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  • Young men of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial12-05-08-2014.jpg
  • The face of Russian President Vladimirovich Putin appears on the front page of American global newspaper USA Today.
    putin_headline01-06-03-2014.jpg
  • Lifeguards parade past Cornhill during the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London. Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave. .
    lord_mayors_show12-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford with wife and Mayoress Claire and daughter Thea, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show18-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Newly-elected Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford (L), a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show28-10-11-2012.jpg
  • VIPs in the City of London and from the armed services, watch the Lord Mayor's Show at Mansion House. Decorated officers and their families stand alongside the newly-elected Lord Mayor as the procession passes-by. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show30-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB waves to crowds during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show41-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB waves to crowds during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show42-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Members of the United States women's water polo team meet friends and fans after making a TV appearance on NBC's Today show broadcast live from the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics, and the morning after winning the gold medal match against Spain.
    olympic_park42-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A sign that tells parents that the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School is closed for today, during harsh weather in early 2010.
    london_snows07-07-01-2010.jpg
  • A week after the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the headline on the front page of the USA Today newspaper runs a quote from President George W Bush - 'The Hour is Coming' - a message of imminent reprisals against al Qaeda terrorists and the followers in Afghanistan of the Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, on 21st September 2001, New York, USA. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    bush_headline-21-09-2001.jpg
  • Young smoking man of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial11-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Statue of a young boy outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume. Coade stone or Lithodipyra "stone fired twice") was stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for moulding Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments that were both of the highest quality and remain virtually weatherproof today.
    st_botolphs_chapel06-08-10-2013.jpg
  • Statue of a young boy outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume. Coade stone or Lithodipyra "stone fired twice") was stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for moulding Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments that were both of the highest quality and remain virtually weatherproof today.
    st_botolphs_chapel05-08-10-2013.jpg
  • Pikemen in the Guildhall courtyard await the arrival of the new Lord Mayor of London before the start of the annual procession for the new Mayor. Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, an ex-financier with Swedish bank SEB is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district.
    lord_mayors_show01-10-11-2012.jpg
  • The Lord Mayor's carriage arrives at Mansion House during the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London. Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave. .
    lord_mayors_show15-10-11-2012.jpg
  • The Lord Mayor's carriage parades through Cornhill during the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London. Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave. .
    lord_mayors_show13-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Members of Doggett's Coat and Badge walk towards the Guldhall before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London. Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave. .
    lord_mayors_show11-10-11-2012.jpg
  • The white helmets of the Royal Marines who march through the City of London during the annual Lord Mayor's Show. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show33-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB inspects troops during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show16-10-11-2012.jpg
  • The white helmets of the Royal Marines who march through the City of London during the annual Lord Mayor's Show. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show31-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Newly-elected Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford (L), a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show17-10-11-2012.jpg
  • A fuel tanker with the union jack and helping top make Britain greater passes the Mansion House during the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show20-10-11-2012.jpg
  • A soldier sits with his weapon on a truck on a float passing  the newly-elected Lord Mayor of London during the Lord Mayor's Show. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show19-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford, a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB waves to crowds during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show38-10-11-2012.jpg
  • The white helmets of the Royal Marines who march through the City of London during the annual Lord Mayor's Show. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show34-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Newly-elected Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford (L), a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show35-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Alderman and Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Roger Gifford (L), a merchant banker with Swedish bank SEB waves to crowds during the Lord Mayor's Show. He is the 685th in the City of London's ancient history. The new Mayor's procession consists of a 3-mile, 150-float parade of commercial and military organisations going back to medieval times. This is the oldest and longest civic procession in the world that has survived the Plague and the Blitz, today one of the best-loved pageants. Henry Fitz-Ailwyn was the first Lord Mayor (1189-1212) and ever since, eminent city fathers (and one woman) have taken the role of the sovereign's representative in the City - London's ancient, self-governing financial district. The role ensured the King had an ally within the prosperous enclave.
    lord_mayors_show37-10-11-2012.jpg
  • Clothing hanging on a washing line in a Pimlico housing estate in London. Reflecting a bygone era when the residents of inner-city tenements and housing estates hung out their washing on wash days (usually Mondays in the UK), relying on honesty and the community spirit to ensure their safety. Today we see this rarely apart from courtyards like this in west London. The walls are made fromclassic London stock bricks but the colours of a vibrant 21st century Britain are seen strung along the line.
    washing_line01-13-06-2013.jpg
  • Now a peaceful and idyllic farmland landscape, also the battlefield of the Battle of Flooden, on 28th June 2019, in Branxton, Northumberland, England. The Battle of Flodden Field was undoubtedly the most famous confrontation between the English and Scots ever fought on English soil. It took place eight miles to the north west of Wooler near the village of Branxton on September 9th, 1513 in the reign of Henry VIII. Approximately 10,000 Scots and 5,000 English were slaughtered.
    flooden_battlefield-03-28-06-2019.jpg
  • Now a peaceful and idyllic farmland landscape, also the battlefield of the Battle of Flooden, on 28th June 2019, in Branxton, Northumberland, England. The Battle of Flodden Field was undoubtedly the most famous confrontation between the English and Scots ever fought on English soil. It took place eight miles to the north west of Wooler near the village of Branxton on September 9th, 1513 in the reign of Henry VIII. Approximately 10,000 Scots and 5,000 English were slaughtered.
    flooden_battlefield-01-28-06-2019.jpg
  • High-rise towers on the Southbank and an ad for the new Aardman Animation's new release Early Man, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England.
    waterloo-02-30-01-2018.jpg
  • High-rise towers on the Southbank and an ad for the new Aardman Animation's new release Early Man, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England.
    waterloo-01-30-01-2018.jpg
  • A Jewish gentleman, bus stop graffiti and an ad for the new Aardman Animation's new release Early Man, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England.
    waterloo-03-30-01-2018.jpg
  • A detail of three screens showing the current rates for foreign currencies on the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    currency_rates-01-12-12-2017.jpg
  • The new Shard tower rises high above London next to the spire of St George the Martyr church at Marshalsea, on 28th November 2016, in Borough, Southwark, England.
    shard_church-04-28-11-2016.jpg
  • The new Shard tower rises high above London next to new housing and the spire of St George the Martyr church at Marshalsea, on 28th November 2016, in Borough, Southwark, England.
    shard_church-01-28-11-2016.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers eat lunches beneath the pillars of Royal Exchange during an unusual autumn heatwave on 13th September 2016, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-05-13-09-2016.jpg
  • Royal faces from an old empire with a three year-old Maria Theresia and a portrait of some of her 16 children (incl Marie Antoinette) with a modern day Austria outside Schloss Schonbrunn (palace) on 27th June 2016, in Vienna, Austria. The cruise line image is for the Viking Line whose tourists are inside the nearby royal apartments. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (1717–1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    vienna_schonbrunn-04-27-06-2016.jpg
  • Austrian Emperor Franz Josef and modern day dog walkers outside Schloss Schonbrunn, in Vienna, Austria, EU.
    vienna_schonbrunn-07-27-06-2016.jpg
  • A traditionally-dressed villager seen through the windscreen of a modern car in the village of Qurna, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt395-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt362-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt360-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt358-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Flowering Bougainvillea and modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt344-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt341-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Present-day No Entry sign interacting with the background of a hoarding featuring a future building being constructed in the City of London.
    no_entry_hoarding01-16-02-2016.jpg
  • A mother and child pass Goya portraits in Trafalgar Square, central London
    trafalgar_people05-09-12-2015.jpg
  • An elderly man with a stick walks past the Goya portrait of portrait of Don Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo, outside the Natioinnal Gallery in Trafalgar Square, central London
    trafalgar_people04-09-12-2015.jpg
  • Landscape showing the ski jump for the 1956 Olympics in the city of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy.
    cortina_dampezzo08-20-07-2015.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation13-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation07-10-03-2015.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation11-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation05-10-03-2015.jpg
  • King Henry VIII (8th) on a construction hoarding alongside a red standing pedestrian light in central London.
    history_hoarding02-10-12-2014.jpg
  • Lone man smokes a cigarette opposite contemporary poster of young people, in London's Carnaby Street
    street_man02-20-11-2014.jpg
  • Ancient Bronze Age path and former drovers route from Scotland to London, at Scotch Corner on the North Yorkshire moors.
    drovers_route03-30-09-2014.jpg
  • Ancient Bronze Age path and former drovers route from Scotland to London, at Scotch Corner on the North Yorkshire moors.
    drovers_route02-30-09-2014.jpg
  • WW1 war memorial and modern Londoners at Conhill in the City of London.
    city_people14-20-08-2014.jpg
  • Businessmen beneath Cornhill pillars in the City of London.
    city_people01-20-08-2014.jpg
  • WW1 memorial soldier statue, commemorating the Royal Fusiliers in the City of London. In the 100th year after WW1 started, a detail of a war memorial soldier's head and shoulders, a hero in the City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart, the statue represents a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    war_memorial01-13-08-2014.jpg
  • Lunchtime sun for City of London office workers in the grounds of St. Botolph’s without Bishopsgate church. <br />
Christian worship has probably been offered at this location at the church of St. Botolph’s without Bishopsgate since Roman times. The original Saxon church, the foundations of which were discovered when the present church was erected, is first mentioned as ‘Sancti Botolfi Extra Bishopesgate’ in 1212. St. Botolph without Bishopsgate may have survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, and only lost one window in the Second World War, but on 24 April 1993 was one of the many buildings to be damaged by an IRA bomb.
    st_botolphs01-13-08-2014.jpg
  • Lincoln Cathedral sits high on the skyline, across the city from terraced housing. In the distance, the cathedral stands dominating the city. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549). Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England. The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a 2011 population of 93,541. Lincoln developed from the Roman town of Lindum Colonia, which developed from an Iron Age settlement. Lincoln's major landmarks are Lincoln Cathedral, a fine example of English Gothic architecture, and Lincoln Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle.
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  • 1990s children play near a display of wartime Brits during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary celebrations in London. Two girls wearing identical pink costumes with hearts stand near the poster of the happy wartime couple. 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.
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  • The entrance/exit pillar and gate to Dulwich Park in the south London borough of Southwark.
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  • The entrance/exit pillar and gate to Dulwich Park in the south London borough of Southwark.
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  • The entrance/exit pillar and gate to Dulwich Park in the south London borough of Southwark.
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  • Columns of the Bank of England and top-deck bus passenger in the City of London.
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  • A city worker relaxes during lunchtime outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume.
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  • A city worker relaxes during lunchtime outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume.
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  • City workers relax during lunchtime outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume.
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  • City workers relax during lunchtime outside St Botolph's Church Hall. Originally an infants' school, St Botolph's Church Hall stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. The entrance to the hall is flanked by two Coade stone statues of a schoolboy and schoolgirl wearing 19th century costume.
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  • Painted lettering from a staff shop (stores) at the former WW2 Flixton air force base in Suffolk, England. Flixton was the home of the 706th Bombardment Squadron, an operational squadron of the 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy). The 446th operated chiefly against strategic objectives on the Continent from December 1943 until April 1945. Targets included U-boat installations at Kiel, the port at Bremen, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, ball-bearing works at Berlin, aero-engine plants at Rostock, aircraft factories at Munich, marshalling yards at Coblenz, motor works at Ulm, and oil refineries at Hamburg. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural and industrial use.
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  • WW2 emblem painting at the former Flixton air force base in Suffolk, England. Flixton was a former airfield located around 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Bungay and home  to the 706th Bombardment Squadron, an operational squadrons of the 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy). The 446th operated chiefly against strategic objectives on the Continent from December 1943 until April 1945. Targets included U-boat installations at Kiel, the port at Bremen, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, ball-bearing works at Berlin, aero-engine plants at Rostock, aircraft factories at Munich, marshalling yards at Coblenz, motor works at Ulm, and oil refineries at Hamburg. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural and industrial use.
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  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once one of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural use.
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  • A wall mural of WW2 bombers crossing the sky at the former RAF Hethel air for base in Norfolk, England. Built during 1942 for use by the Americans and was transferred to the USAAF from 14 September 1943 though to 12 June 1945. Hethel served as headquarters for the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the 2nd Bombardment Division. The group flew B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign.  Strategic objectives in France, the Low Countries, and Germany included targets such as shipbuilding yards at Vegesack, industrial areas of Berlin, oil facilities at Merseburg, factories at Münster, railroad yards at Sangerhausen, and V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural and industrial use.
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  • The semi-derelict bunkhouse at the former WW2 Wendling air base, Norfolk, England. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield, being the home of the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force 392nd Bombardment Group. The group flew B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. The 392d BG entered combat on 9 September 1943 and engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic objectives on the Continent until April 1945. The group attacked such targets as an oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, a marshalling yard at Osnabrück, a railroad viaduct at Bielefeld, steel plants at Brunswick, a tank factory at Kassel, and gas works at Berlin. With the end of military control the airfield has become a turkey farm.
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  • Two women gaze at the names of war dead at the Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • Thorns coming through broken window at the former WW2 Old Buckenham airfield, built during 1942-43 for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force. It was given designation USAAF Air Station 144. The group flew B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. Throughout combat, the unit served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization. Targets included a fuel depot at Dulmen, marshalling yards at Paderborn, aircraft assembly plants at Gotha, railway centres at Hamm, an ordnance depot at Glinde, oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen, chemical works at Leverkusen, an airfield at Neumünster, a canal at Minden, and a railway viaduct at Altenbeken. James "Jimmy" Stewart, the Hollywood movie star, was Group Operations Officer at Old Buckenham during the spring of 1944.
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  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • Architectural landscape of missile silo doors entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • The remains of the former Hôtelissimo Les Relais Bleus Hotel, where the Air France Concorde airliner crashed on 25 July 2000. One hundred passengers and nine crew members on board the flight died. On the ground, four people were killed and one seriously injured.
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  • An elderly gentleman passes-by a large hoarding model ad for an opening store of G-Star on London's Oxford Street.
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  • Locals from Cirencester sit below the first world war memorial on the church wall in the city centre.
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  • Three enthusiasts ponder the prospect of owning a WW2 warbird during the world's largest aviation airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering.
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  • Perimeter fence and Mod sign at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Wall art detail inside a lower-ground control bunker at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use.
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  • Empty countryside landscape at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Natural landscape of grass-covered missile silos at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Architectural detail of a missile silo door entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common04-19-03-2003.jpg
  • Natural landscape of grass-covered missile silos at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone in the City of London. Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone by a construction hoarding in the City of London.
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  • Real remembrance wreaths on the ground at the foot of a black and white vintage era photograph that shows the Cenotaph, currently hiding the real monument being renovated in London's Whitehall.
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  • Real remembrance wreaths on the ground at the foot of a black and white vintage era photograph that shows the Cenotaph, currently hiding the real monument being renovated in London's Whitehall.
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  • Lunchtime spring crowds enjoy warm weather beneath the pillars at Cornhill Exchange in the City of London.
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  • Lunchtime spring crowds enjoy warm weather beneath the pillars at Cornhill Exchange in the City of London.
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  • Lunchtime spring crowds enjoy warm weather beneath the war memorial at Cornhill in the City of London.
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  • Decor in the conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • The office of Major General Hans Carlsohn, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Carlsohn was personal assistant to Mielke then director of the Minister's secretariat. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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