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  • HGV Lorries parked overnight at The Orwell Crossing, a 24hour traditional transport cafe and lorry park serving nearby Felixstowe Docks along the A14 on the 10th December 2009 in Ipswich in the United Kingdom.
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  • With traffic cones arranged to avoid accidents in the darkness, the spinning turbofan blades of a British Airways Boeing jet aircraft are highlighted by the headlights of an airfield vehicle during the airliner's overnight turnaround at Heathrow Airport. The beauty of the engine’s cowling and the wing to which it is attached shows the marvel of its engineering, of its magnificent aviation design. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).  Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1099-11-08-2009_1.jpg
  • The giant nosewheel of a Boeing 747-400 airliner is parked on the apron area during its overnight turnround at Heathrow Airport. The engineering of this magnificent piece of aviation design is highlighted by the headlights of an airfield vehicle and the tyres sit firmly on the tarmac at an exact parking spot according to the aircraft's length in order for it to be met by air bridges and service trucks. The nose wheel is used for steering the jet when on the ground. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1092-11-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Two toilet rolls are ready for use in a Paris hotel room toilet. Folded into triangular, pointed ends that point down to the bathroom floor in a famliar manner known to businessmen and and tourists during overnight stays in these anonymous and generic rest-stops frequented by travellers. Mounted onto a brown wall, the twin toilet roll holders are fixed side by side and have a shiny chrome finish.
    esa_guiana00412-08-2007_1.jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors beneath a French war memorial in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview68-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview64-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview60-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview58-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview56-29-April-201...jpg
  • Royalist enthusiasts camp outdoors in the Mall, in the hours before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Dawn light reveals a massed crowd of Britons and foreign visitors (many Americans and Commonwealth citizens)  who are asleep in small tents and warm under sleeping bags. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions the crowds are already gathering to claim their ideal locations in the front rows along the procession route later that morning.
    royal_wedding_preview66-29-April-201...jpg
  • Evening dinner is served by candlelight in the Domaine de Rennebourg, a gite property in south-western rural France, on 15th October 1997, in Saint-Denis-du-Pin, Charente-Maritime, France.
    french_gite-15-10-1997_1.jpg
  • A boy plays snowballs at night during heavy snow showers in central London - a rare event for an inner-city. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this street in Herne Hill, South London. The lad is in his element by going outdoors at night as the showers are falling everywhere about him. He dashes across the picture, running through thousands of snowflakes armed with a snowball destined for his elder sister's head. Relishing the hide and seek game they're playing and the prospect of landing the snow as a direct hit makes him look mischievous and excited.
    london_snow10-01-02_2009.jpg
  • As bright sunlight shines through the window of an airliner, a sleeping male passenger reclines in his seat on a generic transatlantic flight. Sitting in the window seat of this transatlantic flight, the man has a large tummy protruding over his seat belt as he slumbers with a hand resting on the seat arm. The sun is over the port (left) wing as it continues to fly back towards Europe from the USA.
    airliner_passenger01-17-11-2000_1_1.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest08-17-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest14-17-11-2020.jpg
  • Activists' banners in Sydenham Hill Woods against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 24th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    tree_protest05-24-11-2020.jpg
  • The notification of a tree removal notice and injunction against obstruction is attached to the trunk of an oak tree in Sydenham Hill Woods, the scene of a protest against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 24th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    tree_protest02-24-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest07-17-11-2020.jpg
  • A man sleeps on a bench in Congress Square in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 25th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-379-26-06-2018.jpg
  • A lorry park cabin on the 12th April 2011 near Cheltenham in the United Kingdom.
    SM_RoadsideBritain_185.jpg
  • A lady sits outside in morning sunshine on the terrace of her B+B guesthouse in the Devon seaside town of Paignton. It is late morning and a lady has emerged from her bead and breakfast. Sunlight is quite high in the sky and the shadows of a vine that is growing across the roof of the building's terrace, is seen on the wall behind the woman. She is seated reading a magazine in a garden chair and is surrounded by colourful flowers in their prime. Well-painted original victorian railings that act as a sort of ballustrade are in front of the female. In the window is a scene of typical seaside Englishness. Serviettes are splayed out on a table along with breakfast or dinner items awaiting guests at the next meal.
    b+b_woman-21-07-1992_1.jpg
  • Meat porters drag old carts laden with freshly-butchered meat in Smithfield market. One man’s coat reveals blood stains and one calls to the other as they walk. Meat has been bought and sold at Smithfield for over 800 years, making it one of the oldest markets in London. A livestock market occupied the site as early as the 10th century. Approximately 120,000 tons of produce pass through the market each year. As well as meat and poultry, products such as cheese, pies, and other delicatessen goods are available. Buyers including butchers, restaurateurs and caterers are able see the goods for themselves and drive away with what they have bought. Bargaining between buyers and sellers at Smithfield sets the guidelines for meat and poultry prices throughout the UK.
    smithfield_butchers-16-04-1994_1_1.jpg
  • A red Hawk jet aircraft belonging to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, is parked in the hangar at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, the home base for the squadron. Night is falling with only blue daylight remaining in the western sky and the warm light from the hangar spills out of the giant open doors on to the concrete. The aircraft awaits attention from the engineer's night-shift who service and maintain all 11 of the famous red aerobatic jets before flying the next morning. The hangar, an original World War 2 shelter for the Lancaster bombers of 617 Dambusters squadron who attacked the damns of the German Ruhr valley on 16th May 1943 using the Bouncing Bomb. The Red Arrows use this and nearby offices administrative nerve-centre for the 90-plus displays they perform a year.
    Red_Arrows007_RBA_1.jpg
  • Leaning against the side wall of the eighteenth-century Stein Inn in the tiny Loch-side hamlet of Stein, Waternish, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, a road-racing bicycle stands beneath a prominent three-letter sign saying 'Inn'. The image is in shadow and therefore monotone, with little colour except for the faint blue that is seen above from a fading sky. The wall is painted white and the word in block capitals is in black. The image is clean and simple without confusing elements or messages. The Inn itself is the oldest on Skye and is one of renowned travel writer's Alastair Sawday's special places to stay and which boasts 99 Malt Whiskies behind the counter.
    Scotland_stein02-29-09-2007.jpg
  • A young Nepali man peers out from a curtain to talk to an unseen neighbour in a remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal. It is a colourful (colorful) scene as the curtain fabric is a striking blue with mauve leaf motifs drawn in but it is a natural opposite colour against the badly-painted yellow wooden walls of his shack. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller.
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  • Live BBC news is being broadcast on TV screens in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, England. A newly-elected Barack Obama is seen woth his smiling wife Michelle and young family after speaking to his party faithful at a rally in Chicago the night of their election victory. Their faces merge together in a moment of television merging of images, large on the many home cinema screens seen across the world's media after this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The First Family have become household names and their lives  are about to change forever before they move into the White House. Obama speaks with passion about the changes he promises to bring to America while the rest of the world looks on hoping for new political directions.
    obama_election_night60-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Live BBC news is being broadcast on TV screens in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, England. The Reverend Jesse Jackson who once stood next to Martin Luther-King during the days of segregation and racial discrimination sobs with tears falling down his face at Barack Obama's victory rally before party faithful at a rally in Chicago. His face is large on the many home cinema screens seen across the world's media after this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. A shopper stops to watch the lunchtime news programme as Jackson weeps with joy thinking of the changes promised to bring to America while the rest of the world looks on hoping for new political directions.
    obama_election_night53-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Live BBC news is being broadcast on TV screens in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, England. A newly-elected Barack Obama is seen speaking to his party faithful at a rally in Chicago, and his face is large on the many home cinema screens seen across the world's media after this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. A shopper stops to watch the lunchtime news programme as Obama speaks with passion about the changes he promises to bring to America while the rest of the world looks on hoping for new political directions.
    obama_election_night51-05-11-2008.jpg
  • A couple watch Senator John McCain giving a hearfelt speech, conceeding defeat on a live CNN TV screen that is broadcasting live from Phoenix, Arizona the senator's conceeding speech immediately after the TV channel called Obama's victory in the 2008 US presidential elections. A life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama stands to the screen's left and the new President smiles towards the camera but his adversary, John McCain looks across the London pub as if talking to the young couple who sit without expression in this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The location is a pub called the Hoop and Toy, in South Kensington, West London which has been opened all night for this special event for the American expatriate community living in this European capital.
    obama_election_night42-05-11-2008.jpg
  • In London England, a life-size cardboard cut-out of Barack Obama stands next to a SKY News TV screen that is broadcasting live the latest polls of the 2008 US presidential elections. A Democratic party supporter listens intently and reacts with the tension of the early polls that suggest Obama is doing well against his Republican adversary, John McCain in this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The location is a pub called the Hoop and Toy, in South Kensington, West London which has been opened all night for this special event for the American expatriate community living in this European capital.
    obama_election_night15-05-11-2008.jpg
  • The flight-deck crew of a Sri Lankan Airlines A340-300 series Airbus - registration number 4R-ADE - perform a series of pre-flight checks before a scheduled departure, while on the apron at Malé international airport in the Republic of the Maldives. Featuring electronic instruments it is known as a 'glass cockpit' and using a printed checklist manual, they methodically work through dozens of complex systems that require accurate input before the aircraft is ready for take off. Flight navigation computers, fuel and engine settings and radio frequencies all need programming by the two pilots, the captain on the left and the First Officer on the right. These modern airliners have only two pilots in a modern flight-deck as technology superceeded the need for a third member, the flight-engineers of a previous era of aviation.
    maldives452-15-11-2007.jpg
  • A brave taxi cab driver drives gingerly along Denmark Hill in South London, The capital's infrastructure has largely come to a halt due to the large amounts of snowfall that has hit the capital - the most for 18 years. In addition to the lack of buses, trains were severely affected and roads like this have not been gritted by the local borough council, leaving motorists struggling to control their vehicles is the slippery conditions. The taxi's orange light is still illuminated indicating he is free for hire and a foot of snow is piled on his roof as the headlights pick out the driving blizzard conditions. Footprints are already in the drift near the pavement that is now hidden from the road.
    london_snow26-02-02_2009.jpg
  • An early morning commuter makes his way home after his night shift in central London to his home nearby in Herne Hill, SE24 - a distance of approximately 6 miles. Trudging on foot through ever-deepening snow, the showers are still falling as he makes his way along the deserted street.  Street lighting makes this quiet landscape glow orange and we look down the road to see only a few parked cars at the kerbsides and the tracks of a few others that have already driven along. Thousands of snowflakes are fluttering to the ground, settling on this part of London's inner-city - an unusual event - and the  heaviest precipitation for 18 years.
    london_snow15-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Snow showers are falling in a deserted South London street in Herne Hill, London SE24. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this road and tyre tracks from vehicles have been left in the snow though many parked cars are becoming covered in the snow fall as they sit at the kerbside. Snowflakes are falling in their thousands, settling on this part of London's inner-city - an unusual event - and the  heaviest precipitation for 18 years. It is early morning and still dark and street lights are making the landscape orange before the blue of dawn changes the colour and the atmosphere.
    london_snow13-02-02_2009.jpg
  • A boy plays snowballs at night during heavy snow showers in central London - a rare event for an inner-city. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this street in Herne Hill, South London. The lad is in his element by going outdoors at night as the showers are falling everywhere about him. He hides behind a parked car at the kerbside, crouching low to avoid detection by his elder sister. Relishing the hide and seek game they're playing and the prospect of landing the snow as a direct hit makes him look mischievous and excited.
    london_snow07-01-02_2009.jpg
  • A young lady from the US finishes stirring her vodka and cranberry juice cocktail and is about to sip her expensive drink at the bar of the Sphere Bar at Heathow Airport's Sofitel Hotel at Terminal 5. Drinking with an unseen friend whose hand we see in the lower part of the picture, the girl raises her conical glass to sip the alcoholic beverage before proposing a toast to their unforeseen night's stay in this luxury hotel after a cancelled flight. Some nuts are on a small dish which are largely untouched. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport548-14-07-2009_1.jpg
  • A Buddhist man on silent retreat in a private cabin at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England. As the last light from a summer's day fades into night, the cabin (a converted garden shed), the practicing Buddhist stands against the internal lamp light, pausing to think and contemplate about his life and its meaning. Long grass from a private meadow is for the sole use of someone in retreat, a period of a few days or perhaps a week, separated from the pressures of modern life. Rivendell was once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
    buddhist_retreat153-27-06-2010_1.jpg
  • On table 3, a holiday couple enjoy a full English cooked breakfast in the bay window of a Bed & Breakfast (B+B) in the Devon seaside resort of Paignton. Seated in the bright area that overlooks the seafront, beach huts and the calm sea in the distance. On the gingham tablecloth is a traditional English tea pot, toast rack and jam and they tuck into slices of white bread toast accompanied by orange juice. A No Vacancies sign hangs in the window for potential guests to spot as they walk the promenade.
    bed_and_breakfast02-21-07-1992_1.jpg
  • It is late morning and a lady has emerged from her bead and breakfast (B+B)  in Paignton, Devon. Sunlight is quite high in the sky and the shadows of a vine that is growing across the roof of the building's terrace, is seen on the wall behind the woman. She is seated reading a magazine in a garden chair and is surrounded by colourful flowers in their prime. Well-painted original victorian railings that act as a sort of ballustrade are in front of the female. In the window is a scene of typical seaside Englishness. Serviettes are splayed out on a table along with breakfast or dinner items awaiting guests at the next meal.
    bed_and_breakfast01-21-07-1992_1.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest13-17-11-2020.jpg
  • Evening exterior looking through the gates of Domaine de Rennebourg, a gite property in south-western rural France, on 15th October 1997, in Saint-Denis-du-Pin, Charente-Maritime, France.
    french_gite-15-10-1997.jpg
  • Amid much humour and banter, two meat porters grab hands in Smithfield market during the pre-dawn buying and selling of meat, bought and sold here for 800 years, one of London’s oldest markets. One man’s coat reveals blood stains as he smiles good-naturedly to his fellow worker who is of afro-Caribbean descent. A livestock market occupied the site as early as the 10th century. Approximately 120,000 tons of produce pass through the market each year. As well as meat and poultry, products such as cheese, pies, and other delicatessen goods are available. Buyers including butchers, restaurateurs and caterers are able see the goods for themselves and drive away with what they have bought. Bargaining between buyers and sellers at Smithfield sets the guidelines for meat and poultry prices throughout the UK.
    smithfield_market-16-04-1994_1_1.jpg
  • As darkness approaches, a queue of campervans and other vehicles queue up at the first checkpoint in the Port of Dover's Eastern Docks, the holidaymakers' first step to travelling across the English Channel to France or Belgium. beneath the famous white cliffs of Dover, that symbol of England's edge that is seen from the sea as one leaves or approaches the English shores. It is dusk and the flood lights have started illuminating the busy port roads and ramps, the red rear tail lights from a truck cross the picture's foreground and the signs - with graphics of busses, cars  and arrows that tell drivers in which lane to line-up glow yellow. Dover has long been one of the World's premier seaports, with centuries of maritime heritage, presented with a Royal Charter in 1606.
    RB_047-06-08-1994.jpg
  • Live BBC News broadcasts a breakdown of College votes results the morning after Barack Obama's historic victory in the 2008 Presidential election. The TV screens are in he audio and electronics floor of the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, England. A newly-elected Barack Obama is seen speaking to his party faithful at the rally in Chicago, and his face is large on the many home cinema screens seen across the world's media after this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. A shopper stops to watch the lunchtime news programme as Obama speaks with passion about the changes he promises to bring to America while the rest of the world looks on hoping for new political directions.
    obama_election_night58-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Live BBC news is being broadcast on TV screens in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, England. A newly-elected Barack Obama is seen speaking to his party faithful at a rally in Chicago, and his face is large on the many home cinema screens seen across the world's media after this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. A shopper stops to watch the lunchtime news programme as Obama speaks with passion about the changes he promises to bring to America while the rest of the world looks on hoping for new political directions.
    obama_election_night54-05-11-2008.jpg
  • A group of Democratic party supporters look ecstatically happy after the final news of their Man's victory. Gone is the nervous tension earlier in the evening when these party faithful arrived for a whole night following developments. Polls suggested Obama was doing well against his Republican adversary, John McCain in this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The location is a pub called the Hoop and Toy, in South Kensington, West London which has been opened all night for this special event for the American expatriate community living in this European capital.
    obama_election_night29-05-11-2008.jpg
  • With a hand-drawn map of the United States coloured in increasingly in blue, American expatriates of African-american ethnicity sit and watch live BBC and SKY News TV screen that is broadcasting live the latest polls of the 2008 US presidential elections. Early polls suggest Barack Obama is doing well against his Republican adversary, John McCain in this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The location is a pub called the Hoop and Toy, in South Kensington, West London which has been opened all night for this special event for the American expatriate community living in this European capital.
    obama_election_night22-05-11-2008.jpg
  • A Veolia street cleaner arrives at the scene of household waste bags that have been raided by foxes and seagulls overnight on the 1st of July 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom.
    UK-Folkestone-Street-Cleaner-7504.jpg
  • Freshly baked bread coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
    DSCF6001cc_1.jpg
  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
    DSCF5906cc_1.jpg
  • Freshly baked Yorkshire Mill sourdough loaf at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-12-09-11-2016.jpg
  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-01-09-11-2016.jpg
  • Customers walk past the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
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  • Heavy overnight snowfall covers London in a thick blanket of fine snow. The heaviest snowfall in decades. Two dogs play under snow covered trees at a park in Wapping, East London.
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  • Heavy overnight snowfall covers London in a thick blanket of fine snow. The heaviest snowfall in decades. Snow covers the newly painted steel steel on Tower Bridge.
    2009_02_02_Snow in LondonI.jpg
  • A Veolia street cleaner arrives at the scene of household waste bags that have been raided by foxes and seagulls overnight on the 1st of July 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom.
    UK-Folkestone-Street-Cleaner-7488.jpg
  • A warning sign in the window of Waterstones Book shop reading ‘No Cash or valuables are left on these premises overnight’  that is closed due to COVID-19 on the 10th of April 2020, in Folkestone, United Kingdom. All non-essential business’s including books shops have been closed with immediate affect and will remain closed until the government lifts the restrictions due to the Corona virus
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  • Hazard tape is wrapped around a large branch of a 100 year-old ash tree in full leaf which as detached and fallen during strong overnight winds that followed the UK heatwave which ended over the weekend, on 29th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of City of London skyscrapers after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of Tower Bridge and City Hall after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of City of London skyscrapers after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of Tower Bridge after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of City of London skyscrapers after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • A woman wearing a fur hood walks to work on the south bank in front of Tower Bridge after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of City of London skyscrapers after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • People walk to work on the south bank in front of City of London skyscrapers after snow has fallen overnight in London, England on February 28th, 2018. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the Beast from the East have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK.
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  • Fisherman Luke brings in his overnight catch for weighing.  Folkestone Trawlers, process manage and market all fresh fish that is landed into Folkestone Harbour by local Fishermen. Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. A seaside town founded on its fishing industry which dates back to pre-Roman times. During its heyday there were over 100 boats operating out of the busy harbour and employing over 1000 people in the town. In 2016 there are 7 working boats left, employing just over 20 people. The boats are owned and managed by Folkestone families who have a strong fishing heritage.
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  • Freshly baked cheese and spinach scones at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Cheese and spinach scones ready to go into the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked focaccia at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Round Heritage loaves coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked bread coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked bread coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked bread coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • French bread coming out of the oven at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 17th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Bakers shaping sourdough bread at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Baker shaping sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Baker Philip Clayton kneading sourdough bread at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Baker Philip Clayton kneading sourdough bread at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • A baker kneading sourdough bread at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Baker Philip Clayton making sourdough bread at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Sourdough bread proving at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked Pain de Levain sourdough loaf at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked Heritage sourdough loaf at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Freshly baked Haxby cob at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • Baker Philip Clayton holding a Heritage loaf at the Haxby Bakehouse, Yorks artisan bakery in Haxby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on 10th February 2017. Haxby Bakehouse make bread using traditional methods of slow fermentation. They use low yeasted overnight sponges, natural sourdough levain or a combination of the two. This means the bread they produce is full of flavour without the use of any artificial flour improvers, preservatives or emulsifiers.
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  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
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  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
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  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-16-09-11-2016.jpg
  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-08-09-11-2016.jpg
  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-10-09-11-2016.jpg
  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
    trump_headline-06-09-11-2016.jpg
  • US president-elect, Donald Trump appears on the front page of the London Evening Standard newspaper, on the day of his election, on November 9th 2016, in central London, England. The headline reads Trump Triumph Shocks World and Londoners of all colours and races take the free paper to read the latest overnight news.
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