| Description | Typed transcript of pages 1-44 of Belgrave's diary, covering the period between 14 January and 26 November 1938, with a gap between 1 June and 18 October when he was on leave in the UK. Topics covered include attendance at film screenings at Jebel, Jufair or Awali (14, 21 January, 10,11,17 February - 'Slave Ship' - and 25 February, 'Parnell', 4, 10, 24, 26-27 March, 8 and 14 April - the latter for 'Camille' - 5,7, 19 - 'Captain Courageous' - and 27 May, 28 October 'The Richest Girl in the World' ), writing an article on 'The Changing Gulf' for The Times (22 January) which was later broadcast on Arab radio (20 April) and reprinted in the Iraq Times (9 May), a fatal hit-and-run (21 February), news of more oil discoveries in the region (9 March), Muharram procession (13 March), royal visit from Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (16-20 March), coloured home movies of Muharram shown by Thornburg (5 April), filming and photography of pearl divers (11 April), home movies shown to the police (21 May), a bad motor accident (29 May), and several visits to the tombs at Ali and the Budeya road (26 March, 14, 17, 21, 26 April, 3,7 May, 27 October) |