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.
The T. E. Lawrence Society is delighted to hear that Lawrence’s beloved Clouds Hill cottage in Dorset has been upgraded to Grade II* Listed status today by the Heritage Minister Tracey Crouch. It is an official recognition of Lawrence’s place in history, as well as the special position which Clouds Hill held in his heart: his “earthly paradise” as he described it in one of his last letters written in May 1935.
We have been saddened to hear of the death of Hugh Leach – “soldier, diplomat, Arabist, author, adventurer, circus impresario, and eccentric” as he was described in an obituary in the Daily Telegraph – on 14 November at the age of 81.
We are very sorry to have heard from Jeremy Wilson of the passing of Professor Mary Bryden, who contributed so much to Lawrence scholarship and the Society.