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Radio 4,2 mins

The prescience of Lawrence of Arabia

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Allan Little hears from William Spencer of the National Archives and writer and MP Rory Stewart about how TE Lawrence, popularly known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, predicted future strife in the Middle East in the wake of WWI and the Sykes-Picot agreement.

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