Patrons
The charity's patrons include politicians, academics and people from the world of arts:
- Professor Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado
- Mike Hancock, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
- Britta Jaschinski, world-renowned photographer
- Jay Kay, Grammy Award-winning lead singer of Jamiroquai
- Professor Randy Malamud, professor of English at Georgia State University
- Dr Edgar Mann, ex-GP and member of the ancient Isle of Man Parliament
- Fiona Oakes, elite marathon runner
- Brian Sewell, art critic and columnist
- Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, Labour peer and former Labour Government Member of Parliament and Minister
- Lady Stratford, wife of late Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
- Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
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Famous quotes containing the word patrons:
“In 1869 he started his work for temperance instigated by three drunken men who came to his home with a paper signed by a saloonkeeper and his patrons on which was written “For God’s sake organize a temperance society.””
—Federal Writers’ Project Of The Wor, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The Stage but echoes back the publick Voice.
The Drama’s Laws the Drama’s Patrons give,
For we that live to please, must please to live.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“The drama’s laws, the drama’s patrons give,
For we that live to please, must please to live.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)