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A "Guardian Bell" or "Gremlin Bell" was sometimes used by British and American pilots in World War II, to ward off "gremlins". Roald Dahl. [ 8 ] World War II gave a big boost to the motorcycle industry when the U.S. military called on manufacturers Harley-Davidson and Indian to produce more than 100,000 motorcycles for the war effort."
Steven William Maclean Bell (born 1951) is an English political cartoonist, whose work has appeared in a number of publications, notably The Guardian from 1981 to 2023. He is known for his left-wing views.
Bell often uses the metaphor of obesity for wealth, and frequently The Penguin becomes overweight and highly materialistic; for example, becoming a stockbroker, running privatised prisons, or running a populist tabloid newspaper similar to Rupert Murdoch's The Sun.
Mr Bell also told the Press Gazette his relationship with The Guardian was “a bit strained” after editorial control became “more and more petty”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (PA)
An editorial cartoon, c. 1910, portraying Johnny Canuck A portrayal c. 1942 of Johnny Canuck as a World War II hero. Johnny Canuck is a Canadian cartoon hero and superhero who was created as a political cartoon in 1869 and was later re-invented as a Second World War action hero in 1942.
Mr Bell’s final cartoon for The Guardian showed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “decision to scrap HS2 leg” on October 4. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides.
Chinthe - the lion, commonly depicted in architecture as a guardian, and associated with myths and legends. Thaman Kyah - the weretiger, somewhat equivalent to werewolf in European cultures. Shwe Thamin - a golden deer. Spiders. Giant Spider of Pindaya - a giant spider which held 7 princesses captive in Pindaya region. Hybrids
The Noh play Dōjōji (道成寺), one of the only Noh plays to feature a prop of any significant size, is based on a legend concerning the bell of Dōjō-ji. In the story a woman named Kiyohime , the spurned mistress of a Buddhist priest named Anchin, traps her lover inside the temple's bell and then kills him by turning into a snake, coiling ...