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  • A businessman walks beneath a large number five outside corporate offices, on 9th December 2016, in the City of London.
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  • Commuters walk over London Bridge passing a billboard for the musical 'Nine to Five' presented by its original star Dolly Parton, on 17th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • Commuters walk over London Bridge passing a billboard for the musical 'Nine to Five' presented by its original star Dolly Parton, on 17th June 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-03-17-06-2019.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
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  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five02-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five01-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Five childrens' buggies line up in front of 5 park rental carriages in Seville's Parque de Marie Luisa.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, customers and Uber Eats riders wait for their orders outside a Five Guys restaurant who are open only for take-aways and deliveries, in accordance with government lockdown guidelines, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, customers and Uber Eats riders wait for their orders outside a Five Guys restaurant who are open only for take-aways and deliveries, in accordance with government lockdown guidelines, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-20-15-05-2020.jpg
  • Jamie as well as Michael Jackson are seen on a billboard promoting the musical Thriller featuring the songs of '70s American family group the Jackson Five at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in the heart of London's West End district, on 12th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five06-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five03-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Two young girls admire a statuette in front of the painting called The Chosen Five (Zeuxis At Crotona) by Edwin Longsden Long. ..Russell-Cotes Museum (formally, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum) is an art gallery and museum in Bournemouth, England. It is located on the top of the East Cliff, next to the Royal Bath Hotel.
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  • Two young women high-five each other at Elephant & Castle in Southwark, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A drawn hand and bird interpretation of a Hi-five seen in the swirls of emulsion paint, in a central London shop window - a victim of the Uk recession.
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  • A Games Maker volunteer offers a high-five to a young spectator arriving with her family for the London 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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  • The number 5 has been sprayed in aerosol on to tree bark to identify their location in an English wood
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  • The number 5 has been sprayed in aerosol on to tree bark to identify their location in an English wood
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  • A 5 year-old girl stands outside her south London home on the first day of proper school, a momentous day and a rite of passage.
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  • A lift (elevator) shows it is ascending to the top floor number 5 at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A scorched flat number, welded shut in Wendover House and due for eventual demolition on the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark, on 27th September 2023, in London, England. Southwark say they're building more than 4,200 new homes on the Aylesbury estate. This includes more than 1,600 homes for social rent; 581 of which will be new council homes. Many residents have however been against being moved out for the gentrification of the area. Complaints about poor maintenance and security, they still felt that these issues could be addressed by refurbishment and greater investment.
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  • While office workers remain at home in accordance to government Covid guidelines and individual company policies, a solitary receptionist works alone beneath a screen with a message about hygiene and social distancing in the City of London, the capital's financial district, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th March 2021, in London, England.
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  • While office workers remain at home in accordance to government Covid guidelines and individual company policies, a solitary receptionist works alone beneath a clock on a screen in the City of London, the capital's financial district, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th March 2021, in London, England.
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  • A male employee of a Barristers helps a woman colleague with a boxes of legal documents into the chambers address in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A polished black Bentley car parked outside the tall columns of the Four Seasons hotel at 10 Trinity Square in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 4th June 2018, in London, England.
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  • A polished black Bentley car parked outside the tall columns of the Four Seasons hotel at 10 Trinity Square in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 4th June 2018, in London, England.
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  • Undressed female mannequins, awaiting latest clothing show body forms and proportions in a central London street.
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  • Undressed female mannequins, awaiting latest clothing show body forms and proportions in a central London street.
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  • Aerial view (of Terminal 5, from control tower) showing expanse of airport land with airliners at London Heathrow.
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  • Aerial view (of Terminal 5, from control tower) showing expanse of airport land with airliners at London Heathrow.
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  • Aerial view (of Terminal 5, from control tower) showing expanse of airport land with airliners at London Heathrow.
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  • A young boy of about 5 years-old stands on a seaside bridge as an older man walks past in the early 1960s. Seen from a low angle, we look up at the small boy standing on some steps of a bridge on the seafront at Southend-on-Sea in Essex, recorded on a film camera by the boy's father, an amateur photographer in 1962. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • A young boy of about 5 years-old sits in the family back garden in the early 1960s. The small lad sits with an embarrassed expression on his face, a brick wall behind him with summer garden plants growing nearby. The boy has blonde hair and a striped t-shirt and was recorded on a film camera by the boy's father, an amateur photographer in 1964. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • A city worker uses her smartphone by an art installation entitled 'One Through Zero (The Ten Numbers)' by American pop artist Robert Indiana (b 1928), in Lime Street, City of London, the capital's Square Mile, and its financial heart. Situated in the capital's Square Mile, its financial heart, are surrounding offices and corporate headquarters from the finance and insurance sector, most notably being the nearby Lloyds of London building. This series of sculptures is composed of 10 brightly painted numerical digits, each made of aluminum and set on its own base. Their construction took place at the former Lippincott Foundry in North Haven, Connecticut from 1980 to 1983
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  • A city worker uses his smartphone by an art installation entitled 'One Through Zero (The Ten Numbers)' by American pop artist Robert Indiana (b 1928), in Lime Street, City of London, the capital's Square Mile, and its financial heart.
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  • Copies of the free daily tabloid Metro newspaper carefully placed on upper deck of seats on a London bus.
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  • Sale sign and mannequin in London's Regent Street clothing shop window
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  • Sale sign and mannequin in London's Regent Street clothing shop window
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  • Sale sign and mannequin in London's Regent Street clothing shop window
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  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (4 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • We see a welcome screen at the British Airways Galleries Club lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. This exclusive facility is only available to passengers travelling open to passengers travelling in First, Club World and Club Europe as well as Gold and Silver Executive Club members and was designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • Looking up through a transparent floor, we see motionless passengers standing and waiting for a lift to arrive at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 'Heathrow Express' train link to central London. With their possessions of wheelie bags and a trolley laden wuth luggage, the unseen peoples' feet make a hard impression on the flooring with strong diagonal lines of this industrial design by architects HOK International in conjunction with Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • An upright picture of a departures information board at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A lady passenger stands motionless to read the details of flight departure times to echo that of a Vodafone advertisement containing a figure of a man standing erect on a beach, a generic scene of a person on holiday taking advantage of low mobile phone charges in mainland Europe.  Both the man and the woman are on opposite sides of the picture and we see a large letter C that denotes the check-in zone of this 400 metre-long terminal that 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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  • A close-up detail of teenage words, written in marker pen on a young person's arm in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Holding the handles of her baggage trolley that has an open bag in which we see some possessions, the girl displays the words 'I (heart) love you' and the name of Kentin Bisou. It may be a declaration of true love or just a teenage prank before an adventure starts from this aviation hub. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple kiss and hold on to each other after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. The boy holds the girl's bottom in a display of sexuality that is frowned upon in other cultures where open sexual behaviour is taboo. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Towing her suitcase after havng cleared International Customs, a masked female passenger walks through arrivals in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. In the belief that she is protecting herself from airborne diseases and infections, the lady walks smartly through the concourse not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • After their flight from Italy where they have been performing a series of summer concerts, some young musicians stop to await instructions from their accompanying teacher at Oakham School, England. Amid the hectic concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a cellist has removed her precious string instrument to inspect it for damage after its shipment in the hold of a British Airways flight. As their friends look on, a fellow-player helps re-wrap the cello in a pink towel before the whole group re-assemble again to begin their evening journey home. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Boys from a Scottish scout group sit and in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. All wearing traditional kilts favoured by the Scots, the lads are en-route between Switzerland and Scotland after a week's international jamboree in the Alps. Their sleeves are filled with the stitched badges of past achievements and one reads a newspaper while the others pass away the time before their flight by watching other passengers. The kilt's are alternately red and green and historically, relate to their wearers old family clans. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • We look down on the zigzag of passenger jetties that transport air travellers from their aircraft, towards the arrivals concourse in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A series of walkways that are covered from above but which have window light to the side are connected to the fuselage of a British Airways 747-400 series airliner that is parked at its gate on the apron of this aviation hub. These jetties are owned by the airport operator, used by British Airways and sponsored by HSBC. Air travellers walk briskly after their long-haul flight either carrying light carry-on bags or towing small cases on wheels. At 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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  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Lying horizontal in a busy salon, a lady passenger receives eyebrow threading treatment during a beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free, Heathrow Airport's terminal 5. The beautician holds the thread that squeezes the woman's eyebrow follicles, removing the tiniest and finest hair right from the root. Threading is a technique that China has been using for centuries but has recently become popular in western countries. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her business flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from a professional beautician in the Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In a quiet corner of peace and tranquility, the woman's face is examined in detail using a magnifying lens that allows the assistant to see every hair follicle and pore. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • During the turnround of the British Airways jet aircraft, a refueller checks the safety of heavy fuel nozzles that connect from his bowser truck on the apron at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. He is ensuring the correct plugging of the connections as some 109 tons of Jet A1 aviation fuel flow at a rate of 3,000 litres a minute which is being uplifted into the wing tanks of this Boeing 747-300, a typical quantity of extra fuel for this aeroplane bound for Los Angeles. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • During the turnround of the British Airways jet aircraft, a refueller drags the heavy fuel nozzle from his bowser truck on the apron at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. He is about to plug the connections into the airfield's underground reservoirs from where some 109 tons of Jet A1 aviation fuel flowing at a rate of 3,000 litres a minute will be uplifted into the wing tanks of a Boeing 747-300, a typical quantity of extra fuel for this aeroplane bound for Los Angeles. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • A family just arrived from Chennai (India) drags heavy suitcases from the carousel in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A slightly comical scene of modern air travel as two lady passengers haul matching suitcases at the British Airways self-check-in kiosk at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The self-service kiosks that have been developed to allow customers to process their own ticketing on arrival at this aviation hub for British Airways. Once they've chosen their seat and printed a boarding pass, they can go straight to the Fast Bag Drop desk at the airport. There, baggage will be tagged by an agent and sent to the aircraft. At 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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  • A British Airways baggage handler scans the bar code of his airline passenger's item of luggage before loading it into the aircraft hold container bins. 50-70,000 pieces of BA baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through these 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. There are four colour codes: Yellow for out-of-gauge (oversized, like golf clubs); dark blue for not x-rayed; light blue for transfer and red, meaning the item has been subjected to 12 seconds of x-ray scanning. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Two seats, three tape-recorders, a panic strip and a telephone are seen in the UK Border Agency's immigration detention room at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Officers deal with members of the public whose passports, demeanour or travel habits have drawn attention to possible criminal activity while seeking entry into the United Kingdom. On average, 10 a day are refused entry here and between 2008 and 2009, 33,100 people were detained at the airport for mainly passport irregularities. The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling migration in the UK. They manage border control enforcing immigration and customs regulations and consider applications for permission to enter the UK for citizenship and asylum. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • NHS Paramedic Janet Greenhead cycles through the departures concourse on her Specialized Rockhopper mountain bike in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Janet is a Responder with the cycle response unit (CRU), a part of the London Ambulance Service whose job it is to attend injuries within Heathrow's terminals. Pedalling the heavy bike laden with 55kg of medical emergency equipment she answers the calls from those with a cut finger, a baggage handler who's injured an arm, a child who's fallen over with cuts and bruises or a much more serious incident like a cardiac arrest which are common in an airport where passengers feel under stress or who forget to take their medicines while jet lagged. During a busy shift, she could end up cycling more than eight miles. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • We look down behind an airline passenger who is alone on seating in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Mourning the death of a mother, the lady sits with a floral tribute to the recently-deceased relative whose name 'Mum' is laid out next to her in pink flowers. On her lap is the organic Soil Association's magazine Living Earth. Perhaps the woman is on her way to a family funeral and is flying from T5 on this sad flight. Amid the otherwise bustling international airport, the woman seeks solace and tries to sleep before her check-in zone opens. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • With faint traces of an evening metor shower in the sky, a wide exterior view of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building in West London. Created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners). As the last light of the day fades and a departing aircraft's lights streak across the sky, the brightness of terminal lights shine through massive panes of window glass. At a cost of £4.3 billion, the 400m long T5 is the largest free-standing building in the UK with the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. The Terminal 5 public inquiry was the longest in UK history, lasting four years from 1995 to 1999. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ......
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  • A young African mother allows her sleeping baby some well-earned rest at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In the departures concourse the mum and her child await their check-in zone to open in this international aviation hub in West London. The infant sleeps soundly, wrapped to its mother's back in the traditional manner for carrying children in the developing world. It is a simple scene of everyday care for one's child and airport operator spent £4.3 billion on Terminal 5 which 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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  • From a low angle, we see a greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis who awaits his passenger to arrive off a flight from Turkey. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the man holds up a name board to attract the attention of the man who is a member of a cruise ship's crew that is due to sail from the sea port of Dover. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Airline passengers recently arrived from India wait in line at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 transit concourse. The middle-aged travellers queue patiently after their long-haul flight and two believe that masks will protect themselves from airborne diseases and infections, not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. But a lady at the front of the queue has lowered her mask while the man at the back keeps his covering the mouth and nose. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A sales assistant with Dixons Digital replenishes shelves with travel adapters and plugs at Heathrow airport's terminal 5
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  • Travelex bureau de change assistant serves currency to passenger at Heathrow airport's terminal 5
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  • Male customer's legs dangling at Luxury caviar and assorted seafood displayed at Caviar House & Prunier at Heathrow T5
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  • WH Smiths Berlitz travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths Berlitz travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths true crime and horror literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Business passengers self-service in the British Airways Galleries Club for passengers at Heathrow airport's T5
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's T5 a passenger reads the Business section of a newspaper.
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  • Opulent calm in the British Airways Concorde Room for First Class passengers at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Free media on offer in the British Airways Concorde Room for First Class passengers at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • An Islamic prayer mat positioned towards Eastern Mecca in a corner of the Multi-faith room at Heathrow T5.
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  • Early evening exterior of glass walls and glowing architecture of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, seen from departures level
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  • Pictogram illustrations of an adult and child choosing a floor in a lift (elevator) at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Passing bus and passenger inside with beletia beacon and current time of three o'clock in bus station at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • An Ahmadiyya mosque official holds a name card and awaits a fellow-Muslim in Arrivals at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Passengers take fresh air outside the ground level of Arrivals at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A London A-Z map book is caught in security fencing between gusts of wind at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A parked British Airways aircraft is seen through the window at departures level at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Young lovers embrace in bus station at Arrivals after long absence aprt at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Car park pictogram showing pedestrian walkway zone at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Hideo Wakamatsu Suitcases on sale at the Excess Baggage' shop in departures at Heathrow airport's terminal 5. .
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  • Passenger's baggage and rushing airline employee at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Heathrow Express station barrier architecture at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Heathrow Express lift passengers with matching baggage in Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Young lovers say tearful farewells in departures concourse of Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • A scene of busy modern air travel as international passengers check-in at the British Airways Heathrow Airport's T5.
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  • Awaiting loved-ones in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Stranded passenger awaits next flight in the morning from near-empty departures concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Stranded passenger awaits next flight in the morning from near-empty departures concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Evening sign and architecture atmosphere seen through large window glass at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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