The village of 'Dragley Beck', now part of Ulverston, is the birthplace of Sir John Barrow, English statesman, and one of the founders of the . It gets it's name from the dragon that legend says, sleeps underneath it.

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Hidden Links https://t.co/6jJSRs9P2x On their first foray 'abroad' after a secret wedding, the Berkeleys run unnervingly into some distinguished company. (Charles James Fox, Whig statesman, died 1806)

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...for their attempts to survive their oppression by whatever means necessary.

It's Erik's testimony–and full, out loud admission of his long alluded to motives to defend his people against another genocide–that hits this nail on the head and best predicts the statesman we'll...

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history.

Into the smart guys eh

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Any former City of Heroes players watching Jupiter's Legacy? Am I the only one who sees a distinct similarity in origin stories between the Utopian and Statesman?

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Factoid Extra: I don’t much about the Statesman, the largest car Holden sold in from the early ‘70s to early ‘80s.
For example, Statesman was a marque in its own right & here’s a late limited model, subtle it is not...

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Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) was a man of amazing ability and talent. He was an Ottoman statesman, intellectual, painter and archaeologist. Here is a photo of the great man at an archaeological dig in Nemrut Dağ and one of his most famous paintings, 'The Tortoise Trainer'.

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Gideon Northgate - statesman, swordsman, and bubblegum addict.

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An illustration in the latest New Statesman magazine for the article ‘The Covid Reset - How the pandemic is transforming our relationship with work, leisure and care.’
more here: https://t.co/5T3xhHXprK

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Wonderful Wiener Werkstätte postcards by Austrian illustrator Moriz Jung (1885-1915) from c.1911.

Clockwise top left: Viennese cafe: the man of letters. Bloodless giraffe hunt. Editor's conversation with a statesman. Sepp and Kathi Steidler, popular house comedians.

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My new illustration for New Statesman magazine for an article titled ‘Humanity vs The Virus’ by political philosopher John Gray. More here: https://t.co/9Mf1My7zv0

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A drypoint of Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) who was a prominent French statesman and military leader during the French Revolution leading several successful campaigns.#KateBoxer https://t.co/Y6CDXgOQbr via

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The village of 'Dragley Beck', now part of Ulverston, is the birthplace of Sir John Barrow, English statesman, and one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society.
It gets it's name from the dragon that legend says, sleeps underneath it.

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Charles de Gaulle? On a Wednesday? I know it's a bit brash but it had to be done -- Here's a lil monochromatic portrait of former French officer and statesman Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle

(I made this entirely today it was quite the rush)

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