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  • A window in Redchurch Street, East London England, proclaims the opening soon of a business. Using emulsion paint and water to obscure the interior, we see the optimistic sign and the swirls of the window pane. The patterns and shapes inadvertantly traced are confusing and neurotic.
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  • A window in Redchurch Street, East London England, proclaims the opening soon of a business. Using emulsion paint and water to obscure the interior, we see the optimistic sign and the swirls of the window pane. The patterns and shapes inadvertantly traced are confusing and neurotic.
    window_opensoon01-23-04-007.jpg
  • A male passenger is asleep with his mouth open, leaning his head on a bus window as it passes the background pillars of the Bank of England in the financial district City of London. On the exterior of the bus are the words: "We've got to get this city to work," an advertising slogan used by London Transport to seduce commuters from their cars and back on to public transport which is one of the most expensive world capitals on which to travel by bus, train or underground. This style of bus is a traditional design called a 'Routemaster' which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage routes such as these destination: Victoria, Bond Street, Oxford Street, Holborn and Bank (the Bank of England). From any angle, the bus is easily recognisable as that classic British transport icon.  The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A view of the green Yorkshire moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of ECHELON, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
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  • A shop window in Camden north London proclaims in red stencilled letters the business is open seven days a week when the store has gone out of business and the words No Hope have been added after the pane of glass has been white-washed. Stickers have been applied and torn off again. It is a graphic picture of irony and delusion, a misguided shop owner who thought his company was successful when it was heading for closure.
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  • A night view of the green Yorkshire Moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the lights of passing traffic past  surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of ECHELON, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
    RB_107-18-05-2001.jpg
  • Faded newspaper sheets are stuck to a closed newsagent's window in Dulwich, South London UK
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  • Seen through a junk shop window in north London, the large letters Last Day have been painted in white emulsion paint on the pane of glass. Between the letters are figures and bric-a-brac on sale in this budget store. A tiger model; a Jesus figure; a doll in a green dress. 'Last Day' is also ironic in a Biblical context as it was taken a few days after the Day of Resurrection and Easter.
    window_lastday_03002-17-04-2007.jpg
  • Lady visitor to London's Theatreland gets directions from a passer-by beneath a Freddy Mercury  outside the Dominion Theatre
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  • Commuters to-and-fro in the heat of a city summer during a 3-day underground tube strike in September 2007. This is Victoria mainline station during a summer heatwave. It's a transport hub for tube lines, buses and overground train routes and we see masses of pedestrians and buses reflected in the glass of a bush shelter window. As a result of the industrial action, the buses are full so the quickest way of reaching one's destination is to walk. An official points out directions, someone shields his eyes from the sun, a lady walks with her hands in pockets, the 239 bus to Victoria approaches and sightseeing tours sign advertises tickets. People are seen in differing scales and sizes.
    tube_strike_commuters10-04-09-2007.jpg
  • Craning their necks skyward, both a pilot and support ground engineers of elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, gaze up to view an air display directly overhead at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. It is a perfect day for aerobatics with blue skies and during the team's two-day visit to the Swiss airfield at Payerne. Pilot Squadron Leader John Green is one of nine aviators who are collectively known as the Reds because of their famous red flying suits. The ground crew are obviously called the Blues. Payerne is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. The picture is full of humour because John Green is looking one way and the two others look in the opposite direction, while standing next to the aircraft.   .
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  • Two visitors to London read a street direction map in the capital's Regent Street. Both looking at the map on the reverse side to us and both holding A4 sheets of paper that possibly contains a printed map and an itinerary for their stay in the capital. They also wear matching tops and jeans and with legs in similar stances. In the background we see the curve of lower Regent's Street with shops and public buildings. The upright map is credited to Transport for London (TFL).
    map_tourists1-27-09-2011.jpg
  • A woman carries a white board with blue arrows pointing the correct direction, on 21st March 2017, in London, England.
    arrow_board-02-21-03-2017.jpg
  • Striding across the picture in different directions, two office workers: A lady in a red coat whose head and identity is lost in shadow, and a man wearing a dark suit whose stride is purposeful and confident. A third person, another man, leans against a wall looking thoughtfully into the distance. There is more shadow than highlight in this scene taken at Broadgate, a private estate of financial institutions and global businesses in the heart of the City of London. There are no spring leaves on the trees whose shadows are falling on an opposite wall. The headless lady looks sinister minus her face and there is tension in this image of linear and diagonal space. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • An all reduced sale of sports clothing supplier JJB.com stock, being sold by new buyer, Sports Direct shop in central London. A male shopper walks past the store window with a Sports Direct bag, passing the large lettering painted onto the glass, declaring the stock sale. <br />
JJB Sports has collapsed into administration, with arch-rival Sports Direct acquiring 20 stores. KPMG partners Brian Green, David Costley-Wood and Richard Fleming were appointed administrators before Sports Direct bought the JJB assets for £23.77m.
    sports_dirtect01-17-12-2012.jpg
  • An all reduced sale of sports clothing supplier JJB.com stock, being sold by new buyer, Sports Direct shop in central London. JJB Sports has collapsed into administration, with arch-rival Sports Direct acquiring 20 stores. KPMG partners Brian Green, David Costley-Wood and Richard Fleming were appointed administrators before Sports Direct bought the JJB assets for £23.77m.
    sports_dirtect04-17-12-2012.jpg
  • Employees of Network Rail direct commuting passengers from this now exit-only entrance to Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, to an alternative around the corner during the UK Coronavirus pandemic. The UK government has today lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions". The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs however, has increased by 287 to 37,979,  on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England. All passengers on the public transport system are still being asked to wear face covering.
    coronavirus_city-18-19-06-2020.jpg
  • Employees of Network Rail direct commuting passengers from this now exit-only entrance to Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, to an alternative around the corner during the UK Coronavirus pandemic. The UK government has today lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions". The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs however, has increased by 287 to 37,979,  on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England. All passengers on the public transport system are still being asked to wear face covering.
    coronavirus_city-17-19-06-2020.jpg
  • Employees of Network Rail direct commuting passengers from this now exit-only entrance to Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, to an alternative around the corner during the UK Coronavirus pandemic. The UK government has today lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions". The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs however, has increased by 287 to 37,979,  on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England. All passengers on the public transport system are still being asked to wear face covering.
    coronavirus_city-16-19-06-2020.jpg
  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. A security guard stands alongside a notice for social distance rules outside Sports Direct on Oxford Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_shops-87-15-06-2020.jpg
  • Volunteers direct spectators after the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 volunteers are called 'Games Makers', as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    canoe_slalom44-29-07-2012.jpg
  • An engineer working underground during construction of the Heathrow Express train project on behalf of Heathrow airport operator BAA (British Airport Authority), London England. While standing erect, he twists a high-tension tool that secures the concrete sleepers to the steel rails using a Pandrol Clip. The tunnel snakes its way into the distance behind him, lit by temporary lighting on the 5-mile tunnel wall. Its sections are reinforced concrete, shaped for the Heathrow Express electric Siemens-built trains that provide a direct link between Heathrow's terminals and Paddington station in central London. This is now the most expensive rail-mile fare in the UK at £15.50 for a 15-minute journey. In 1994 one tunnel collapsed without warning in one of the most catastrophic civil engineering disasters in British history.
    RB_012-26-03-1997.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Royal Artillery regiment in British army direct spectators while standing guard the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic. A total of 18,000 defence personel were called upon to make the Games secure following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster03-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Commuters walk about in all directions in the heat of summer in the city during a 3-day underground tube strike in September 2007. As a result of the industrial action, the buses are full so the quickest way of reaching one's destination is to walk. People near Victoria Station, a transport hub for tube lines, buses and overground train routes so we see businessmen in dark suits during the heatwave, women striding along towards their transport home and we look up at them from a low-angle in the street. One man seems to pause from indecision while others are more confident about their fate and direction in life.
    tube_strike_commuters18-04-09-2007.jpg
  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for accountants during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theatre and each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • A man points in one direction on street corner featuring traffic direction arrows, 7th March 2018, in London England.
    hoxton_corner-02-06-03-2018.jpg
  • A WPC re-directs a London amubulance as a burst water main causes traffic havoc, closing Denmark Hill, weeks after the disastrous flooding in nearby Herne Hill, Denmark Hill was closed in both directions due to another burst water main in multiple locations across the road (A215) between the junctions of Champion Hill and Champion Park in south London. Water was seen running towards Kings College Hospital, 200 yards downhill and Denmark Hill is a major thoroughfare for the hospital's A+E.
    burst_water_mane15-06-09-2013.jpg
  • Direction signs and spectators at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics38-30-07-2012.jpg
  • A volunteer directs spectators before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 volunteers are called 'Games Makers', as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    canoe_slalom01-29-07-2012.jpg
  • A volunteer directs spectators after the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 volunteers are called 'Games Makers', as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    canoe_slalom43-29-07-2012.jpg
  • The below-deck highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.  .
    us_navy_carrier13-08-05-2000.jpg
  • Direction sign inside London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university43-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Deep below-decks, we peer through a striped window of the highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-flyzone in the Persian Gulf, near the Kuwaiti coast. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.  .
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  • Two painted arrows stencilled on the apron of Colombo airport point in opposite directions
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  • A menu of seminar room choices is placed near an entrance for those attending a counselling workshop held for employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Words like 'Visualise, Captivate, Innovate and Expand' are listed vertically on a perspex board as well as directions to amenities such as the toilet and an 'Internet Touchdown.' Soon, seminar participants will arrive for a day's role-playing and brainstorming in classrooms named after these concepts. Encouraging the students to be inspired by these verbs.
    ernst+young_counsillors48-18-09-2007.jpg
  • A menu of seminar room choices is placed near an entrance for those attending a counselling workshop held for employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Words like 'Visualise, Captivate, Innovate and Expand' are listed vertically on a perspex board as well as directions to amenities such as the toilet and an 'Internet Touchdown.' Soon, seminar participants will arrive for a day's role-playing and brainstorming in classrooms named after these concepts. Encouraging the students to be inspired by these verbs.
    ernst+young_counsillors48-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Pointing towards the viewer and the bottom of the picture near empty parking bay markings, a stencilled arrow directs traffic flow at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Bright light glows from the warehouse walls shining on to the car park creating an almost daylight landscape. This 365 acre site off Junction 18 of the M1 motorway is a hub for road, rail and service infrastructure, some 2.3m sq.ft. of distribution and manufacturing floorspace had been constructed by 2004 and occupiers including Tesco?s, Tibbett & Britten plc, Ingram Micro, Royal Mail, the W.H. Malcolm Group, Eddie Stobart Ltd, Wincanton and Exel, have been attracted to this logistics location.
    DIRFT087-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • Direction signs and spectators at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics18-30-07-2012.jpg
  • Deep below-decks, we see the highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south.
    uss_truman_computers-08-05-2000.jpg
  • 36 hours after the London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist attack, the capital returns to normality and Londoners return to their first day to work so Police officers help with directions as roads are still closed to traffic and pedestrian use, on Monday 5th June 2017, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Seven people were killed and many others left with life-changing injuries - but the British spirit of defiance and to carry on with every day life, endures.
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  • 36 hours after the London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist attack, the capital returns to normality and Londoners return to their first day to work so Police officers help with directions as roads are still closed to traffic and pedestrian use, on Monday 5th June 2017, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Seven people were killed and many others left with life-changing injuries - but the British spirit of defiance and to carry on with every day life, endures.
    london_bridge_terrorism-38-05-06-201...jpg
  • Londoners walk through Coleman Street, following the directions of opposing arrows in the City of London, England.
    city_people-05-02-06-2016.jpg
  • After heavy rain and the subsequent flooding, two lone canoeists paddle down the centre of the A27 near Chichester, West Sussex. The Dual carriageway has been completely submerged to approximately 1.5 metres and only the road sign with its directional arrow is visible above the surface which is rippling in a faint breeze. The men in red and yellow kayaks look inexperienced in boating activities and their clothing is not suitable for water sports. Even so, they are speeding down the highway that is otherwise empty of all other vehicles and they have the water and space to themselves without the fear of collision.
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  • The morning after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers Hall on London Bridge, in which Usman Khan (a convicted, freed terrorist) killed 2 during a knife a attack, then subsequently tackled by passers-by and shot by armed police - members of the public as for directions from officers at the cordoned off area, on 30th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A landscape at a junction of two country lanes, with the directions for West Chiltington, Thakeham, Coolham and Dial Post, on 8th September 2019, at Knepp, West Sussex, England.
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  • A landscape at a junction of two country lanes, with the directions for West Chiltington, Thakeham, Coolham and Dial Post, on 8th September 2019, at Knepp, West Sussex, England.
    knepp_walk-01-08-09-2019.jpg
  • Visitors stop by a tourist information point for directions across the capital, on Parliament Square in Westminster, on 19th August 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_whitehall-13-19-08-2019.jpg
  • Visitors stop by a tourist information point for directions across the capital, on Parliament Square in Westminster, on 19th August 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_whitehall-12-19-08-2019.jpg
  • A passer-by offers directions to a couple on the street corner of Berwick and Broadwick Streets on 5th March 2019, in London, England.
    soho_corner-01-05-03-2019.jpg
  • A man checks directions next to the image of a genie and his lamp in Long Acre, on 13th August 2018, in London, England.
    phone_genie-01-13-08-2018.jpg
  • A passer-by directs an articulated lorry as it squeezes past a pedestrian crossing post, making a tight turn across the pavement, on 1st August 2017, in Oxford Street, London, England.
    lorry_street-01-01-08-2017.jpg
  • Two Asian girls check directions in central London near one of the green cirlces outside M&M's World's Leicester Square store, on 31st July 2017, in London, England.
    green_circle-01-31-07-2017.jpg
  • 36 hours after the London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist attack, the capital returns to normality and Londoners return to their first day to work so Police officers help with directions as roads are still closed to traffic and pedestrian use, on Monday 5th June 2017, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Seven people were killed and many others left with life-changing injuries - but the British spirit of defiance and to carry on with every day life, endures.
    london_bridge_terrorism-02-05-06-201...jpg
  • 36 hours after the London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist attack, the capital returns to normality and Londoners return to their first day to work so Police officers help with directions as roads are still closed to traffic and pedestrian use, on Monday 5th June 2017, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Seven people were killed and many others left with life-changing injuries - but the British spirit of defiance and to carry on with every day life, endures.
    london_bridge_terrorism-03-05-06-201...jpg
  • A woman carries a white board with blue arrows pointing the correct direction, on 21st March 2017, in London, England.
    arrow_board-01-21-03-2017.jpg
  • Londoners walk through Coleman Street, following the directions of opposing arrows in the City of London, England.
    city_people-02-02-06-2016.jpg
  • Londoners walk through Coleman Street, following the directions of opposing arrows in the City of London, England.
    city_people-06-02-06-2016.jpg
  • Childrens' ward direction sign in German Red Cross hospital, Berlin.
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  • A location and direction sign on the Greenwich Peninsular, beneath the (Emirates) Thames Cable Car. .There are 34 gondolas, each with a maximum capacity of 10 passengers. The Emirates Air Line (also known as the Thames cable car) is a cable car link across the River Thames in London built with sponsorship from the airline Emirates. The service opened on 28 June 2012 and is operated by Transport for London. The service, announced in July 2010 and estimated to cost £60 million, comprises a 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) gondola line that crosses the Thames from the Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks. ..
    thames_cable_car18-18-11-2012.jpg
  • A location and direction sign on the Greenwich Peninsular, beneath the (Emirates) Thames Cable Car. .There are 34 gondolas, each with a maximum capacity of 10 passengers. The Emirates Air Line (also known as the Thames cable car) is a cable car link across the River Thames in London built with sponsorship from the airline Emirates. The service opened on 28 June 2012 and is operated by Transport for London. The service, announced in July 2010 and estimated to cost £60 million, comprises a 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) gondola line that crosses the Thames from the Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks. ..
    thames_cable_car15-18-11-2012.jpg
  • Traffic road direction sign below new housing in the 2012 Olympic development zone.
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  • Three pedestrian signs show differing directions for passers-by in London's Cannon Street during pavement refurbishment.
    pedestrian_confusion01-23-02-2012.jpg
  • The cross on the wall of Herne Hill's United Reform Church and the direction sign post (and its shadow) of Red Post Hill.
    crosses_crucifix05-09-12-2010.jpg
  • The cross on the wall of Herne Hill's United Reform Church and the direction sign post (and its shadow) of Red Post Hill.
    crosses_crucifix04-09-12-2010.jpg
  • The cross on the wall of Herne Hill's United Reform Church and the direction sign post (and its shadow) of Red Post Hill.
    crosses_crucifix03-09-12-2010.jpg
  • The cross on the wall of Herne Hill's United Reform Church and the direction sign post (and its shadow) of Red Post Hill.
    crosses_crucifix02-09-12-2010.jpg
  • A senior pilot of  the 'Red Arrows', Royal Air Force aerobatic team uses an anemometer to measure wind speed and direction.
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  • A businessman wearing a light summer suit and carrying a briefcase walks away in the opposite direction to Canary Wharf tower which is seen over his shoulder from across a tree-lined Brockwell Park in South London, approximately 7.5 miles away. The flattened-perspective is because of an extremely long telephoto lens making it seem closer than it is in reality. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
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  • The A30 highway runs deep into the South-West of England - from Exeter in the county of Devon to Penzance in the narrow peninsular of Cornwall. On certain dates in the calendar routes like this, near the Cornish town of Bodmin, England, come to a standstill from the huge volume of cars and private vehicles, all heading down to costal resorts and better weather. We see here a huge tailback of traffic that is queueing along one side of the British dual-carriageway (two lanes in each direction) from close-up  to the distance down and up a natural hill in this undulating landscape. The cars have edged forward are nose to tail for hours in summer heatwave and tempers fray, children arguing in the back and an otherwise relaxed holiday mood suddenly goes bad.
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  • Seen from an office block high vantage point, thousands of commuters pour northwards over London Bridge against the direction of queueing buses and cars. It is a scene about the transient business community and mass transport. The working population arrives early for work over the bridge in the City of London's historic financial district. We see the sunlit faces of those walking towards the viewer which echo the red tail lights of the stationary vehicles. So gridlocked is the traffic on the southbound carriageway, there is a lone cyclist stuck and squeezed between the curb and a double-decker bus. On the other side of the road, the street is almost empty of motors adding to the drama and chaos. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success. ...
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  • Looking upwards through a gap in some trees, we see in the background the huge skyscraper office tower of the Commerzbank (Europe's tallest building (1997-2005), designed by Sir Norman Foster) and other institutions in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany. In the foreground is a set of traffic lights with a traffic lane arrow direction sign and during the long time-exposure the red, amber and green lights have registered on the film to say stop, ready, go. There is a light mist settling on the cityscape which can be seen around the intense of the street lighting giving the scene a futuristic atmosphere like the Blade Runner movie. Apart from the prime colours (colors) emitted by the traffic lights, the image has an otherwise green hue including the tree foliage which is illuminated by the artificial lamps. The leaves are also blurring because of a faint breeze which registers during a long time-exposure.
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  • An Islamic prayer mat has been left positioned into the corner of this seemingly ordinary room but which is a Multi-faith room for passengers seeking solace and tranquillity in an otherwise busy Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Airport operator BAA provide this sanctuary in various locations around the vast airport complex but this is the newest in Departures of T5. The rug has an image from Mecca and points Eastwards to the birthplace of Mohammed and the direction of the Hajj. On the wall is a poster offering welcome to other religions: To Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Humanists, Jains, Hindus and Rastafarians, to name a few. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • Reflections of Tudor royalty including King Henry the VIII and Jane Seymour appear as ghostly apparitions on a street corner in London's Mayfair. An art gallery exhibition of Tudor portraits, includes a striking picture of an unknown child seen far right who appears to be crossing a zebra-crossing. It looks like a girl but is in fact a young boy of about nine years of age, confusing our perception of gender in the middle-ages. Also, a white traffic direction arrow points around the road's corner as if indicating the location of Queen Jane. They all float just above ground level maiking an eerie and mystical image.
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  • 36 hours after the London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist attack, the capital returns to normality and Londoners return to their first day to work so Police officers help with directions as roads are still closed to traffic and pedestrian use, on Monday 5th June 2017, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Seven people were killed and many others left with life-changing injuries - but the British spirit of defiance and to carry on with every day life, endures.
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  • The Radcliffe Camera and tourist direction signs pointing to other famous Oxford landmarks
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  • London's empty Goodge Street with traffic direction arrows are seen outside the derelict Middlesex Hospital building whose windows are boarded up with plywood.
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  • A machine operator gives a hand signal to a crane driver from inside enclosed equipment cleaning the stone work surfaces of an address in Aldwych WC2, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
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  • Bald-headed men seemingly clash in a shaft of early spring light in a side street in the capital's financial district. This is Lombard Street, originally a piece of land granted by King Edward I to goldsmiths from the part of northern Italy known as Lombardy (larger than the modern region of Lombardy). It is a narrow and usually dark sidestreet near the Bank of England in the heart of what is called the Square Mile - the inner-part and oldest quarter of London occupied first by the Romans 2,000 years ago. Nowadays the City of London is home to banks and financial institutions but also with a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 38,161, a further 324 victims in the last 24hrs, and the government's pandemic lockdown still in effect, mainly walkers and sightseers now cross at what would normally be rush-hour on London Bridge, which has quickly been converted to a social distancing thoroughfare over the river Thames where pedestrians should keep to the left of a green centreline, on 29th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • Tourists finding their way around Soho and the West End with the help of a large city map of London.
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  • With few visitors to see, a young boy pees into the water surrounding a model town at the Splendid China model village, the 30 hectares large tourist attraction in the city of Shenzhen, China. The kid aims into the water with his mother's help. In the background we see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, modern skyscrapers in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional village life. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
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  • A workman manhandles a heavy roll of carpet in a Mayfair street, central London.
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  • Awkwardly, carrying their giant rubber rings by wrapping their left hands over the top curves, three kids make their way tentatively down a ramp of concrete to a poolside ride called River Run.
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  • Passers-by walk outside the Harvey Nichols department store on the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street, on 11th April 2019, in London, England.
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  • Map of Bunn Leisure Holiday Park, third-largest static mobile home site in Europe, with 3,000 caravans over 5-square mile area
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  • Through a bus shelter window, commuters queue for buses during a 3-day tube strike and a city heatwave
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  • A machine operator gives a hand signal to a crane driver from inside enclosed equipment cleaning the stone work surfaces of an address in Aldwych WC2, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
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  • Visitors point to locations on a map of central London, with shadows of bare branches on wall.
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  • From a high viewpoint on Snow Hill, we see the green  'Long Walk' in the Royal Estate's Windsor Great Park. We look down the 3-mile straight road into the distance towards Windsor Castle in the summer shinshine during the equestrian 3-Day Event held annually on Her Majesty the Queens's property. Half-way down the lush avenue of Elm trees there are some horses and their riders either warming up before competition, or galloping across the landscape on a round against the clock. A few spectators have stopped to watch this part of the course but others are elsewhere at the dramatic water jumps. The Long Walk was commenced by Charles II from 1680-1685 by planting a double avenue of elm trees. The central carriage road was added by Queen Anne in 1710. Windsor Castle was begun in the 11th century by William the Conqueror as it afforded a good defensive point over the River Thames. A vast area of Windsor Forest to the south of the castle became reserved by the King for personal hunting and also to supply the castle with wood, deer, boar and fish. Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century. Now largely open to the public, the parkland is a popular recreation area for residents of the western London suburbs.
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  • Gazing out of the window at an inner-city landscape from of a commuter train between Denmark Hill and Victoria, South London
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  • An HGV driver is ready to leave Sainsbury's 700,000 sq ft (57,500sq m) supermarket distribution depot at Waltham Poiint
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  • Upper-deck chair and wheel with navigator's carpet board a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean, Maldives.
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  • Rush hour train commuter checks messages on-board carriages travelling into city mainline stations in south London.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Warehouse car park landscape at night at the DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire
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  • In front of an industrial doorway with a safety handrail and near empty parking bay markings, a stencilled arrow points from left to right at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Bright light glows from the warehouse wall, shining on to the car park creating an almost daylight landscape. This 365 acre site off Junction 18 of the M1 motorway is a hub for road, rail and service infrastructure, some 2.3m sq.ft. of distribution and manufacturing floorspace had been constructed by 2004 and occupiers including Tesco?s, Tibbett & Britten plc, Ingram Micro, Royal Mail, the W.H. Malcolm Group, Eddie Stobart Ltd, Wincanton and Exel, have been attracted to this logistics location.
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  • While park conveniences are still closed, makeshift signs pointing to where nearby toilets are located during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdownare, are attatched to the protective fence around a yourg tree in Ruskin Park, Lambeth, on 30th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • While park conveniences are still closed, makeshift signs pointing to where nearby toilets are located during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdownare, are attatched to the protective fence around a yourg tree in Ruskin Park, Lambeth, on 30th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • A machine operator gives the standard hand signal to a crane driver from inside enclosed equipment cleaning the stone work surfaces of an address in Aldwych WC2, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
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