Revolt in the Desert was written by T. E. Lawrence, and first published by Jonathan Cape in 1927, and as I’ve written previously the book is: … actually a shortened version of Lawrence’s masterpiece, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom…

“An article in a certain paper was once brought to my notice which stated that T.E.L. always rode racing motor bicycles. This article must have been written by some irresponsible person who had that ‘little knowledge which is a dangerous thing…’ ” George Brough T. E. Lawrence loved his Brough…

“ The motorcycle passed the car all right. Then I saw the motorcycle swerve across the road to avoid two pedal cyclists coming from Bovington…” When the 47 year old T. E. Lawrence died at Bovington Military Hospital on May 19th 1935 many secrets died with him, not least a…