Patrons
Boris Johnson is a patron of the project. Other patrons are Professor Chris Carey, broadcaster Martha Kearney, historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes, renowned educationalist and philosopher Mary Warnock, biographer Anthony Seldon, and campaigner and writer Joan Smith.
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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 drama’s laws, the drama’s patrons give,
For we that live to please, must please to live.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“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)