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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).
    heathrow_airport424-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of Chinese-speaking language students
    heathrow_airport413-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Terraced houses at Chapel Street ('Stryd y Cape', in the Welsh language), on the seafront of Beaumaris, on 3rd October 2021, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales.
    wales_beaumaris-03-03-10-2021.jpg
  • Greeting drivers await their passengers to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the men hold up name boards 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. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport403-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Surrounded by wasted slate, painted graffiti in red that says "Cymru am byth" (Wales Forever) has been painted on a boulder in the Welsh language, on 3rd October 2021, in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The derelict slate mines around Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales were awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2021. The industry’s heyday was the 1890s when the Welsh slate industry employed approximately 17,000 workers, producing almost 500,000 tonnes of slate a year, around a third of all roofing slate used in the world in the late 19th century. Only 10% of slate was ever of good enough quality and the surrounding mountains now have slate waste and the ruined remains of machinery, workshops and shelters have changed the landscape for square miles.
    blaenau_ffestiniog-39-03-10-2021.jpg
  • A group of Jehovah's Witnesses with Spanish language pamphlets and a person stopping to tie a shoelace at Elephant & Castle, Southwark, on 26th March 2019, in London, England
    bus_views-01-26-03-2019.jpg
  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local fashion business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due.
    elephant_gentrification09-27-04-2015.jpg
  • With a giant Volkswagen (VW) poster of their Lupo car in the foreground, we are viewing an aerial view of Via dei Condotti, the pedestrian street that runs west from the Spanish steps in the Italian capital, Rome. Written in the Italian language, the banner says the word Astemia which in English translates teetotaller, implying the vehicle is clean and non-polluting - in other words, zero emissions. This high viewpoint is taken from the top of the famous landmark where the height and perspective allows us to see down the street where shoppers to and fro amid the occasional vehicle crosses or is parked to make deliveries. On the corner of the poster building are balconies, terraces and the shuttered windows of apartments.
    rome_street-03-11-1999.jpg
  • Terraced houses at Chapel Street ('Stryd y Cape', in the Welsh language), on the seafront of Beaumaris, on 3rd October 2021, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales.
    wales_beaumaris-02-03-10-2021.jpg
  • Terraced houses at Chapel Street ('Stryd y Cape', in the Welsh language), on the seafront of Beaumaris, on 3rd October 2021, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales.
    wales_beaumaris-01-03-10-2021.jpg
  • Surrounded by wasted slate, painted graffiti in red that says "Cymru am byth" (Wales Forever) has been painted on a boulder in the Welsh language, on 3rd October 2021, in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The derelict slate mines around Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales were awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2021. The industry’s heyday was the 1890s when the Welsh slate industry employed approximately 17,000 workers, producing almost 500,000 tonnes of slate a year, around a third of all roofing slate used in the world in the late 19th century. Only 10% of slate was ever of good enough quality and the surrounding mountains now have slate waste and the ruined remains of machinery, workshops and shelters have changed the landscape for square miles.
    blaenau_ffestiniog-42-03-10-2021.jpg
  • Surrounded by wasted slate, painted graffiti in red that says "Cymru am byth" (Wales Forever) has been painted on a boulder in the Welsh language, on 3rd October 2021, in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The derelict slate mines around Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales were awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2021. The industry’s heyday was the 1890s when the Welsh slate industry employed approximately 17,000 workers, producing almost 500,000 tonnes of slate a year, around a third of all roofing slate used in the world in the late 19th century. Only 10% of slate was ever of good enough quality and the surrounding mountains now have slate waste and the ruined remains of machinery, workshops and shelters have changed the landscape for square miles.
    blaenau_ffestiniog-41-03-10-2021.jpg
  • Elders from the Lepcha community look at written documents during a gathering during which they celebrate their culture and language while discusing their loss of identity, on 18th June 1995, in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. The Lepcha are also called the Rongkup meaning the children of God and the Rong, Mutunci Rongkup Rumkup "beloved children of the Rong and of God"), and Rongpa are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim, India and number between 30,000 and 50,000. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan, Tibet, Darjeeling, the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal, and in the hills of West Bengal.
    lepcha_men-18-06-1995.jpg
  • A group of Jehovah's Witnesses with Spanish language pamphlets and a person stopping to tie a shoelace at Elephant & Castle, Southwark, on 26th March 2019, in London, England
    bus_views-02-26-03-2019.jpg
  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local fashion business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due.
    elephant_gentrification10-27-04-2015.jpg
  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local bike business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due.
    elephant_gentrification08-27-04-2015.jpg
  • A Latino ad for a Spanish language newspaper and local bike business at Elephant & Castle, where massive regeneration is due.
    elephant_gentrification07-27-04-2015.jpg
  • French language edition book cover of Alain de Botton's "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" containing photography by Richard Baker.
    work_france.jpg
  • Two party girls are dancing with a male friend who is apparently flirting with the girl holding a packet of cigarettes and an unlit cigarette on the far left. Their body language suggests they know each other. The lady in the middle has red hair and lips and has her eyes closed and is holding a bottle of Hooch, an alcoholic drink. The party venue is dark and chaotic and the atmosphere is energetic and lively at a club venue called Adrenaline Village in Battersea, South London.
    RB-0042.jpg
  • A model from the Alion Couture fashion house takes part in a street parade with horses for the benefit of the media in Kensington, central London UK. We see the lower section of a horse ramp and another horse is in the background. Seen from a low angle, both the horses hoof and her foot in red high heel shoes appear to be askew in a postural echo, when two mannerisms or body language are similar.  The light is blue because of the shadow both subjects are in but her shoes and matching short red dress appear vibrant in saturation and hue.
    RB-0014.jpg
  • Surrounded by wasted slate, painted graffiti in red that says "Cymru am byth" (Wales Forever) has been painted on a boulder in the Welsh language, on 3rd October 2021, in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The derelict slate mines around Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales were awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2021. The industry’s heyday was the 1890s when the Welsh slate industry employed approximately 17,000 workers, producing almost 500,000 tonnes of slate a year, around a third of all roofing slate used in the world in the late 19th century. Only 10% of slate was ever of good enough quality and the surrounding mountains now have slate waste and the ruined remains of machinery, workshops and shelters have changed the landscape for square miles.
    blaenau_ffestiniog-40-03-10-2021.jpg
  • A recuperating Muslim community Imam prays at the bedside of a patient who is staying on the Phyllis Friend surgical ward, Royal London Hospital, on 23rd June 1993, in Whitechapel, London England. The Royal London is one of London's oldest hospitals, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomew's Hospital ("Barts"), which is a couple of miles away. Because of the cultural profile of East London, patients tend to be from many faiths, speaking many languages. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    muslim_patient-23-06-1993.jpg
  • A Muslim community Imam prays at the bedside of a patient who is staying on the Phyllis Friend surgical ward, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London. They both hold out their hands in prayer and the patient puts them to his face. It is daylight behind the bed but the two men are lit by artificial light from a bulb. The Royal London is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London. It is part of the Barts and the London NHS Trust, alongside St Bartholomew's Hospital ("Barts"), which is a couple of miles away. Because of the cultural profile of East London, patients tend to be from many faiths, speaking many languages.
    RB-0012.jpg
  • Stop Trump’s Muslim ban demonstration on 4th February 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The protest was called on by Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Engagement and Development, the Muslim Council of Britain, CND and Friends of Al-Aqsa. Thousands of demonstrators gathered to demonstrate against Trump's ban on Muslims, saying it must be opposed by all who are against racism and support basic human rights, and for Theresa May not to collude with him.
    anti_trump_protest-29-04-02-2017.jpg
  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians and Russians protest outside the Russian Embassy, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
    ukraine_protest-08-24-02-2022.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-02-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-04-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-01-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5
    heathrow_airport411-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5
    heathrow_airport407-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Pixar movie Finding Nemo Clownfishes printed on to tourist towels in a shop side street window in Male, Maldives.
    maldives401-15-11-2007.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-03-06-08-2018.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word07-24-06-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). 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.
    royal_exchange14-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). 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.
    royal_exchange12-27-02-2021.jpg
  • In an otherwise empty City of London financial district, whose workforce are largely still working from home during the second (Autumn) spike Coronavirus pandemic, the menu of a City pub is slowly being erased on a chalkboard on Fleet Street, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_menu01-05-10-2020.jpg
  • A man stands next to a bright yellow beach hut and waits patiently for his family to come along on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach12-18-07-2020.jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Cicero's ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto." The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-09-11-05...jpg
  • The word STOP sprayed on to a road surface, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-178-21-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-11-11-04-2018.jpg
  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
    bus_book-02-04-12-2017.jpg
  • Flemish First World War village memorial to local men, on 25th March, at Saint Martin of Tours Church, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium.
    everberg_memorial-01-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Old wrought iron gates and no entry sign at the entrance of the privately-owned de Merode Castle, out of bounds for locals, on 25th March, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium. de Merode castle was built in the 16th century and contains three separate buildings: the residence, a building for the animals, a building for employees and the stabling of carriages. Everberg is a town in the Belgian province Flemish-Brabant and is part of the municipality of Kortenberg.
    everberg_landscape-05-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Rusting wrought iron gates of private property at the entrance of an old estate, on 25th March, in Everberg, Brabant, Belgium.
    belgium_land-03-25-03-2017.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt384-06-03-2016.jpg
  • A old advert for Kodak film and palm tree inside the enclosure of the ancient Egyptian remains of Karnak in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt280-05-03-2016.jpg
  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt273-04-03-2016.jpg
  • A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt156-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Detail of an old Coca-Cola mural on a wall at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt28-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Entrance to the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin.
    christian_schuh115-04-06-2014.jpg
  • A  Chinese lady walks past the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london13-18-10-2013.jpg
  • The stencilled letters A-K sprayed on to a brick wall of a modern development in the north London of Kings Cross.
    A-K_wall02-28-02-2013.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Sternberg Centre, Finchley north London.
    jewish_mikveh44-18-03-2010.jpg
  • A homemade blackboard urging tourists to enter an Irish Bar stands in the road of a Florence side-street. Apparently beer and alcohol helps ugly people have sex and has done so since Neolithic times. A rough illustration of bottles line the bottom of the writing and in the background we see young men walking away into the distance. It is evening and customers are eating in an outdoor restaurant tent as the blue glow from the bar spreads onto the pavement.
    florence_italy149-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
    sudan240-24-05-2009.jpg
  • A banner portrait of the Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir near the laid tables that are ready for a buffet dinner in the offices and showroom for Sudanese Womens' General Union activity project in central Khartoum.
    sudan010-22-05-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the opening times in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses118-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the word Formerly in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses116-28-04-2009.jpg
  • Shop window mannequins and banners for Sale and further redictions in the wide window pane of Austin Reed in London's regent Street, England.
    windows_regent_street01-13-07-2007.jpg
  • A menu of seminar room choices is placed near an entrance for those attending a counselling workshop held for employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Words like 'Visualise, Captivate, Innovate and Expand' are listed vertically on a perspex board as well as directions to amenities such as the toilet and an 'Internet Touchdown.' Soon, seminar participants will arrive for a day's role-playing and brainstorming in classrooms named after these concepts. Encouraging the students to be inspired by these verbs.
    ernst+young_counsillors48-18-09-2007.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word01-24-06-2021.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images) CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word03-24-06-2021.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word02-24-06-2021.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word06-24-06-2021.jpg
  • With St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, the philosophical pronoun word 'What' is in the foreground on Peter's Hill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. This word is one of many others along a  route around several major attractions including the Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Museum of London and the Barbican Centre and will help orientate the spaces around Culture Mile. Each installation acts as a way finding tool and sculptural attractor where people can be informed about Culture Mile and the area. The distance between each installation allows the pedestrian to be guided between the last and the next word long the route. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images) CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
    what_word05-24-06-2021.jpg
  • Three Londoners stand connected by different forms of communication, in front of construction hoarding at Elephant & Castle, where the south London old shopping centre is being demolished, on 4th April 2021, in London, England.
    connect_people01-04-04-2021.jpg
  • Two young women rest beneath the statue of the Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington which stands in front of Royal Exchange in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. Designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria , Royal Exchange is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham 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.
    bank_of_england05-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Two young women rest beneath the statue of the Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington which stands in front of Royal Exchange in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. Designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria , Royal Exchange is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham 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.
    bank_of_england03-01-03-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). 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.
    royal_exchange17-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). 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.
    royal_exchange18-27-02-2021.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows02-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows03-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows01-26-02-2021.jpg
  • The names of local children are written on the grubby surface of a garage door in Dulwich, south London, on 8th December 2020, in London, England.
    garage_door01-08-12-2020.jpg
  • The names of local children are written on the grubby surface of a garage door in Dulwich, south London, on 8th December 2020, in London, England.
    garage_door01-08-12-2020-2.jpg
  • The rider of a motorbike who has been stopped by City of London Police, talks to officers at the roadside in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
    bus_journey03-06-08-2020.jpg
  • The rider of a motorbike who has been stopped by City of London Police, talks to officers at the roadside in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
    bus_journey04-06-08-2020.jpg
  • A man stands next to a bright yellow beach hut and waits patiently for his family to come along on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach10-18-07-2020.jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Cicero's ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto." The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-13-11-05...jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Cicero's ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto." The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-12-11-05...jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Cicero's ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto." The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-11-11-05...jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Cicero's ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto." The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • A London bus carrying banner advertising written in Chinese characters for the worldwide online property rental and listings site website UHOMES, and passes the columns of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street in the heart of the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 11th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • The word Thank You written in chalk on Ramsgate's sea wall near the former ferry terminal in the Port of Ramsgate, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a 'Brexit Port' by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UK's exit from the EU. Britain's Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
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  • An Asian family and shishi guardian lions outside a Chinese restaurant near Elephant & Castle, on 9th November 2018, in London England. Stone lions, also called Shishi in Chinese, are often found in pairs in front of the gates of Chinese traditional buildings. Chinese guardian lions, known also as stone lions in Chinese art, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They are believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Pairs of guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures.
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  • A lady waits for her order in the Chinese Cottage takeaway, on 12th September 2018, in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • A lady bus passenger messages using Chinese characters, on 15th August 2017, in London, England.
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  • Detail of a French Harley-Davidson motorbike belonging to a bike club with the words 'Pour Dieu Je Roule' (I ride for God) in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • Typeface Storytelling on a bench in krizevniska street  in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 27th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • A sign in Slovenian saying that video recording is in operation, on 26th June 2018, in Kamnik, Slovenia.
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  • A holiday apartment in a rural Slovenian village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A Slovenian signpost indicating that only forest landowners may enter, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-06-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the day that the British government awaits an explanation from the Kremlin over the poisoning by the nerve gas Novichok in Salisbury of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, a detail of the brass plate outside the Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Section, on 13th March 2018, in London England.
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  • On the day that the British government awaits an explanation from the Kremlin over the poisoning by the nerve gas Novichok in Salisbury of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, an exterior of the Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Section, on 13th March 2018, in London England.
    russian_embassy-02-13-03-2018.jpg
  • Two Jehovah's Witnesses stand with copies of the Watchtower magazine next to a shop window of assorted snacks on shelves in a corner shop (convenience store) on Gerrard Street, Chinatown, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
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  • Two Jehovah's Witnesses stand with copies of the Watchtower magazine next to a shop window of assorted snacks on shelves in a corner shop (convenience store) on Gerrard Street, Chinatown, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    chinatown_shop-06-05-03-2018.jpg
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