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  • A happy logo for Miami and the Sunshine State with Palm trees in the background, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_3.jpg
  • A young boy creates ripples as he plays with his radio-controlled boat in the River Thames at Dorchester, Oxfordshire. The sun is hidden behind a line of trees and the boy who is backlit stands in the shallow part of the river up to his ankles, wearing his swimming costume. The small boat is only a few feet from the antenna that controls its movement. It is a scene of idyllic tranquility, a childhood of happy summer days. Here the Thames is at its most serene, where visitors enjoy its shallows with the fear of strong currents, tides or large boating activity.
    RB-0030.jpg
  • As the number of people dying with Covid-19 in hospitals in England rises by another 665 to 16,272, and the UK experiences further lockdown by the UK government due to the Coronavirus pandemic, masked Londoners walk past a large construction hoarding showing jolly catering kitchen workers at Elephant & Castle, on 22nd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-42-22-04-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-08-14-05-2020.jpg
  • A couple enjoy an intimate moment at an outdoor cafe in central London, on 21st September 1999, near Old Bond Street, london, England.
    happy_couple-21-09-1999_1.jpg
  • A couple enjoy the shopping experience in central London, on 21st September 1999, near Old Bond Street, london, England.
    happy_couple-21-09-1999.jpg
  • A romantic couple walk through London Fields in the London borough of Hackney where, a week before, looters were robbing residents during the London riots.
    romantic_couple3-14-August-2011.jpg
  • As the number of people dying with Covid-19 in hospitals in England rises by another 665 to 16,272, and the UK experiences further lockdown by the UK government due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a masked Londoner walk past a large construction hoarding showing jolly catering kitchen workers at Elephant & Castle, on 22nd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-45-22-04-2020.jpg
  • A young woman wearing a red theme of beret and scarf, walks down Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus in Soho, carrying some Valentine's Day roses, and photographs herself with a beaming smile, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
    valentines_lady-04-14-02-2020.jpg
  • A young woman wearing a red theme of beret and scarf, walks down Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus in Soho, carrying some Valentine's Day roses, and photographs herself with a beaming smile, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
    valentines_lady-03-14-02-2020.jpg
  • Children pose for a photo at a swimming pool in Germany, on 13th July 1970, in Bielefeld, Germany.
    60s_germany04-13-07-1970.jpg
  • View from the top deck of a London bus, of outdoor drinkers siting on benches and raising theor glasses for a toast, outside a bar near Oval in south London, on 23rd May 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-16-23-05-2019.jpg
  • A couple hold hands while enjoying a tea and a beer at an outdoor cafe, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain.
    happy_couple-21-09-1999_2.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-12-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-13-13-07-2017.jpg
  • A UPS courier grins during a summer heatwave on Cannon Street in the City of London, UK.
    city_people-16-24-08-2016.jpg
  • A girl Portuguese football fan celebrates her country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final on 10th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Waving their national flag above their heads, they wave to passers-by after the final whistle in the game that captivated Portugal with their hero, Christiano Ronaldo the symbol of their well-being and patriotism. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-11-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final on 10th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Waving their national flag above their heads, they wave to passers-by after the final whistle in the game that captivated Portugal with their hero, Christiano Ronaldo the symbol of their well-being and patriotism. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-04-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans in Lisbon celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final.
    portugal_lisbon-02-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans in Lisbon celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final.
    portugal_lisbon-05-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans in Lisbon celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final.
    portugal_lisbon-06-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans in Lisbon celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final.
    portugal_lisbon-07-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese football fans in Lisbon celebrate their country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final.
    portugal_lisbon-09-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Ballerina, Dorothee Gilbert readies for her class in her dressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. <br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'Etoile' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). <br />
<br />
FOR REPRODUCTION OTHER THAN RELATED TO THE BOOK 'RISK WISE', PERMISSION FROM DOROTHEE GILBERT IS REQUIRED.
    dorothee_gilbert234-05-06-2014.jpg
  • Ballerina, Dorothee Gilbert readies for her class in her dressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. <br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'Etoile' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). <br />
<br />
FOR REPRODUCTION OTHER THAN RELATED TO THE BOOK 'RISK WISE', PERMISSION FROM DOROTHEE GILBERT IS REQUIRED.
    dorothee_gilbert228-05-06-2014.jpg
  • A 19 year-old girl's hair blows across her face at the beach at Brighton, England.
    ella_brighton03-23-08-2014.jpg
  • A 19 year-old girl's hair blows across her face at the beach at Brighton, England.
    ella_brighton02-23-08-2014.jpg
  • A romantic couple walk through London Fields in the London borough of Hackney where, a week before, looters were robbing residents during the London riots.
    romantic_couple2-14-August-2011.jpg
  • A romantic couple walk through London Fields in the London borough of Hackney where, a week before, looters were robbing residents during the London riots.
    romantic_couple1-14-August-2011.jpg
  • Three friends in their thirties are hugging each other tightly at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, England. We see their three heads as close as possible accompanied by three wall-mounted lights that are glowing a warm red tone making this a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. The man and one of the girls are chubby with round cheeks and chins and so enjoy the good life.
    city_london04-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Elated US expatriate citizens celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th US President in London. .
    obama_inauguration08-20-01_2009.jpg
  • As the number of people dying with Covid-19 in hospitals in England rises by another 665 to 16,272, and the UK experiences further lockdown by the UK government due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a masked Londoner walk past a large construction hoarding showing jolly catering kitchen workers at Elephant & Castle, on 22nd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-44-22-04-2020.jpg
  • As the number of people dying with Covid-19 in hospitals in England rises by another 665 to 16,272, and the UK experiences further lockdown by the UK government due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a masked Londoner walk past a large construction hoarding showing jolly catering kitchen workers at Elephant & Castle, on 22nd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-43-22-04-2020.jpg
  • As the number of people dying with Covid-19 in hospitals in England rises by another 665 to 16,272, and the UK experiences further lockdown by the UK government due to the Coronavirus pandemic, masked Londoners walk past a large construction hoarding showing jolly catering kitchen workers at Elephant & Castle, on 22nd April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-41-22-04-2020.jpg
  • A young woman wearing a red theme of beret and scarf, walks down Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus in Soho, carrying some Valentine's Day roses, and photographs herself with a beaming smile, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
    valentines_lady-02-14-02-2020.jpg
  • A young woman wearing a red theme of beret and scarf, walks down Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus in Soho, carrying some Valentine's Day roses, and photographs herself with a beaming smile, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
    valentines_lady-01-14-02-2020.jpg
  • Children pose for a photo at a swimming pool in Germany, on 13th July 1970, in the Rhineland, Germany.
    60s_germany03-13-07-1970.jpg
  • Sheltering under a shopping bag, two women hurry through London's streets during unseasonal June showers, on 15th June 2019, in London, England.
    west_end_people-21-14-06-2019.jpg
  • A make-up artist smiles while applying a makeover to a customer in the window of a Covent Garden hairdressers, on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    window_makeover-01-04-05-2017.jpg
  • Two women hug while greeting each other beneath a retail poster in central London.
    shop_hoarding-01-29-09-2016.jpg
  • Smiley face cushions in a shop window are arranged by a shop employee in central London.
    smiley_shop-01-29-09-2016.jpg
  • A girl Portuguese football fan celebrates her country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final on 10th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Waving their national flag above their heads, they wave to passers-by after the final whistle in the game that captivated Portugal with their hero, Christiano Ronaldo the symbol of their well-being and patriotism. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-12-10-07-2016.jpg
  • A girl Portuguese football fan celebrates her country's victory over France in the Euro 2016 tournament final on 10th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. Waving their national flag above their heads, they wave to passers-by after the final whistle in the game that captivated Portugal with their hero, Christiano Ronaldo the symbol of their well-being and patriotism. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-13-10-07-2016.jpg
  • Ballerina, Dorothee Gilbert readies for her class in her dressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. <br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'Etoile' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). <br />
<br />
FOR REPRODUCTION OTHER THAN RELATED TO THE BOOK 'RISK WISE', PERMISSION FROM DOROTHEE GILBERT IS REQUIRED.
    dorothee_gilbert236-05-06-2014.jpg
  • Ballerina, Dorothee Gilbert readies for her class in her dressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. <br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'Etoile' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). <br />
<br />
FOR REPRODUCTION OTHER THAN RELATED TO THE BOOK 'RISK WISE', PERMISSION FROM DOROTHEE GILBERT IS REQUIRED.
    dorothee_gilbert233-05-06-2014.jpg
  • A 19 year-old girl's hair blows across her face at the beach at Brighton, England.
    ella_brighton01-23-08-2014.jpg
  • Smiling but childless couple stand by two empty childrens' park swings as a commuter train passes behind in south London.
    childless_couple01-01-05-2002.jpg
  • Five friends walk briskly along a street in the southern Polish city of Krakow. One of the ladies is a bride and has either just married the your man whose arm she's holding, or she is hurrying to her wedding ceremony and the friends around her are all on their way to the church. Another girl is probably her bridesmaid, dressed in frilly blue. There are bouquets of fresh flowers and this is a very special day for these young people who are delighted to attend this wedding somewhere in this city where so many atrocities occurred during the second world war. The picture looks dated from the 1980s but it's the summer of 1990, when Poland was about to undergo massive changes economically and culturally. Their clothing looks very east European for that era and are about to stride past a unisex hairdresser's shop window where a model's face stares to the viewer.
    krakow_wedding07-20-1990.jpg
  • A young man in his twenties parties in the evening at a Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the heart of the City of London, England. Holding a small glass containing a shot of alcohol, he sings at the top of his voice during a Karaoke night. He wears a shirt and tie so probably works in an office. Without a care in the world he has closed his eyes to enjoy the moment of elation and alcohol. It's dark in the bar with few lights in the background but spotlights have little effect to brighten up the scene.
    city_london03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A young girl is groped on the breast by an amorous male acquaintance during a karaoke night in the City of London.
    city_london11-07-01-2008 .jpg
  • Elated US expatriate citizens celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th US President in London. .
    obama_inauguration10-20-01_2009.jpg
  • Elated US expatriate citizens celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th US President in London. .
    obama_inauguration07-20-01_2009.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-14-14-05-2020.jpg
  • The layers of advertising sheets are peeling away above the head of a female model advertising a retail brand on a billboard in Surbiton, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
    surbiton_ad01-12-11-2020.jpg
  • The layers of advertising sheets are peeling away above the head of a female model advertising a retail brand on a billboard in Surbiton, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
    surbiton_ad02-12-11-2020.jpg
  • A passer-by notices a caged pet budgie hanging outside Turkish barbers 'Golden Scissors', on Earsham Street, on 13th August 2020, in Bungay, Norfolk, England.
    bungay05-13-08-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-13-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-12-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-11-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-10-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, the wider implications of social distancing in the workplace after lockdown is being widely discussed with the concept of 'hot desking' being a thing of the past. A closed Hot Desking office space in Noel Street, Soho advertises in its window, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-09-14-05-2020.jpg
  • A single fluffy cloud in blue sky passes over Wonderland, a former nightclub in Sutton south London, on 2nd October 2019, in Sutton, London, England
    sutton_journey-07-02-10-2019.jpg
  • A man stretches out his arms while beneath the shadows of tube kites cast on an exterior concrete wall of the Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank, on 5th August, in London, England.
    summer_southbank-05-05-08-2019.jpg
  • A 1990s Afro-Caribbean mother and her child enjoy the August heatwave in the unheated waters of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but 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. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    lido_swimmer-25-08-1995.jpg
  • 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
  • In the middle of a field serving as a grass car park, three couples celebrate the Ladies' Day event at Royal Ascot. Holding their glasses to toast a grand day out at this annual sporting event in the social calendar, the gentlemen are dressed in formal top hats and tails, the ladies in wide hats and summer dresses. Grinning and looking smug in their upp-class social status, they are seated eccentrically and comically around a plastic table with a tablecloth, two Candelabras and their picnic lunch plates full of fine food.
    RB_010-19-06-2008.jpg
  • A family punts down the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, Oxfordshire England. Lazily they glide down the calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. A young man stands on the boat's stern dragging a pole through the rippled water to propel the vessel upstream. There is golden light across the narrow stretch of the river, yellow flowers are on the bank and a faint breeze fills the triangular sail which is reflected in the clear water that flows a length of 215 miles (346 km) from Gloucestershire to London.
    RB_005-18-07-2001.jpg
  • A young professional couple lie in the sun and share a humerous moment. They sit with their backs to intricate and delicate tiling which depict the Spanish province of Coruna, at the Plaza de España, Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The lady is sitting with her partner's head in her lap, indicating romance and contentedness as she suppresses a giggle. They are both lit by strong sunshine and gives the impression of a perfect moment in their loving relationship. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929.
    RB-0064.jpg
  • Grabbing a quiet few moments in an otherwise busy environment, two people lie in long grass near the tall Canary Wharf tower structure a mile away in the background at Dockland's area of East London. On the grassy bank at Mudchute, a city farm on London's Isle of Dogs, England, the two people have been joined on this war summer afternoon by a small goat who is making its way along, munching at the lush vegetation. It is a seemingly rural location but is, in fact, an area of inner-city London, close to major construction projects, transforming Docklands into a major centre for finance and new housing.
    RB_129-13-08-1991.jpg
  • Mothers and sons hug emotionally in the international arrivals hall of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 airport. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloons and banners amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport83-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air and a home-made banner stretches across Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloon and banner amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport63-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A mother awaitng her son in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 excitedly waves a Welcome Home Matt banner
    heathrow_airport71-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A family awaitng loved-ones in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 stretch a banner and float a helium-filled balloon.
    heathrow_airport60-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A detail of a scratched and faded poster showing a couple, in the window of a local supermarket in Orpington High Street, on 5th February 2020, in London, England.
    orpington_journey-05-05-02-2020.jpg
  • A single fluffy cloud in blue sky passes over Wonderland, a former nightclub in Sutton south London, on 2nd October 2019, in Sutton, London, England
    sutton_journey-08-02-10-2019.jpg
  • Faded poster showing Caucasian French adults and children in Pons, Charente-Maritime, France.
    french_family01-04-07-2014.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
  • A couple of mixed-race have put their heads through the apertures made in a painting that depicts Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, on the Palace Pier at Brighton, on the south coast of England. The faces peep through this traditional attraction that few can resist, even in the 21st century. The man's face looks disturbingly incongruous in the place where the Prince Consort's white German character would be. There is a message here of a changing multi-cultural British society where these friends or partners are from other ethnic backgrounds and where mixed-marriages are now commonplace, as opposed to the Victorian era when attitudes to racism and race-relations were vastly different.
    palace_pier_royals-16-07-1993.jpg
  • A three year-old girl throws her head back with joy while playing with her young one-year-old brother in the back garden of their South London home. We look down on the small girl who throws her head back with delight and the freedom of an early summer afternoon at home. Little brother laughs with pleasure too, sitting on a toy tractor. The picture is slanted to lend a sense of drama. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam10-20-05_1999.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. Floating upwards, the balloon is brightly coloured amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport50-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon of a family waiting for loved-ones floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport49-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-03-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-04-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-01-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-02-06-08-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-06-30-05-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-05-30-05-2018.jpg
  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a closed clothing retailer wishes its customers Happy Holidays, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
    coronavirus_christmas01-30-11-2020.jpg
  • A seascape of calm waters of the Thames Estuary and a Happy Birthday message to a five year-old called May has been chalked on a coastal groyne, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach31-18-07-2020.jpg
  • An inflated Happy Birthday helium balloon along with bouquets of fresh flowers in the rear of a van making multiple deliveries around the capital, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
    flowers_van-04-05-06-2019.jpg
  • An inflated Happy Birthday helium balloon along with bouquets of fresh flowers in the rear of a van making multiple deliveries around the capital, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
    flowers_van-03-05-06-2019.jpg
  • An inflated Happy Birthday helium balloon along with bouquets of fresh flowers in the rear of a van making multiple deliveries around the capital, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
    flowers_van-01-05-06-2019.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-05-06-08-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-07-30-05-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-04-30-05-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-03-30-05-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-02-30-05-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries an oversized Happy Birthday balloon for a friend in Camberwell, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    birthday_balloon-01-30-05-2018.jpg
  • The optimistic words Be Happy with two smiley faces drawn on a whitewashed shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
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