The 2012 DH Lawrence Festival will run from the 6th to the 19th September, based at the Lawrence Heritage Centre in Eastwood. In addition to the Lawrence birthday lecture, to be given by Dr Andrew Harrison on September 11th, the writer's birthday, there is a varied programme of talks, walks and exhibitions. Full details can be found by following this link:
http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7025
This year's exhibition explores the controversy around the exhibition of Lawrence's paintings that was shown at the Warren Gallery in 1929, which led to the infamous police raid and the confiscation of many of the paintings on the grounds of pornography.
Note also that during the Festival the National Heritage Open weekend will allow access to several Lawrence-related properties in the district such as the Breach House and Beauvale Priory Farm which are not usually open to the public.
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