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| Thread ID: 98325 | 2009-03-20 05:06:00 | T E Lawrence....The Road | Terry Porritt (14) | PC World Chat |
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| 758093 | 2009-03-20 05:06:00 | I couldn't find the extract on Lawrence and his Brough Superior in my archives, but here it is for those interested in motorbikes, with a fine picture of Lawrence and his Brough. blogs.warwick.ac.uk |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 758094 | 2009-03-20 07:51:00 | He sure writes pretty. (For a foreigner.) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 758095 | 2009-03-20 13:51:00 | And now for the really really shallow version (for people who don't do motorbikes) Last Saturday morning, Kim Hill interviewed an author about his book on Captain Scott's antarctic etc... Apparently Scott's wife was a good friend of "Lawrence of Arabia." The author said Lawrence should've been highly flattered to be played by someone who looked like Peter O"Toole in the famous movie - "as Lwrence himself was far from handsome. He was a very ordinary-looking little man." Illusions shattered! (There - told you this was shallow...) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 758096 | 2009-03-20 14:31:00 | And now for the really really shallow version (for people who don't do motorbikes) Last Saturday morning, Kim Hill interviewed an author about his book on Captain Scott's antarctic etc... Apparently Scott's wife was a good friend of "Lawrence of Arabia." The author said Lawrence should've been highly flattered to be played by someone who looked like Peter O"Toole in the famous movie - "as Lwrence himself was far from handsome. He was a very ordinary-looking little man." Illusions shattered! (There - told you this was shallow...) You must be bored! |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 758097 | 2009-03-20 19:03:00 | And now for the really really shallow version (for people who don't do motorbikes) Last Saturday morning, Kim Hill interviewed an author about his book on Captain Scott's antarctic etc... Apparently Scott's wife was a good friend of "Lawrence of Arabia." The author said Lawrence should've been highly flattered to be played by someone who looked like Peter O"Toole in the famous movie - "as Lwrence himself was far from handsome. He was a very ordinary-looking little man." Illusions shattered! (There - told you this was shallow...) I always thought Peter O'Toole was quite miscast, Lawrence was quite short. O'Toole was twice his hight, but by all accounts despite being ordinary looking, he impressed most people. I also thought O'Toole overdid the airy-fairy (:)) mysticism side of Lawrence too. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 758098 | 2009-03-20 20:17:00 | Why belittle a real hero because he looked ordinary. Do heroes have to look like Robert Redford or Tom Cruise. Funny people dont like a poll regarding who killed the Bain family but will insult a fine man. The guy was cool for his time, although a British officer he wasn't a stuckup toffee nose pom. He even joined the PAF as a lowly Aircraftsman after the war. Like a lot of Englishman he went native when in foreign lands and gained the respect of the Arabs. The heroes of today are only winning fights on Xbox and PS no real bullets whining over their heads. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 758099 | 2009-03-20 21:51:00 | Whether the author interviewed by Kim Hill was belittling Lawrence or not, I dont know. Certainly Lawrence from the photos was an ordinary looking rather short man, with a firmness of jaw. The beginning of the film during his funeral scene had voice overs illustrating different peoples views of him, ranging from disparaging to hero worship. He was certainly an enigma during his lifetime and since, and many words have been written with almost as many views about him. He was a scholar, and an engineer who got his hands dirty. He was sensitive, yet as tough as nails. He was probably recruited as a spy for the British during his prewar Middle East travels researching 'Crusader Castles'. Tall people tend to be imposing, he was short yet he was capable of impressing people immensely, and swaying people to his view. He mixed with ordinary men, yet walked with kings and queens. As well as enlisting in the RAF as an aircraftsman, he also had a spell an an ordinary seaman in the naval boat service. (I think it was called something like that). In a scene in the documentary 'Churchills Bodyguard', compiled from archival film, Churchill is travelling through the Middle East after WW1 with Walter Thompson his police bodyguard. They are confronted by Arabs threatening to kill him because of their betrayal by the Brits. Lawrence is with Churchill and goes alone to the Arabs to talk to them. The Arabs end up cheering Lawrence and Churchill. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 758100 | 2009-03-20 22:23:00 | Why can't we all be English ,apart from imperfect of course. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 758101 | 2009-03-21 02:58:00 | Why belittle a real hero because he looked ordinary. Do heroes have to look like Robert Redford or Tom Cruise. Funny people dont like a poll regarding who killed the Bain family but will insult a fine man. The guy was cool for his time, although a British officer he wasn't a stuckup toffee nose pom. He even joined the PAF as a lowly Aircraftsman after the war. Like a lot of Englishman he went native when in foreign lands and gained the respect of the Arabs. The heroes of today are only winning fights on Xbox and PS no real bullets whining over their heads. I did warn you that it was a shallow post. Surely that reflected on me, not him? Edit: (And it did bring out more than motorbikes...) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 758102 | 2009-03-21 03:09:00 | Why can't we all be English ,apart from imperfect of course. God apparently dealt more kindly to the rest of the human race. :thumbs: |
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