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  • The shadows of a sign for Offices to Let is seen on a white wall in a corporate foyer in the City of London.
    offices_to_let02-09-02-2015.jpg
  • The shadows of a sign for Offices to Let is seen on a white wall in a corporate foyer in the City of London.
    offices_to_let06-09-02-2015.jpg
  • The shadows of a sign for Offices to Let is seen on a white wall in a corporate foyer in the City of London.
    offices_to_let05-09-02-2015.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, staff check customer tickets outside the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue where Adam Kay's medical comedy 'This Is Going To Hurt' is playing, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. But business such as theatres will again have to close from Thursday, and for a period of at least one month.
    coronavirus_theatre04-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, staff check customer tickets outside the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue where Adam Kay's medical comedy 'This Is Going To Hurt' is playing, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. But business such as theatres will again have to close from Thursday, and for a period of at least one month.
    coronavirus_theatre03-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, staff check customer tickets outside the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue where Adam Kay's medical comedy 'This Is Going To Hurt' is playing, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. But business such as theatres will again have to close from Thursday, and for a period of at least one month.
    coronavirus_theatre02-31-10-2020.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. A Social Distance Ambassador's arm and gloved hands lean on a railing of a tent that demonstrates hand washing hygiene advice, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-49-02-07-2020.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. A Social Distance Ambassador's arm and gloved hands lean on a railing of a tent that demonstrates hand washing hygiene advice, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-47-02-07-2020.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. A Social Distance Ambassador's arm and gloved hands lean on a railing of a tent that demonstrates hand washing hygiene advice, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-50-02-07-2020.jpg
  • City workers drink outside a bar on Cannon Street which is a participating in the government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme, an initiative for the food and drinks industry to help stimulate the wider economy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 30th July 2020, in London, England.
    fuji_test44-30-07-2020.jpg
  • Cardboard boxes used for sheltering in and bedding to sleep under by homeless rough sleeper occupies the entrance of a former office property in Shoreditch, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    development_house01-26-02-2021.jpg
  • 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.
    RB_122-28-08-2000.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 welcomes through its doors, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-15-14-05-2020.jpg
  • Cardboard boxes used for sheltering in and bedding to sleep under by homeless rough sleeper occupies the entrance of a former office property in Shoreditch, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    development_house02-26-02-2021.jpg
  • A rather obese woman stands in the waves at the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. With hands behind her back and fingers interlocked the lady wears a turquoise bathing costume that just about fits her ample, wide body. Her bottom is large as are her legs that have cellulite on the tops of her thighs. She looks left alone, a solitary person standing with her back to the viewer - or perhaps she is standing guard, keeping watch on children as they play safely in the sea. Water splashes against her lower legs and is frozen still by a fast shutter speed. It is a fine, bright sunny afternoon on this Eastern coast of England, more noted for very changeable weather rather than the heatwave experienced here.
    obese_bather.jpg
  • A large banner proclaiming Bollocks To Brexit above the south London headquarters of Pimlico Plumbers, on 10th March 2019, in London, England. The controversial boss of Pimlico Plumbers is refusing to take down a giant “bollocks to Brexit” sign on the roof of his HQ, despite the local council ordering him to remove it or face prosecution. Bos Charlie Mullins is refusing to take down the giant sign on the roof of his company HQ, despite the local council ordering him to remove it or face prosecution. Mullins cites freedom of speech and a court case involving punk band the Sex Pistols to oppose Lambeth Council’s contention that the 100ft-long sign, visible to train passengers arriving at Waterloo Station, contravenes planning law.
    pimlico_plumbers-02-10-03-2019.jpg
  • A large banner proclaiming Bollocks To Brexit above the south London headquarters of Pimlico Plumbers, on 10th March 2019, in London, England. The controversial boss of Pimlico Plumbers is refusing to take down a giant “bollocks to Brexit” sign on the roof of his HQ, despite the local council ordering him to remove it or face prosecution. Bos Charlie Mullins is refusing to take down the giant sign on the roof of his company HQ, despite the local council ordering him to remove it or face prosecution. Mullins cites freedom of speech and a court case involving punk band the Sex Pistols to oppose Lambeth Council’s contention that the 100ft-long sign, visible to train passengers arriving at Waterloo Station, contravenes planning law.
    pimlico_plumbers-01-10-03-2019.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 young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0416-01_1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment08-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Hopton's Alms Houses, London SE1. Hopton's Almshouses were built in 1752 by trustees appointed under the will of Charles Hopton. 26 poor persons were chosen to occupy the houses. Almsmen were allowed to marry but the original rules were framed to prevent children of the almsmen becoming chargeable to Christ Church parish. Each almsman was to receive a chaldron of coals and a payment of not less than £6 a year. The almshouses consist of a continuous range of two-storey cottages on three sides of the central lawn with trees and paved paths.
    alms_house01-18-01-2015.jpg
  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise the recovery position and resuscitation to a volunteer seaside victim. Lying on the smooth sand near the water's edge, a young man wearing a wetsuit lies pretending to be unconscious, having ingested sea water and requiring immediate treatment by the staff, well-versed in saving lives. As one starts chest compressions, the other holds on the mouth before continuing mouth-to-mouth. Passing time is vital if they are to start a heart and get air into the brain.
    lifeguard_exercise-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Three young British Asians pose in the street to show their gangland signs in Southall, west London. "Throwing up" a gang sign (e.g., "Stacking," "walk") with the hands is one of the most known and obvious forms of "claiming." It is used in many situations where other identifiers may not be possible or appropriate, and it can also show that a gang member is in the area to "do business" as opposed to just passing through. Usually these signs are made by formation of the fingers on one or both hands to make some sort of symbol or letter.
    british_asians01-13-11-1997.jpg
  • A marketing canopy for e-Lite cigarettes occupies a pitch next to a memorial for Jewish Kinder Tansports. E-Lites are the latest generation of electronic smoking devices. The products, which were designed to combat the smoking ban, do not comply with Department of Health regulations because some brands contain toxic levels of nicotine. Now the government will have tests carried out on the e-cigarettes to assess their levels of toxicity. Large numbers of smokers have turned to the battery-powered cigarettes in the wake of the smoking ban which was imposed throughout the country.
    smokers_children03-15-03-2011.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait08-22-07-2013.jpg
  • A To Let sign attached to the gate of a building offering space near to the 2012 Olympic Park site.
    olympic_stratford01-22-05-2012.jpg
  • A To Let sign attached to the wall of a vacant building offering space near to the 2012 Olympic Park site.
    2012_stratford18-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Surrounded by black bin-bags during the Merseyside dustmans' strike of 1991, two young "Scouse' girls lean against a brick wall in a rear alleyway between poor terraced housing in Liverpool, England. There is an older, taller white teenage girl with blonde hair dressed in a blue shell-suit and a shorter and younger friend of Asian-descent. Looking suspicious and amused at something across the cobbled alley of these 'back to back' houses in a poor area, South of the city centre, home to deprived families. The industrial action aginst the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool during the summer of '91 when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs exist after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats.
    RB_017-14-06-1991.jpg
  • A gentleman Sky Cap stands in front of the terminal building at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, California, USA. Wearing his red waste-coat, ID badge and cap he holds the handle of the baggage trolley with which he assists passengers to offload their belongings and guides them to the check-in counters inside. The man has a greying beard and sunglasses against the glare and is an eager helper to those struggling with heavy travel possessions. On the ground are stencilled the words 'Passenger Loading Only' referring to where departing travellers might seek help with baggage. There are armies of workers across the world keeping airlines and airports running 24/7. 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_corbis47-10-11-2000.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-40-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-10-23-03-2019.jpg
  • A young man in a 'Kimchee To Go' bar sits at a high table overlooking the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    city_person-05-12-12-2017.jpg
  • A teenage boy tries the sights of a WW2 sten gun during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary celebrations in London. Picking up the replica weapon, the boy takes aim along the barrel of the gun, pretending to shoot an unseen enemy. Wearing military clothing and a hat with union jack colours plus flag in a back pocket, he plays the soldier at a time of remembrance of those killed during wartime. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.
    boy_weapon-06-05-1995.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. A Social Distance Ambassador's arm and gloved hands lean on a railing of a tent that demonstrates hand washing hygiene advice, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-48-02-07-2020.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-45-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-38-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-31-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-28-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-24-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-22-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-06-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-01-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Detail of a war memorial outside the London US Embassy at the Stop Trump’s Muslim ban demonstration on 4th February 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The protest was called on by Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Engagement and Development, the Muslim Council of Britain, CND and Friends of Al-Aqsa. Thousands of demonstrators gathered to demonstrate against Trump's ban on Muslims, saying it must be opposed by all who are against racism and support basic human rights, and for Theresa May not to collude with him.
    anti_trump_protest-40-04-02-2017.jpg
  • Detail of a war memorial and the statue of Ronald reagan outside the London US Embassy at the Stop Trump’s Muslim ban demonstration on 4th February 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The protest was called on by Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Engagement and Development, the Muslim Council of Britain, CND and Friends of Al-Aqsa. Thousands of demonstrators gathered to demonstrate against Trump's ban on Muslims, saying it must be opposed by all who are against racism and support basic human rights, and for Theresa May not to collude with him.
    anti_trump_protest-41-04-02-2017.jpg
  • A young woman holds the hand of her 5 year-old brother during a visit to London zoo in the early 1960s. Looking closely at a tame llama that has been hitched up to a harness and about to pull children for a short ride around the enclosures of London's zoo in Regents Park. It was recorded on a film camera by the boy's father, an amateur photographer in 1964.The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
    60s_family09-13-08-1962.jpg
  • Local Peckham shoppers stop to read the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham9-18-August-2011.jpg
  • Separated by four floors, two employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, make their way along walkways in the main atrium of E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Striding confidently between offices, the two people are unaware of each other's presence but make their way from right to left of this tall, upright scene of modernity. The senior person on top may have an advantage from better opportunities, the low-ranking worker below may be needing to rise up the ranks. Morning sunlight floods through the green tinted glass that overlooks Tower Bridge on the River Thames. The term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective. .
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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
  • In front of empty parking bay markings, a stencilled arrow points from right to left in the foreground at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. A 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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  • City workers drink outside a bar on Cannon Street which is a participating in the government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme, an initiative for the food and drinks industry to help stimulate the wider economy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 30th July 2020, in London, England.
    fuji_test43-30-07-2020.jpg
  • City workers drink outside a bar on Cannon Street which is a participating in the government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme, an initiative for the food and drinks industry to help stimulate the wider economy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 30th July 2020, in London, England.
    fuji_test42-30-07-2020.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    brexit_protest-65-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-64-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-62-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-58-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-55-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-50-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-46-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-02-23-03-2019.jpg
  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-03-23-03-2019.jpg
  • London 6th December 2013: Tributes pour in to the former South African leader and anti-apartheid ANC campaigner Nelson Mandela, who has died aged 95. Mandela made many friends in Britain, visiting many times - in the 60s to raise funds for his political struggle against the racist regime, then as President after 27 years imprisonment.
    mandela_tributes21-06-12-2013.jpg
  • A young child is allowed by an unseen parent to play  unknowingly on the memorial for Jewish Kinder Transportees at Liverpool Street mainline Station in the City of London. The Kindertransport is a rescue mission that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig. The children were placed in British foster homes, hostels, schools and farms. Often they were the only members of their families who survived the Holocaust.
    kinder_transport_statue01-04-03-2014.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.
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  • A local Peckham mother stops to read the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham5-18-August-2011.jpg
  • High above the streets of Old Lisbon, we see a Portuguese lady leaning out of her window to hang out her washing on the line that is attached to her home's exterior wall in the Bairro Alto district - or Upper City - the oldest of Lisbon's residential quarters. Items of underwear, socks and other miscellaneous clothing have been strung out on the line that is now pegged along the crumbling wall's surface with faded, peeling plaster and paint. A TV aerial has also been fixed precariously by the window and it's shadow can be seen in the sunshine which is strong and side-lighting the scene which has a warm, morning glow about it. Lisbon's Bairro Alto quarter is located above Baixa and developed in the 16th Century. Suffering very little damage in the earthquake of 1755, it remains the area of most character and renowned for its residential and working quarter for craftsmen and shopkeepers. At night, life takes on a diferent personality when bars and up until the 60s, prostitution gave the district a bad reputation in the past but nowadays tourists and the chic frequent its streets and traditional 'Fado' (classical Portuguese opera) bars.  ...
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  • 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.
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  • A detail showing the fine stitching of a cotton dress by couturier Margaret Howell in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. In close-up, the eye is drawn into the centre of focus where the buttons are held in a criss-cross stich in its four holes. There are pins in this still prototype design as it evolves from an idea on paper to an actual garment. The fine check pattern of its fabric is beautifully sewn together in this fine and intricate dress. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A Japanese buyer watches a male model walk the catwalk of couturier Margaret Howell's Fashion Week show rehearsal in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. Making notes on his clipboard as he looks at the striding man, the audience has yet to arrive so we see a largely empty scene that usually  serves as a shop. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Pro-EU Remain protesters march to 'Stop the Coup' in Whitehall, near Downing Street, at the end of a week that saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson ask Queen Elizabeth for permission to suspend (prorogue) the British Parliament during the final stages of his Brexit negotiations with the European Union, in Brussels, on 31st August 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May tours European capitals hoping to persuade foreign leaders to accept a new Brexit deal (following her cancellation of a Parliamentary vote), a pro-EU Remainer-sponsored bus drives past the protests opposite the Houses of Parliament, on 11th December 2018, in London, England.
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  • Bella Freud stands looking over her sister Esther's garden in West London. She is known for her womens' fashion label, though she is currently focussing on knitwear, producing beautiful collections of sweaters in limited numbers each season. For Autumn/ Winter 2005 Bella's knitwear range expanded to include menswear for the first time ever with a capsule collection of four sweater designs for men. She works as consultant with Miss Selfridges plus designing one off pieces for special clients like Nick Cave to wear on stage. Her celebrity clients include Madonna, Kate Moss, Courtney Love and others. Bella Freud is the daughter of the artist Lucian Freud and the great grand daughter of Sigmund Freud...
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  • Cardboard boxes used for sheltering in and bedding to sleep under by homeless rough sleeper occupies the entrance of a former office property in Shoreditch, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
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  • A British passenger has a road map for the year 1996 on their lap in the left-hand seat as they queue with other Brits at the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone, England. Their journey will take them across the English Channel to   France via the Channel Tunnel.
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  • Rush hour train commuters descend by escalator into Underground at London Bridge mainline Station, en-route to tube sevices
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  • The Back to front cottage doorway at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk.
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  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
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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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  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Seven days before the original for the UK to leave the EU, hundreds of thousands of Brexit protestors marched through central London calling for another EU referendum. Organisers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament, on 23rd March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Local Peckham shoppers pass-by the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
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  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Staff with visual merchandising supplier 'Bright Leaf' carry blue boards and materials  back to their West End premises, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • Pro-EU Remainers celebrate EU membership by singing Ode To Joy during their 'party like there's no tomorrow' for one last time outside parliament, one day before Brexit Day (the date of 31st January 2020, when the UK legally exits the European Union), in Parliament Square, Westminster, on 30th January 2020, in London, England.
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  • On the day that Britain's new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, Class War protesters stretch their classist banner outside Downing Street, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • A solitary person walks over wasteland in Liverpool, England, left after housing was demolished decades ago - its impoverished population having moved out for a better life elsewhere. the sign tells us the name of this road but paint has been daubed over it in an attempt perhaps, to erase its identity now that the community has gone too. Billboards for consumer goods are on show for  non-existent shoppers.
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  • The message in graffiti lettering "Don't come here they attack you" has been written on a wall outside a house in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, Merseyside England. Flat 1A has a bright red-painted door and red bricks in an otherwise poverty-stricken district of this poor inner-city where crime and social deprivation has become the normal way of life for Scouses (someone from Liverpool). We see the red theme carried throughout this image of threat and ill-discipline where survival is clearly hard. These 'back to back' terraced houses have largely been demolished during Liverpool's regeneration during the 60s and 70s though some remain, accommodating unfortunate families on low-income.
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  • Staff with visual merchandising supplier 'Bright Leaf' carry blue boards and materials  back to their West End premises, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • 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 welcomes through its doors, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • A young man in a 'Kimchee To Go' bar sits at a high table overlooking the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
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  • A young man in a 'Kimchee To Go' bar sits at a high table overlooking the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
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  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise recover position and resuscitation to volunteer victim on beach.
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  • Seen in close-up detail, a holidaymaker's shirt is displayed in Magaluf. He has two pairs of spectacles hanging around his sunburned neck and a printed short-sleeved shirt depicting tropical paradise beach scenes with blue skies, palm trees and representing a Hawaiian Pacific Ocean scene with boats at sea, rolling on the waves. Magaluf is a popular holiday resort on the island of Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands. A seedy resort very much orientated around British tourists and catering for both young parties as well as families, Magaluf is considered as an exotic alternative to the chilly seaside towns around the UK's coast.  .
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  • A trio of elder ladies dressed in whites watch a younger club member demonstate how to play bowls on a perfect London lawn
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  • Faded newspaper sheets are stuck to a closed newsagent's window in Dulwich, South London UK
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  • A Bahrani aircraft mechanic stands beneath the giant nose wheel assembly of a Being airliner at Bahrain International Airport. Wearing a red headset, he can communicate by cable with the pilots high up in the aircraft's cockpit as a vehicle pushes-back the flying machine onto the taxi-way before starting its engines and departure. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. 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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  • A US Navy electrician looks straight into the camera wearing a brown colour-coded uniform and beneath the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler, a communications and intelligence-gathering patrol aircraft on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, on patrol off Kuwait in the Persian Gulf enforcing the coalition's no-fly zone over Iraq. Behind him are the signs and emblems of the US Navy aircraft that is parked on the deck of this carrier so named after the US President who was in office from 1945 to 1953. 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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  • Staff with visual merchandising supplier 'Bright Leaf' carry blue boards and materials  back to their West End premises, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
    visual_merchandising12-24-07-2020.jpg
  • On the day that Britain's new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, Class War protesters stretch their classist banner outside Downing Street, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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