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  • A young child beneath large screen images showing childhood of a bygone era in Britain's history, on display at London's Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank. The child totters and explores, helping this young person to be stimulated with her surroundings, The images of children and families are seen backlit against outside light, an exhibition of Britain's past, celebrating the 70th anniversary weekend of VE Day, when Britons remembered the end of WW2, an age of austerity, rationing and hardship but when childhood was still an era of innocence.
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  • A young child beneath large screen images showing childhood of a bygone era in Britain's history, on display at London's Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank. A young mother shows her child what she can come and explore, helping the young person be stimulated with her surroundings, The images of children and families are seen backlit against outside light, an exhibition of Britain's past, celebrating the 70th anniversary weekend of VE Day, when Britons remembered the end of WW2, an age of austerity, rationing and hardship but when childhood was still an era of innocence.
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  • A mother controls pulling away child with reins on Southbank steps. While walking along the riverfront pavement, the child has chosen to explore the steps and pulls on his walking reins so that the mum needs to tug too, controlling the child and preventing him from escaping. it is a scene of responsible parenting - of childhood exploration and the breaking away for freedom
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  • A child in a classroom at the school for Dalits (untouchables) that was built by Arundhati Roy's grandfather, Aymanam, Kerala, India.<br />
The God of Small Things (1997) is a politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of a pair of fraternal twins who become victims of circumstance. The book is a description of how the small things in life build up, translate into people's behavior and affect their lives. The book won the Booker Prize in 1997.
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  • Vertical jets create a curtain of water as a child flexes his muscles, shivering from cold water cold and other young Londoner children spontaneously shed their clothes and get wet in a splash experience at the South Bank during the free Mayor's Thames Festival celebration along the capital's river. In the heat of summer, when the capital's temperatures have climbed to levels when urban children just want to play in any water they can find, this feature on the upper-level of the newly-renovated Festival Hall (seen on the left) satisfies their reckless and thrilling childhood, allowing them to await ever-changing jets of water pressure that alternates between off and on. The kids are drenched as they find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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  • A young boy creates ripples as he plays with his radio-controlled boat in the River Thames at Dorchester, Oxfordshire. The sun is hidden behind a line of trees and the boy who is backlit stands in the shallow part of the river up to his ankles, wearing his swimming costume. The small boat is only a few feet from the antenna that controls its movement. It is a scene of idyllic tranquility, a childhood of happy summer days. Here the Thames is at its most serene, where visitors enjoy its shallows with the fear of strong currents, tides or large boating activity.
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  • A young lad of 10 poses for a portrait taken by his brother while holding the hand of his young nephew. Confusingly, the 10 year-old uncle and the 1 year-old child are closer in age than the two brothers. The older boy is on holiday in Malawi visiting expat family in the then capital, Blantyre, so named after the town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, where the explorer David Livingstone was born. Both boys stand in the dust of a back yard where a broken windmill remains upright in the intense brightness of mid-day. It is a scene of awkward and gangly boyhood versus the confidence and innocence of young childhood and their posture is exaggerated by differing heights. Kodachrome film has a wonderful magenta colour cast in mid-tones reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look.
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  • Two young children experience a little independence during a walk by themselves through a wood near their grandparents' cottage in Somerset, England. Discovering for themselves the delights of childish adventure without the worries of security unfortunately prevalent in the inner-cities. Here in the forest they return home with the sun in their eyes having had the time of their lives. The beech trees' branches are full with leaves on this mid-summer afternoon in this tranquil scene of childhood innocence, of long summer days and summer holidays. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
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  • It is late on a summer Somerset evening and light is fading towards bedtime for children. Clutching a small bunch of daisies, a five year-old girl gazes at one of her flowers as if held in a trance. Standing in a meadow belonging to her grandfather, she holds up a single stem and twirls it around in her fingers to see its shape and sense its smell. About to climb over a gate in the background, her younger brother is having an adventure of his own, standing on the metal horizontal part of the frame, holding on with one hand. It is a tranquil scene of childhood innocence, of long summer days and summer holidays. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
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  • An older uncle with his two nephews sit on tropical grass in the family African garden in 1970. This amateur family souvenir portrait is a snapshot taken decades before the advent of the digital photograph, preserving the quality of a bygone era. The garden is in the African town of Blantyre in Malawi where this expatriate family lived. This decade is shown with the shorts sandals of seventies childhood.
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  • A class of schoolboys accompanied by their teachers play on the shingle at the water's edge in the south coast seaside town of Brighton. The East Pier is resplendent with amusement rides and attractions that populate its long structure, jutting out into the calm English Channel beyond which is the French coast further south. The children are still in their school shirts, shorts and ties but have taken off their shoes and socks to frolic and enjoy some precious fresh-air and the freedom that childhood brings. According to British legal requirements, schoolchildren on away day visits must have accompanying adults with a ratio of 1:xx though it appears this group's quota is less with two teachers per 28 boys.
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  • Boy somersaults onto matt in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy somersaults onto matt in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy plays in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy jumps off container in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Using the height and thrill to enjoy a scary drop, the boys are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy jumps off container in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy jumps off container in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play with barrel in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play with barrel in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play with barrel in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Girl swings on rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. The girl uses the swing and young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Girl swings on rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. The girl uses the swing and young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boys use claw hammers in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy plays with rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy swings on rope in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy climbs through tunnels in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. A young kid explores the tunnels and tyres in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy swings on rope in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boys play in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boys play in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Slogan for risk aversion at The Land playground in Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. The words Hard and Play have been painted by kids on the fencing in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Childrens' hand prints in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Kids have painted their hands and printed them on the slats of fencing in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy somersaults onto matt in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy somersaults onto matt in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy jumps off container in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play with rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play with rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Girl swings on rope swing in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. The girl uses the swing and young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy somersults off container in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Father and boys in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boys use claw hammer in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy swings on rope in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy swings on rope in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy climbs through tunnels in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. A young kid explores the tunnels and tyres in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boy swings on rope in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boys play in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Children play on old crates and pallets in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. Kids play on self-made wooden bridges and swings made from materials brought in by local donors in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Artwork on old panel in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. A painted panel depicts the jungle as young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Childrens' toilet gender signs risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. The words Boys and Girls have been sprayed on to the doors of an old sea container that acts now as a toilet. Young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Schoolchildren of many ages and ethnic backgrounds spend their morning break-time in their school playground in inner-city London. Faces of a variety of skin colours and expressions look to the viewer as the kids delight in having their picture taken. Their cheeky, mischievous grins make us smile as we remember our own pre-technology childhoods, an era before computers took our natural sense of outdoor fun away.
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  • Jasbir Kaur fly's a kite in her backyard, Chita Kalaan village, Punjab, India.
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  • Children playing on swings in a playground outside Beaumaris Castle, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales.
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  • A young child climbs out of a Babboe Cargo Bike in south London, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
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  • A child is picked up by its mother after falling from a twin buggy in Soho, days before the August Bank Holiday when the streets of this lively district of the capital are expected to be busy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • Sitting alongside a grove of horse chestnut trees, a couple enjoy the last warm glow of summer sunlight in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • A father and his young children wait to safely enter Shoe Lane Library during the Coronavirus pandemic in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • With a further 154 UK covid deaths reported in the last 24hrs, bringing the total to 43,081 victims during the Coronavirus pandemic, the easing of government lockdown restrictions for the re-opening of shops continues, and a lady scoots through Bressenden Place in Victoria, on 24th June, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government considers further restrictions of movement in public places during the Coronavirus pandemic, south Londoners mindful of the need for social distancing, a father cycles with a child on the back of his bike in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronovirus pandemic takes hold across the UK, with health authorities reporting cases rising from 25 to 87 in a single day, and resulting in the UKs chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty announcing that an epidemic in the UK was highly likely, Londoners pass-by Evening Standard headlines at Charing Cross in central London, on 4th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Young children pushing their brother in a toy car across a field of grass on a warm summers evening on the 5th October 2019 in the village of Terme, France.
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  • Father pushing his son in a toy car across a field of grass on a warm summers evening on the 5th October 2019 in the village of Terme, France.
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  • A mother and child stop to choose nutritious fruit and veg from the shelves of oranges, bananas, apples and grapes, outside a shop in Bromley town centre where local businesses offer fresher and cheaper foodstuffs than the larger supermarkets, on 3rd February 2020, in London, England.
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  • As an older daughter plays in the surf, a young girl hugs her mother while on holiday in the southern English seaside resort of Paignton, on 19th July 1993, in Paignton, England.
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  • A baby enjoys the sandy beach with his parents at Minehead, on 12th August 1993, in Minehead, England.
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  • A young girl sits on her pony, waiting for the beginning of her race at a local gymkhana, on 17th September 1999, in Cheltenham, England. Wearing a smart herringbone patterned jacket, regulation jodhpurs and holding a crop to encourage the horse to perform a series of trick and races, she sits calmly awaiting the next event. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on childrens participation such as those organised here by the Pony Club. Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race also known as down and back, flag race, and pole bending.
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  • A young boy looks out from a parked car to watch a passing Scottish pipe band, on 18th August 1993, in Campbeltown, Scotland, UK.
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  • A child clings to the back of her mothers pouch while shopping at a street market in this highly-populated south-east Asian city, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. Macau is now administered by China as a Special Economic Region SER, home to a population of mainland 95% Chinese, primarily Cantonese, Fujianese as well as some Hakka, Shanghainese and overseas Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia and elsewhere. The remainder are of Portuguese or mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry, the so-called Macanese, as well as several thousand Filipino and Thai nationals. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese.
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  • A child leans against an adult shopping for fresh vegetables at an Aberdeen street market, on 16th April 1979, in Hong Kong, while still UK.
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  • A young boy directs his radio-controlled boat on the still waters of the river Thames early in the morning, on 14th July 1999, in Dorchester, England. The River Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom and the longest river entirely in England 215 miles or 346 km long. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea at the Thames Estuary. Historically the Thames was only so-named downstream of the village; upstream it is named the Isis, and Ordnance Survey maps continue to label the river as River Thames or Isis until Dorchester.
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  • A 10 year-old boy plays Formula 1 Wii on a widescreen TV on Christmas Day, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
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  • Among a pile of market carts, a mother bends over to attend to her young child at a street market, on 18th November 1996, in Kolkata, India.
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  • A young boy wearing his school uniform kicks the door of a burned out car that was set alight by vandals beneath the infamous Divis flats of the Catholic Lower Falls Road, West Belfast, on 7th June 1995, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The Divis Tower was a flashpoint area during the height of the Troubles. Nine year-old Patrick Rooney a child of a similar age to this lad, was the first child killed in the Troubles, killed in the tower during the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969.
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  • A man walks his dog past a large billboard, part of a series of portraits by photographer Lucy Alex Mac, that show pregnant women at West Smithfield, in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. As part of the Museum of Londons plans to move into Smithfields General Market Building, this photography show celebrates pregnant residents of Waltham Forest. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
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  • A lady carries a young child on her shoulders during a rain show at Piccadilly Circus in the West End, on 12th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Next to a life buoy, a father waits for his child to finish exploring the pavement on the riverside beneath Kingston Bridge, on 7th November 2019, in Kingston, London, England.
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  • A mannequin of a childs size is seen in the wondow of a clothing business in Barking, on 8th October 2019, in Barking, Essex, England.
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  • A young modern Polish women walks and smokes a cigarette, passing a poster outside a Spar supermarket that shows the stereotyping of gender: a mother and her daughter enjoying baking in the kitchen together, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. The poster translates as: My neighborhood ,my spar.
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  • Young modern Polish women walk past a poster outside a Spar supermarket showing the stereotyping of gender: a mother and her daughter enjoying baking in the kitchen together, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. The poster translates as: My neighborhood ,my spar.
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  • A young child plays among pigeons on the cobbled ground in Rynek Glowny market square, on 24th September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A mother with a green balloon walks past a film industry delivery van during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
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  • Environmental activists protest about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the first day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 7th October 2019, in London, England.
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  • Environmental activists protest about Climate Change during an occupation of Trafalgar Square in central London, the first day of a two-week prolonged worldwide protest by members of Extinction Rebellion, on 7th October 2019, in London, England.
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  • A small girl looks down at a pet dog while waiting for a bus service onthe Walworth Road in south London, on 5th September 2019, in London, England.
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  • A family of 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Two young boys wearing plastic police helmets are made happy by a real-life police officer outside the Cabinet Office on Whitehall in Westminster, on 28th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • Two young boys wearing plastic police helmets are made happy by a real-life police officer outside the Cabinet Office on Whitehall in Westminster, on 28th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • A family climb over a fallen tree trunk in Ecclesall Woods, on 29th June 2019, in Sheffield, England.
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  • A father pushes his young son on a woodland swing in Ecclesall Woods, on 29th June 2019, in Sheffield, England.
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  • A lady carries a child past a fruit and vegetable shop in Camberwell, Southwark, on 18th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • A aerial view of an excited young boy and older tourists being taken around the capital by horse-drawn carriage down Whitehall in Westminster, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • A nine year-old boy squats in his den near a drying out pond in woods near Nailsea, on 21st April 2019, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
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  • A young Climate Change activist with Extinction Rebellion campaigns for a better future for planet Earth after blocking Waterloo Bridge and as part of a multi-location 5-day Easter protest around the capital, on 16th April 2019, in London, England.
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  • Climate Change protestors with Extinction Rebellion block Waterloo Bridge and simultaneously stop traffic across central London including Marble Arch, Piccadilly Circus, Waterloo Bridge and roads around Parliament Square, on 15th April 2019, in London, England.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May again meets opposition Labour leader Jreemy Corbyn in an attempt to break the deadlock in parliament of Brexit, a pro-EU protestors placard and an showing a sleeping child opposite parliament in Westminster, on 4th April 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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