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.