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  • A leaning Royal Mail pillar box stands near a leaning tree in Sunray Gardens, on 26th February 2018, in south London, England.
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  • A leaning Royal Mail pillar box stands near a leaning tree in Sunray Gardens, on 26th February 2018, in south London, England.
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  • As afternoon light fades, we see an incongruous landscape of false forest trees amid an industrial airport lot. A supporting pillar from the hotel chain, Sofitel, a 605 bedroom, 27 suite and 45 meeting room accommodation and business hub, is situated at the Heathrow Airport 's Terminal 5 hotel. The woodland screen is hiding a wasteland of undeveloped land that may soon be another airport hotel but at the moment, it makes for a strange rural/urban scene where the viewer is not sure where reality stops and fiction takes over. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • London transport logos on a pillar at Westfield City shopping centre in Stratford, home and main arrival point for rail travellers to the 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium
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  • The shadow of a tourist is seen across a central pillar covered in graffiti on Ponte Vecchio that crosses River Arno, Florence. The names of past visitors are etched on the medieval plaster and beyond is a rower who sculls upstream on the river towards the boating club that lies just beyond the bridge at the water's edge. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
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  • A supporting pillar that forms the outer wall of the Bank of England and a City of London sign for Threadneedle Street EC2 at Bank Underground station in the heart of the capital's financial district. The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 acted as the English Government's banker, and to this day it still acts as the banker for HM Government. The Bank was privately owned and operated from its foundation in 1694. It was subordinated to the Treasury after 1931 in making policy and was nationalised in 1946. In 1997 it became an independent public organisation, wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the Government, with independence in setting monetary policy.
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  • Pillars outside the museum in Chandannagar, originally the home of Joseph François Dupleix who was appointed governor of the city in 1730. Chandannagar, IndiaChandannagar, India
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  • Pillars inside the Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
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  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called Michael died beneath the TGV and Eurostar train overpass at Goussainville, France. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: “Ses amis." From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.”
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  • A weird landscape of the concrete, fluorescent-coloured shipping navigation marker a few hundred metres out from the beach on the artificial pier, on 18th July 2016, on Paredao da Praia da Barra, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal. Visible to shipping many miles from the coast, the marker aides vessels to find their route from the open sea and through the narrow channel into the industrial port of Aveiro.
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  • A visitor stands in dappled sunlight coming through high stained glass windows in the Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. More commonly referred to as La Seu (a title also used by many other churches), is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral built on the site of a pre-existing Arab mosque. It is 121 metres long, 55 metres wide and its nave is 44 metres tall. Designed in the Catalan Gothic style but with Northern European influences, it was begun by King James I of Aragon in 1229 but finished only in 1601.
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  • The cenotaphs of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Detail of a City of Westminster sign describing this illustrious address in a wealthy part of London - Eaton Square. A single Doric column is seen lower-right and slightly discoloured paintwork from wet English weather is on the edge of the balcony of an otherwise exclusive and classically-designed street in Belgravia. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • A signpost for Whitehall at the corner of Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson amnd the district in Westminster for British government offices, on 19th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • The front of the closed Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, on 20th December 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, , England. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they dont want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
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  • Neo Pombaline pillory monument on the Terreiro Da Se, outside the Cathedral de Se, on 21st July, in Porto, Portugal. The Pombaline style was a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, named after Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, the first Marques de Pombal who was instrumental in reconstructing Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755.
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  • Neo Pombaline pillory monument on the Terreiro Da Se, outside the Cathedral de Se, on 21st July, in Porto, Portugal. The Pombaline style was a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, named after Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, the first Marques de Pombal who was instrumental in reconstructing Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755.
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  • A weird landscape of the concrete, fluorescent-coloured shipping navigation marker a few hundred metres out from the beach on the artificial pier, on 18th July 2016, on Paredao da Praia da Barra, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal. Visible to shipping many miles from the coast, the marker aides vessels to find their route from the open sea and through the narrow channel into the industrial port of Aveiro.
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  • We look up from a low angle at a number six in gold colour, in a doorway of offices in the City of London. The 6 is set in granite at this prestigious address in the City of London, the capital's financial heart.
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  • British Union jack flags-themed tourist window, now closed with displays removed after recent sale. A diagonal angle on the large flag that is spread across the window with the reflection of a nearby building. The business was on Oxford Street in London's West End and specialised in tourism trinkets before closing, its window display removed except for the flags and lettering telling us the last Sale gave up to 75% discounts on selected items. The scene left by the owners is that of a sad end to another business forced to close by economic hardship. Even the space on empty shelves seems tragic.
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  • British Union jack flags-themed tourist window, now closed with displays removed after recent sale. The business was on Oxford Street in London's West End and specialised in tourism trinkets before closing, its window display removed except for the flags and lettering telling us the last Sale gave up to 75% discounts on selected items. The scene left by the owners is that of a sad end to another business forced to close by economic hardship. Even the space for the 6th flag seems tragic.
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  • A young woman in a headscarf (hijab) in the courtyard of the Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
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  • The cenotaphs of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • An image of the goddess Durga in a derelict corner of the cenotaph of a Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Carving detail of a cenotaph of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Carving detail of a cenotaph of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Carving detail of a cenotaph of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Carving detail of a cenotaph of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • A woman carrying water pots past the cenotaphs of the Maharajahs at the Royal Gaitor (Gatore ki Chhatryan), Jaipur, India
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  • Crowds of visitors and locals gather on the terrace of an Ocean Drive cafe in Miami Beach. It is early evening and we see the blurred people moving about over the picture during a time-exposure of a few seconds. The colours of ambient neon lights that these streets are well-known for have become very vivid with bright pinks and reds a main feature of this scene. A menu board listing cocktail drinks prices stands on the sidewalk. Candles have been lit in glass jars on table tops. Ghostly, blurred Palm trees sway about in the coastal breeze against the fading sky of early evening. This is a vibrant district of tropical Miami, Florida. The place to hang-out and be noticed. Glowing pinks and blues are vivid in this scene where beautiful people and expensive cars cruise along slowly, each parading bodywork and personality.
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  • Lit by ambient light from airfield spotlights and with an American Airlines jet in the background, is one of three footing support struts belonging to Heathrow Airport's new control tower which is seen at night on the airfield's apron, the movement area where arriving and departing aircraft pass-by. The 285 feet (87 m) high tower is more than twice the height of the original, and was designed by Richard Rogers and constructed by Arup, costing £50m. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Seen from the inside looking outwards, we see one of the giant 38 ton 'torso nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. In the centre is the torso that sits on top of two feet with the wings splaying out to the window. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Looking from a high-viewpoint, we see tourists on top of The Glenfinnan Monument situated at the head of Loch Shiel and erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. His statue stands on top of the tower just off the A830 road from Fort William to Mallaig. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by Parliament during the Glorious Revolution.
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  • Looking from a high-viewpoint, we see tourists on top of The Glenfinnan Monument situated at the head of Loch Shiel and erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. His statue stands on top of the tower just off the A830 road from Fort William to Mallaig. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by Parliament during the Glorious Revolution.
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  • Looking from a high-viewpoint, we see tourists on top of The Glenfinnan Monument situated at the head of Loch Shiel and erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. His statue stands on top of the tower just off the A830 road from Fort William to Mallaig. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by Parliament during the Glorious Revolution.
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  • Looking from a high-viewpoint, we see tourists visit the foot of The Glenfinnan Monument situated at the head of Loch Shiel and erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. His statue stands on top of the tower just off the A830 road from Fort William to Mallaig. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by Parliament during the Glorious Revolution.
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  • Tired and disappointed tourists and a pretend Egyptian pharaoh busker stand awaiting custom in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. In the darker covered galleries and streets around Florence's Uffizi galleries, the two young visitors sit looking exhausted and disillusioned, also possibly overwhelmed by the amount of culture and art in this renaissance city. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. It is housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, a palazzo in Florence, Italy.
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  • Architecture and design of Paul-Loeb-Haus in Berlin Mitte, one of the government buildings of the German Bundestag. Named after the last democratic President of the Reichstag, Paul Löbe House was occupied in July 2001. It houses 550 offices for MPs, 19 conference rooms, around 450 offices for parliamentary committees, the Bundestag information service for visitors, and a restaurant that is open to the public. A pedestrian subway connects Paul Löbe House with the Reichstag building. The eastern end of the ribbon of federal buildings extends across the River Spree in the form of a parliamentary office block divided into two parts.
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  • Architecture and design of Paul-Loeb-Haus in Berlin Mitte, one of the government buildings of the German Bundestag. Named after the last democratic President of the Reichstag, Paul Löbe House was occupied in July 2001. It houses 550 offices for MPs, 19 conference rooms, around 450 offices for parliamentary committees, the Bundestag information service for visitors, and a restaurant that is open to the public. A pedestrian subway connects Paul Löbe House with the Reichstag building. The eastern end of the ribbon of federal buildings extends across the River Spree in the form of a parliamentary office block divided into two parts.
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  • A British post box used for letters that are then collected every day by the Royal Mail, the British postal service.
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  • The entrance/exit pillar and gate to Dulwich Park in the south London borough of Southwark. Old College Gate is on College Rd, one of four main gates into the park. Dulwich Park is a 30.85-hectare park in the London Borough of Southwark, south London, England, opened in 1890 by Lord Rosebery, initially designed by Charles Barry (junior), later refined by Lt Col J. J. Sexby (who also designed Battersea, Ruskin and parts of Southwark Parks). In 2004–6, the park was restored to its original Victorian layout, following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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  • The entrance/exit pillar and gate to Dulwich Park in the south London borough of Southwark. Old College Gate is on College Rd, one of four main gates into the park. Dulwich Park is a 30.85-hectare park in the London Borough of Southwark, south London, England, opened in 1890 by Lord Rosebery, initially designed by Charles Barry (junior), later refined by Lt Col J. J. Sexby (who also designed Battersea, Ruskin and parts of Southwark Parks). In 2004–6, the park was restored to its original Victorian layout, following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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  • The Trig Point, a concrete ring, at the highest point, Hallsfell spur, of Blencathra Mountain, Lake Districts, Cumbria, UK.  Trig Points are the common name for Triangulation Pillars  are used by Ordnance Survey to determine the exact shape of the country by creating direct line of sight to another Trig Point.  The beautiful hills and valleys of the Lake District National Park surrounds the mountain. The sky is cloudy and overcast.
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  • A lady checks messages beneath the neo-classical pillars of Royal Exchange in the City of London - the capitals financial centre aka The Square Mile, on 27th September 2018, in London, England.
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  • Londoners walk, tie a loose lace and stand beneath the columns and pillars of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street in the City of London - the capitals financial district, on 3rd September 2018, in London England. The Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world. Sir Herbert Bakers rebuilding of the Bank, demolishing most of Sir John Soanes earlier building, was described by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as the greatest architectural crime, in the City of London, of the twentieth century.
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  • An elderly lady walks slowly beneath the pillars and columns of the Bank of England in Bartholomew Lane, in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 15th May 2018, in London, UK.
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  • An elderly lady walks slowly beneath the pillars and columns of the Bank of England in Bartholomew Lane, in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 15th May 2018, in London, UK.
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  • A businessman below the tall pillars of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, pass between red London buses, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
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  • Neo-Roman Corinthian-topped columns and newer architecture, on 1st September 2016, at Elephant & Castle, London, England UK. The pillars belong to the Tabernacle, a Christian centre on the busy Elephant roundabout surrounded by 70s and 80s architecture. The regeneration of Elephant is a controversial change to this area of south London where a poor segment of society and more recently a migrant population has traditionally proliferated. With the construction of a new estate called Elephant Park comes a wealthier but less present occupier, more interested in investment than integration.
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  • A cyclist pushes his upright bike on its rear wheel on the pavement at Bank station in the heart of Londons financial heart, on 15th August 2016 in the City of London, UK. Having upturned the bike to wheel it easily on the pavement, he steers it through the busy street where commuters walk beneath the pillars and columns of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street.
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  • Beneath tall columns and pillars is the altar and crucifix in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca, on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis Dennis who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity.
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  • Beneath tall columns and pillars is the altar and crucifix in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca, on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis Dennis who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity.
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  • A workmen smokes a cigarette beneath blue theme coloured pillars and struts on the office and housing development opposite the Tate Modern gallery on London's Southbank. The tall pillars may be part of a ventilation facility or simply an aesthetic for the building but also provides a quiet corner for the worker who takes a few minutes away from a nearby construction site. He looks small compared to the high columns and made to look tiny against the large struts that hold the building together.
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  • Blue theme coloured pillars and struts on the office and housing development opposite the Tate Modern gallery on London's Southbank. The tall pillars may be part of a ventilation facility or simply an aesthetic for the building. The landscape features nobody and in the foreground are two large potted plants of about 7feet high though there is no point of obvious reference as their size or scale. The architecture is in sunshine with side lighting on the pots and across the pavement.
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  • A number 6 red London bus bus drives along on a late on a winter's afternoon, passing the sunlit exterior of the Haymarket Theatre in central London. Warm light shines on the pillars and columns of this famous cultural landmark in the borough of Westminster. The Theatre Royal, Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use.
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  • A number 12 Routemaster red London bus drives along on a late on a winter's afternoon, passing the sunlit exterior of the Haymarket Theatre in central London. Warm light shines on the pillars and columns of this famous cultural landmark in the borough of Westminster. The Theatre Royal, Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use.
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  • Late on a winter's afternoon, we see the sunlit exterior of the Haymarket Theatre in central London. Warm light shines on the pillars and columns of this famous cultural landmark in the borough of Westminster. The Theatre Royal, Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use.
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  • Visitors to the National Gallery admire the view from beneath classical pillars in Trafalgar Square. Fluted columns in the classical style are seen in this central London landmark known for its galleries and fine buildings, laid out in the Victorian period. Tourists lean against the railings to view street entertainment on the pavement below.
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  • Visitors in pedestrian zone outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, central London. Standing or cycling along the pavement below the pillars and columns of the gallery, we see various tourists and Londoners passing-by. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. It was designed by William Wilkins from 1832–8. Only the façade onto Trafalgar Square remains essentially unchanged from this time, as the building has been expanded piecemeal throughout its history.
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  • Visitors in pedestrian zone outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, central London. Standing or cycling along the pavement below the pillars and columns of the gallery, we see various tourists and Londoners passing-by. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. It was designed by William Wilkins from 1832–8. Only the façade onto Trafalgar Square remains essentially unchanged from this time, as the building has been expanded piecemeal throughout its history.
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  • Gothic architecture ruins of the Cistercian order's Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. Tall columns, pillars and arches rise majestically from the green grass that  for centuries, was the home for successive monks and abbots who endured piety through hardship. Rievaulx was one of the first Cistercian abbeys to be founded in England. Surrounded by a massive agricultural and industrial estate, staffed by lay brothers, it was intended as the focus of a substantial family of daughter houses throughout northern Britain. Destroyed by the commissioners of King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the abbeys and monasteries in 1538, the shattered abbey ruins became a popular subject for Romantic artists in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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  • Bank of England on the left and neo-classical architecture of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. The man and lady are about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. They are homeward bound in the afternoon, their commuting exodus to be shared by a daily working population of 311,000. This perspective suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
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  • Neo-classical architecture of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. The lady is about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The woman is on her way home in the afternoon, his commuting exodus to be shared by its daily working population of 311,000. This perspective suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
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  • Bank of England  seen through rising pillars and columns of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. We look upwards to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The tall pillars rise above and makes for a scene of stability and strength.
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  • Bank of England  seen through rising pillars and columns of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. We look upwards to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. A new design Routemaster bus passes under the pillars going eastwards towards Bank Triangle, a busy intersection. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The tall pillars rise above and makes for a scene of stability and strength.
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  • Businessmen beneath Cornhill pillars in the City of London. As a gentleman sits on the steps talking intoi a smartphone, another suit walks up beneath the tall columns of this architecture in the Square Mile, the oldest and financial heart of the capital. The classic neo-Romanesque architecture of the Royal Exchange building has Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
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  • Tribute to a lost generation and pillars of the Lord Mayor's Mansion House. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • A corporation of London street cleaner with contactor Amey plc, hoovers litter beneath pillars of the Bank of England. Pointing the hose nozzle on the ground where cigarette stubs have been dropped near a bus stop - and outside this famous financial landmark on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capital's financial heart. The vehicle is a French-made Diabolo Electrique, used by cleaning companies for street and floor cleaning duties. Amey provides waste collection and street cleansing services providing a commercial waste service on behalf of the City of London as well as a comprehensive fleet management and maintenance service to the council and City of London Police.
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  • Tourists on the top deck opposite L'Opera during a city tour of Paris, France. Some visitors have guidebooks and maps covering their heads, shading themselves from a hot Parisien sun - while others look down at the street below as they drive the streets of the Paris capital. In the background are the pillars and columns of the Palais Garnier (The Paris Opera). The tour company is Les Cars Rouges, a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of Paris allowing the tourist to explore the city's top tourist attractions from a high, open-top perspective. The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera.
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  • Tourists on the top deck opposite L'Opera during a city tour of Paris, France. Some visitors have guidebooks and maps covering their heads, shading themselves from a hot Parisien sun - while others look down at the street below as they drive the streets of the Paris capital. In the background are the pillars and columns of the Palais Garnier (The Paris Opera). The tour company is Les Cars Rouges, a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of Paris allowing the tourist to explore the city's top tourist attractions from a high, open-top perspective. The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera.
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  • George Washington statue and classical pillars of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolising the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
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  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
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  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street71-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
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  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street61-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • George Washington statue and classical pillars of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolising the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
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  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street32-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street30-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street20-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street19-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street17-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street15-25-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
    wall_street13-25-05-2014-2_1.jpg
  • Classical pillars and American flag hanging in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Lower Manhattan. This famous street symbolises the US economy. Wall Street is a 0.7 miles (1.1 km), eight-block-long, street running west to east from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan in the financial district of New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector or signifying New York-based financial interests. The NYSE is world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$16.613 trillion as of May 2013. Average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013.
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  • Spring flowers grow in the beds at Bank Triangle, beneath the pillars of the Bank of England and Cornhill. We see from a low angle, alongside the level of the flowers, the Corinthian pillars of Cornhill Exchange on the right and the higher Bank on the left. The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the “Old Lady” of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised on 1 March 1946, and in 1997 gained operational independence to set monetary policy.
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  • Beneath Corinthian pillars and columns, members of English society look down from a balcony during the annual Trooping of the colour parade in the Mall. From their high vantagepoint, this high-society watches a parade of armed services members as they march past towards the nearby parade ground at Horseguards. Waving patriotic union jack flags, children join in the euphoria on this royal annual event, an occasion on the summer season's calendar. The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.
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  • Beneath Corinthian pillars and columns, two Met Police officers keep a lookout from a balcony during the annual Trooping of the colour parade in the Mall. From their high vantagepoint, the two policemen watch spectator crowds as members of the armed services as they march past towards the nearby parade ground at Horseguards. Security is tight in an era of IRA terrorist activity in the early 1990s. The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.
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  • The first world war memorial beneath the columns and pillars of Royal Exchange, City of London. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building. Nearby is the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile.
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  • First World War memorial soldier beneath the Bank of England (L) and the columns of Royal Exchange. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. It is wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the Government, with independence in setting monetary policy.
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  • Two men walk beneath the tall pillars of St Paul's Cathedral, on the southern side of the Wren-designed church. St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother church of the Diocese of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program that took place in the city after the Great Fire of London, and was completed within his lifetime.
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  • While smoking a cigarette, a businessman walks away with his Starbucks coffee after a mid-afternoon break beneath the Romanesque columns of the Royal Exchange in Bank triangle in the City of London. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile.
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  • While smoking a cigarette, a businessman checks for messages beneath the Romanesque columns of the Royal Excahnge in Bank triangle in the City of London. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile.
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  • A male passenger is asleep with his mouth open, leaning his head on a bus window as it passes the background pillars of the Bank of England in the financial district City of London. On the exterior of the bus are the words: "We've got to get this city to work," an advertising slogan used by London Transport to seduce commuters from their cars and back on to public transport which is one of the most expensive world capitals on which to travel by bus, train or underground. This style of bus is a traditional design called a 'Routemaster' which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage routes such as these destination: Victoria, Bond Street, Oxford Street, Holborn and Bank (the Bank of England). From any angle, the bus is easily recognisable as that classic British transport icon.  The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • Looking upwards towards the back of a number 8 red London bus which passes the pillars of the famous Bank of England building at Cornhill in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. We see the Bank rising as an imposing classical structure. Its columns are converging because of wide-angle lens-distortion, giving us the image of strength, stability and influence in UK economics. The bus is a traditional design called a Routemaster which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage routes. Its distinctive rounded rear bodywork is easily recognisable as that classic British icon.
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  • A young office worker wearing a dark suit stands outside his place of work in a sunny Trinity Square in the City of London, for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on his fag n the pavement outside beneath the huge supporting pillars of this financial institution. He draws on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
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  • The Paralympic agito logo hangs between the pillars of the National (Art) Gallery on the north side of Trafalgar Square during the London games which took place between 29 Aug - 9 Sept 2012. The tall pillars act as a backdrop of this famous gallery in central London. The Paralympic symbol consists of three agitos, coloured red, blue and green, the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world. These agitos, coloured red, blue, and green, encircle a single point, on a white field. The agito ("I move" in Latin) is a symbol of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. The Paralympic symbol was created by the Scholz & Friends agency and approved in April 2003.
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  • The Paralympic agito logo hangs between the pillars of the National (Art) Gallery on the north side of Trafalgar Square during the London games which took place between 29 Aug - 9 Sept 2012. The tall pillars act as a backdrop of this famous gallery in central London. The Paralympic symbol consists of three agitos, coloured red, blue and green, the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world. These agitos, coloured red, blue, and green, encircle a single point, on a white field. The agito ("I move" in Latin) is a symbol of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. The Paralympic symbol was created by the Scholz & Friends agency and approved in April 2003.
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  • An anti-capitalist activist wears an Anonymous mask below the pillars and columns of the Sir Christopher Wren-designed St Paul's Cathedral on the 11th day of the Occupy London protest camp in its churchyard, London 26/11/11. Forced to close for the first time since the 2nd world war, due to health and safety concerns, preventing services City lawyers are using medieval pedestrian bylaws to gain a court injunction to evict the activists who set up tents and shelters.
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  • A red London double-decker Routemaster bus stops in traffic outside the pillars of the Bank of England. As a commuter waits at a bus stop opposite and passers-by come and go on Threadneedle Street, afternoon sunshine makes for a colourful urban landscape in the heart of the capital's financial district known as the Square Mile.
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  • City workers enjoy a lunchtime siesta in summer sunshine under solid Corinthian pillars of the Royal Exchange in City of London. With his tie askew and loosened around his neck, a successful businessman sits on a bench below the war memorial and tall pillars of this Victorian market building in the heart of London’s financial district. Alongside is an older, less prosperous man whose rumpled coat gives us the sense that he might be less accomplished than the younger gentleman. There is a heat wave in the capital and officer workers have come out into the sunshine to unwind and snatch a quick sleep in parks and open spaces. The neo-Romanesque Royal Exchange building also has Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, strong lintels with carvings featuring the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria.
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