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  • There is golden light across this narrow stretch of river, yellow flowers are on the bank and in late golden sunlight, two boys paddle upstream in their Indian canoe on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. Lazily they plunge their paddles into the calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, it is an idyllic scene of innocent childhood on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. The boys don't appear to be wearing life vests nor safety equipment but propel their craft forwards against the current with confidence.
    thames_boating01-07-18-2001.jpg
  • It is mid-day on the narrow stretch of river, green lilly pads float on its surface and in unbder a fierce sun overhead, three young men are lazily making their way to the viewer in a rowing boat on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. The young male in the middle is the one rowing and he pulls on one oar to steer around an unseen obstacle in the absolutely calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, we see an idyllic scene of adventure and peace on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English midsummer day. 'Three men in  a Boat' published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
    thames_boating02-07-18-2001.jpg
  • Wearing a high-vis tabard and peaked cap, a young driver sits at the wheel of his HGV lorry on the A3 trunk road in London
    new_england26-27-11-2007.jpg
  • Wearing a high-vis tabard and peaked cap, a young driver sits at the wheel of his HGV lorry on the A3 trunk road in London
    new_england24-27-11-2007.jpg
  • An HGV driver is ready to leave Sainsbury's 700,000 sq ft (57,500sq m) supermarket distribution depot at Waltham Poiint
    sainsburys_depot215-09-05-2007.jpg
  • A large, manly woman sips a pint of lager during a darts tournament where she competes in an England Open tournament.
    anastasia_dobromyslova05-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova (from Tver, Moscow) is the highest-ranking ladies' darts player, having beaten the 7 times champion Trina Gulliver. Here, she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Attractive and feminine, she is confident and at ease with her game amid many lesbian women who frequent darts matches like this. She concentrates on each dart thrown and is oblivious to the audience's noise behind her in an upstairs pub at the holiday park. This is one of her many tournaments she travels to during the darts events calendar although she needs to repeatedly renew her visa to gain re-entry into the UK.
    anastasia_dobromyslova02-12-04-2008 ...jpg
  • A large, manly woman sips a pint of lager during a darts tournament where she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Holding three darts with a Union Jack flags on the 'flights', her glass covers her face but we see her rings and bracelet and her ample belly after a life of beer and cigarettes in pubs like this. A great deal of alcohol (mostly lager, but also Coke) is consumed during darts tournaments although smoking in public places has now been banned in the UK, including pubs and bars. This audience seemed to consist largely of very large lesbian women from working families which seems to suggest that the pub (and alcohol) is still the place where women are attracted to the game of darts. ..
    anastasia_dobromyslova21-12-04-2008 ...jpg
  • Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova (from Tver, Moscow) is the highest-ranking ladies' darts player, having beaten the 7 times champion Trina Gulliver. Here, she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Attractive and feminine, she is confident and at ease with her game amid many lesbian women who frequent darts matches like this. She concentrates on each dart thrown and is oblivious to the audience's noise behind her in an upstairs pub at the holiday park. This is one of her many tournaments she travels to during the darts events calendar although she needs to repeatedly renew her visa to gain re-entry into the UK.
    anastasia_dobromyslova01-12-04-2008 ...jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova retrieves her darts after throwing arrows in a knock-out game of 501..
    anastasia_dobromyslova25-12-04-2008.jpg
  • A butch Ladies darts player returns from bar with two pint glasses full of lager beer during England Open tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova23-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova admired by audience while awaiting her next game during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova18-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova  checks to see when her next game is due during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova14-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Silhouette of a female darts player concentrating on throwing arrows during a ladies darts tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova10-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Teenage students jump high on basketball court to score a goal at the Japanese School in Milton Keynes, England
    basketball_jump01-26-01-2011.jpg
  • Two officials manhandle a gient pumpkin specimen into position onto its plinth before judges arrive to choose winners. Wearing the same red sweatshirts, the two men heave, push and manoeuvre the massive pumpkin into line while the strain shows on their faces at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by the nursery owner, these vegetables can weigh up to 300kg, their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
    vegetable_olympics02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony-17-09-1999.jpg
  • A batsman prepares to walk on to the field during a local club match in Paignton, UK. Adjusting his cap before taking to the field of play, the young man already wears his pads and 'whites' the clothing required of club cricket players on match days. A local company is sponsoring the team or pavilion where members and officials sit enjoying the afternoon's play, ready to cheer on the batsman.
    village_cricket-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Wide view of the canoe slalom at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Lee Valley White Water Centre is located 30 kilometres north of the Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park - part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The centre has two separate courses: a 300 metre Olympic-standard competition course with a 5.5m descent, and a 160m intermediate/training course with a 1.6m descent. Whitewater course specialists Whitewater Parks International, working with civil and structural engineers Cundall, are the designers of the whitewater courses.
    canoe_slalom37-29-07-2012.jpg
  • The Mr Chelsea Body Beautiful talent competition is held on the Kings Road in London. Entrants are handsome males and girls showing their muscles and well-trimmed bodies. We see hairy chests, pectorals and biceps on-show by these young exhibitionists who parade themselves in the open-air. Slightly behind them there are also two elderly ladies looking like sisters or perhaps twins. They were once beautiful themselves and sit eagerly on a bench against a wall peering at the handsome young men, wishing they were young again. One holds a walking stick and the other grasps a bottle of wine. It is a scene of young and old, of youth and ageing beauty.
    muscle_model01-23-07-1998.jpg
  • Two judges wearing identical tweed jackets are assisted by two other officials, also wearing the same red sweatshirts, are measuring oversized runner beans during the vegetable Olympics at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. With obssessive detail, they are discovering to the very millimetre which of theseplants might win this category for the largest runner bean of that year. In the foreground are other kingsize veg examples like marrow and courgettes though the really impressive growth comes from the pumpkins which weigh up to 308,2 kg. These runner beans measured up 39 1/2 in
    vegetable_olympics01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • The Mr Chelsea Body Beautiful talent competition is held on the Kings Road in London. Entrants are handsome males and girls showing their muscles and well-trimmed bodies. We see hairy chests, pectorals and biceps on-show by these young exhibitionists who parade themselves in the open-air. Slightly behind them there are also two elderly ladies looking like sisters or perhaps twins. They were once beautiful themselves and sit eagerly on a bench against a wall peering at the handsome young men, wishing they were young again. One holds a walking stick and the other grasps a bottle of wine. It is a scene of young and old, of youth and ageing beauty.
    body_show01.jpg
  • A dart board with three arrows scoring well and embedded in the circular
    anastasia_dobromyslova04-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Rosettes and successes from Blackface sheep competitions on mantlepiece and wall of breeder and crofter Vic Bull Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull12-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008..
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull03-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    rosettes-17-09-1999.jpg
  • A trio of elder ladies dressed in whites watch a younger club member demonstate how to play bowls on a perfect London lawn
    bowls_ladies01-20-07-1993.jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony02-17-09-1995.jpg
  • A black student works diligently alongside a white-skinned man at the communications company Cable & Wireless in London, England. We see in the foreground, the dark-skinned young man with a short beard is writing with a pencil that has a rubber on the top but the man in the background is out of focus. It is an image of ethnic diversity, of a multicultural Britain with students living and working uninterrupted side-by-side. They are both concentrating on their work in  a generic office or classroom, perhaps entering an examination or performing a corporate test.
    misc-london03-30-08-2007.jpg
  • Wide view of the canoe slalom at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Lee Valley White Water Centre is located 30 kilometres north of the Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park - part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The centre has two separate courses: a 300 metre Olympic-standard competition course with a 5.5m descent, and a 160m intermediate/training course with a 1.6m descent. Whitewater course specialists Whitewater Parks International, working with civil and structural engineers Cundall, are the designers of the whitewater courses.
    canoe_slalom26-29-07-2012.jpg
  • Behind their horsebox, a dedicated mother puts the finishing touches to her daughter's hair at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Wearing regulation jodhpurs, tie and hairnet, the young girl is almost ready to mount her pony and hopefully earn winning rosettes. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana02-17-09-1999.jpg
  • An official from the Giant Vegetable Olympics attaches the winning pumpkin contestant with a sash honouring its great victory at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Reaching round the immense girth of this specimen is awkward and frankly, a ridiculous pursuit. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by the nursery owner, these vegetables can weigh up to 300kg, their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
    vegetable_olympics03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova signs her autograph on a shirt for a male darts fan during England Open tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova28-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova throws darts with her name stitched on her personalised shirt during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova24-12-04-2008.jpg
  • A female darts player is in deep thought as she prepares for her next game during ladies darts tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova22-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Unhappily, ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova collects third place certificate from tournament organisers
    anastasia_dobromyslova27-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova plays semi-final with arch-rival 7-times world ladies champion Trina Gulliver
    anastasia_dobromyslova26-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Winner and loser darts players hug affectionately after a preliminary round of ladies darts during tournament game.
    anastasia_dobromyslova20-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Darts belonging to an English lady player lay on a table with Coke glasses and a pint of lager beer during English tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova19-12-04-2008.jpg
  • An unknown Czech Republic ladies darts player throws darts surrounded by mostly English women during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova17-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Young ladies darts player Zoe Jones leans forward to before throwing her pink-flighted dart during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova16-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Ladies darts champions Anastasia Dobromyslova and fellow Russian friend Irena Armstrong await their next game
    anastasia_dobromyslova13-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Seven-times World Ladies' darts Champion Trina Gulliver concentrates on throwing darts in an England Open tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova09-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Anastasia Dobromyslova and fellow Russian-born friend Irena Armstrong check text messages during the ladies darts tournament.
    anastasia_dobromyslova07-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Teenage students play baseball on a summer's day at the Gyosei International Japanese School, a boarding school for Japanese ex-pats opened in 1987 in Willen Park, Milton Keynes, England. Running hard for a home-run, the teenager sprints on short grass as school mates sit waiting for their turn on the lawn. The Gyosei independent private school was the first of its type established in the country and shows the importance of Milton Keynes as a focus for Japanese investment.
    japanese_baseball-18-06-1994.jpg
  • Teenage girl students sit on the sports field during a lunchtime break at the Gyosei International Japanese School, a boarding school for Japanese ex-pats opened in 1987 in Willen Park, Milton Keynes, England. Giggling and smiling in their happy environment, the young women enjoy life in the UK, the children of skilled parents working in England. The Gyosei independent private school was the first of its type established in the country and shows the importance of Milton Keynes as a focus for Japanese investment..
    japanese_teenagers-18-06-1994.jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony01-17-09-1995.jpg
  • Wide view of the canoe slalom at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Lee Valley White Water Centre is located 30 kilometres north of the Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park - part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The centre has two separate courses: a 300 metre Olympic-standard competition course with a 5.5m descent, and a 160m intermediate/training course with a 1.6m descent. Whitewater course specialists Whitewater Parks International, working with civil and structural engineers Cundall, are the designers of the whitewater courses.
    canoe_slalom25-29-07-2012.jpg
  • Flight and cabin crews at the top of respective stairs of their airliners on static display at the Farnborough Air Show, UK.
    aircraft_crew01-09-07-2012.jpg
  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed warfare truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past..
    greek_olympiad006-20-10_2003.jpg
  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
    greek_olympiad005-20-10_2003.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987.jpg
  • Rosettes and successes from Blackface sheep competitions on mantlepiece and wall of breeder and crofter Vic Bull Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull09-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Grooming a pet dog before another round of Crufts Show in Earls Court, London. With strong backlighting sunshine, the animal's owner brushes its coat to make it presentable before the judges in a short while. Nearby, other owners sit with their own dogs in stalls provided by the Kennel Club organisers. Crufts is one of the largest dog events in the world. No longer purely a dog show, Crufts celebrates every aspect of the role that dogs play in our lives.
    crufts-20-02-1987.jpg
  • Flight and cabin crews at the top of respective stairs of their airliners on static display at the Farnborough Air Show, UK.
    aircraft_crew03-09-07-2012.jpg
  • A confrontation during a water polo match at the Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill,  London. ..Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    water_polo-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Roadworks on Marathon Avenue. Road works and an Athens Olympic sign on Marathonas Avenue, the ancient Marathon route of 490 BC in an Athens suburb. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics was among the woodland of Ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad will echo both what was great and horrid about the past... . ancient, antiquities, archaeology, athens, athletics, baker, cable, capital, ceremony, city, classical, colour, compete, competing, construction, darnening, delay, dirt, EU, europe, european, exercise, famous, game, games, games, gods, Greece, Greek, guard, history, history, hole, landmark, landscape, light, makri, marathon, marathonas, medal, member, mess, mess, nea, news, olympia, Olympic, Olympic rings, olympics, orginal, original, Parthenon, photojournalism, protected, race, racing, reportage, richard, rings, roadworks, route, ruin, ruins, shadows, sky, soil, soldiers, sport, sporting, start, starting, state, summer, tourists, travel, travel, travel, world, wrestling
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  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
    river_race-23-09-1995_1.jpg
  • Cyclists speed through Hampton Court in southwest London compete for the 250km mens' road race on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympics. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling36-28-07-2012.jpg
  • Home-made cakes compete in a competition at a neighbourhood street party in Herne Hill, south London celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
    jubilee_party21-02-06-2012.jpg
  • Cyclists peloton speeds through Hampton Court in southwest London compete for the 250km mens' road race on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympics. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling37-28-07-2012.jpg
  • As an early sun rises, the twin stacks of Richborough cooling Towers make silhouettes against the golden morning light. Now decommissioned, these industrial giants of the landscape are sending clouds of steam vapour into the air, in the county of Kent. Nature can be seen competing with 20th Century technology as solar energy is seen against the war power being generated. From 1962-1971 Richborough burned coal from collieries. In 1971 the station was converted to burn oil. Too costly to run plant underwent trials on an experimental fuel called Orimulsion, a cheap heavy oil and water-based emulsion produced form natural bitumen from Venezuela. Initial results or trials suggested it would make a cheap clean fuel alternative to oil but high sulphur emissions from the plant caused nearby Acid Rain and after local protest, the site has since been derelict.
    cooling_towers01-19-05-1992.jpg
  • A competitor in the annual Birdman of Bognor event stands on the pier floor boards at Bognor Regis, East Sussex, England. English eccentrics gather annually at the southern seaside town to jump from the pier into the chilly waters of the English Channel. Fun jumpers ?wearing? their aeroplane suits compete for a £25,000 prize for the one to fly 100 metres from the pier platform ? a record not yet achieved. Entrants (who often jump for charity rather than any aeronautical pretensions) include sugar plum fairies, condoms, Ninja Turtles and vampires. The winner was a hang-glider pilot reaching 26 metres but here, a Spitfire pilot sponsored by a milk company eventually dropped vertically. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis23-27-05-2001.jpg
  • Home-made cakes compete in a competition at a neighbourhood street party in Herne Hill, south London celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
    jubilee_party24-02-06-2012.jpg
  • Home-made cakes compete in a competition at a neighbourhood street party in Herne Hill, south London celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
    jubilee_party22-02-06-2012.jpg
  • The crest of the Chartered Insurance Institute on Aldermanbury Street in the City of London. The CII is the world's leading professional organisation for insurance and financial services in the City of London, the capital's financial district - also known as the Square Mile. The institute has 102,000 members are committed to maintaining the highest standards of technical competence and ethical conduct. Below the crest that includes the representation of corn or wheat and ships' anchors are the Latin moto Consilium Scientia which translates as 'counsel and knowledge'.
    insurance_institute02-14-03-2013.jpg
  • Home-made cakes compete in a competition at a neighbourhood street party in Herne Hill, south London celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
    jubilee_party25-02-06-2012.jpg
  • The owner of a racing Llama holds a carrot between his teeth, while holding on to number 328, his animal entrant, on 13th June 1994, at Wych Cross, Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, England. The animal is part of a herd of llamas and alpacas which compete over jumps for visiting families. The Ashdown Herd of llamas and alpacas was started in 1987. Over the years the numbers have increased and in 1995 what is now the Park was purchased, and opened to the public in 1996. The Ashdown Herd of llamas and alpacas was started in 1987. Over the years the numbers have increased and in 1995 what is now the Park was purchased, and opened to the public in 1996. There are now more than 100 south-American llamas and alpacas plus reindeer from Sweden at the Park. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    llama_carrot-13-06-1994.jpg
  • Detail in the British Museum of an Assyrian relief. Assyrian kings competed to outdo each other with carved reliefs on interior walls. This tradition began with King Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859BC) at Nimrud. In 612BC Assyrian cities were looted and destroyed by Babylonians and Medes and the sculptures were buried until discovered by British and French archaeologists in the 19th century. As a result, London and Paris have the largest collection of Assyrian reliefs outside Iraq.
    british_museum14-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
    river_race-23-09-1995.jpg
  • The crest of the Chartered Insurance Institute on Aldermanbury Street in the City of London. The CII is the world's leading professional organisation for insurance and financial services in the City of London, the capital's financial district - also known as the Square Mile. The institute has 102,000 members are committed to maintaining the highest standards of technical competence and ethical conduct. Below the crest that includes the representation of corn or wheat and ships' anchors are the Latin moto Consilium Scientia which translates as 'counsel and knowledge'.
    insurance_institute03-14-03-2013.jpg
  • Cyclists peloton speeds through Hampton Court in southwest London compete for the 250km mens' road race on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympics. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
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  • Home-made cakes compete in a competition at a neighbourhood street party in Herne Hill, south London celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • A disabled airline passenger makes her own way through the Departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Pushing her racing wheelchair, possibly for a race in another country, the lady heads for a British Airways check-in zone before a long-haul flight to compete as a paraplegic. Pushing her possessions on an airport trolley, she speeds through the terminal showing tanned, muscular arms and a bottle of Evian mineral water. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • A competitor in the annual Birdman of Bognor event attempts to fly at Bognor Regis, East Sussex, England. English eccentrics gather annually at the southern seaside town to jump from the pier into the chilly waters of the English Channel. Fun jumpers ?wearing? their aeroplane suits compete for a £25,000 prize for the one to fly 100 metres from the pier platform ? a record not yet achieved. Entrants (who often jump for charity rather than any aeronautical pretensions) include sugar plum fairies, condoms, Ninja Turtles and vampires. The winner was a hang-glider pilot reaching 26 metres but here, a Spitfire sponsored by a milk company drops vertically. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
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  • The crest of the Chartered Insurance Institute on Aldermanbury Street in the City of London. The CII is the world's leading professional organisation for insurance and financial services in the City of London, the capital's financial district - also known as the Square Mile. The institute has 102,000 members are committed to maintaining the highest standards of technical competence and ethical conduct. Below the crest that includes the representation of corn or wheat and ships' anchors are the Latin moto Consilium Scientia which translates as 'counsel and knowledge'.
    insurance_institute01-14-03-2013.jpg
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