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Locating Lawrence: May 1924

The Great Strike and rise of fascism threaten to unsettle Lawrence’s Tuscan calm...

Locating Lawrence: April 1926

‘It is queer, this Fascist movement: one wonders what the end will be.’

Bus driver Louise Lawrence is Awarded trentbarton Bus Driver of the Year 2026

The results of the 2025-2026 trentbarton really good service awards are in...

Locating Lawrence: March 1926

Capri in 1926 was decadent, cosmopolitan, and bohemian, providing refuge for writers and intellectuals from the ugliness of modernity...

Locating Lawrence: February 1926

Lawrence is well stocked up with vino, but the weather is as ‘dismal as Hades.’ Perhaps it's time for another adventure...

Locating Lawrence: January 1926

They’re eating the song thrushes. They’re eating the robins!

Locating Lawrence: December 1925

Like most of us, Lawrence is happy to get Chrimbo over and done with…

Locating D.H. Lawrence: November 1925

DH Lawrence is back in Italy and enjoying domestic chores…

Lawrence Chaney – Memoirs From My Sh*gpipes

Locating D.H. Lawrence: October 1925

He’s back in Britain and the weather is sending him nuts…

Locating D.H. Lawrence: September 1925

In another life, D.H. Lawrence could have worked for Thomas Cook...

Locating D.H. Lawrence: August 1925

Lawrence would rather be a penniless tramp than a Duke of Portland…

Locating Lawrence: July 1925

Most people like an ice cream and book on the beach, unlike D.H Lawrence…

Inspired by a True Story: D. H. Lawrence, Sir Donald Wolfit and Me

Locating Lawrence: June 1925

Lawrence never felt ‘less literary’ than when he was milking his cow...

Locating Lawrence: May 1925

Lawrence is living the good life on the farm with a cow, chickens and hummingbirds for company...

Locating Lawrence: April 1925

Lawrence is a man of endless energy, and so being bed-ridden and reliant on others impacts his mood...

Locating Lawrence: March 1925

Lawrence is unable to travel after receiving his first official diagnosis of tuberculosis...

Locating Lawrence: February 1924

February is a rotten month for the Lawrences as they struggle with various illnesses.

Locating Lawrence: January 1925

Lawrence is very ill, so naturally the first thing he wants to do is move. Again. 

Locating Lawrence: December 1924

Lawrence encounters the first populist presidential campaign in Mexico’s history and a scorpion...

Locating Lawrence: November 1924

Parrots that taunt dogs and a railway journey that would frighten Michael Portillo…. 

Locating Lawrence: October 1924

Lawrence feels the urge to head southwards to Mexico where a mammoth drinking session awaits him.

Locating D.H. Lawrence: September 1924

Lawrence was always happy to give writers feedback, though was ruthless with his criticisms. As he prepares to move to Mexico, he discovers his father has died.

Locating Lawrence: August 1924

He’s off to see the Hopi Snake Dance in Arizona, meaning he must travel by car. Lawrence hates cars.