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  • Four associates celebrate a successful day's business by treating themselves to a lunchtime bottle of white wine amid the scenes of prosperity and wealth of early 90s Britain. At their feet in the bay window are the fruits of a buoyant economy - Magnums of and jeroboams of Champagne to help revel in the success of the era. This is the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district where money is earned in great quantities and commodities traded in their millions. The commissions are huge and lunchtimes are extravagant.
    city_lunchtime02-20-05-1993.jpg
  • A hunched, homeless elderly man walks along Fenchurch Street in the City of London while younger and affluent office workers saunter past, smiling and with a care in the world. It is a scene of social class division, the contrasts between wealth and poverty, have and have nots, prospects and no hope for the future and of old age and youth. The old man carries a plastic bag with all his belongings and the workers carry their lunch in a paper bag. They are not only smart and he dishevelled but they stand tall and he is stooped, further proof of the hard, demanding life he leads on the capital's streets.
    misc-london02-30-08-2007.jpg
  • An elderly homeless man walks slowly past a Barclays Bank cash dispenser at which business people are either queueing or typing in their PIN numbers from cash accounts, or simply passing-by. One middle-aged gent stands eyeing the poor man suspiciously while other men of wealth, prospects and prosperity are tall and stand erect in smart suits and polished shoes, the homeless man is hunched and dishevelled, carrying a supermarket bag - perhaps containing all of his worldly goods. It is a tragic scene of extremes between the haves and the have-nots; the rich and poor; between people with hope and those in despair. This is the City of London, near Fenchurch Street Station where the UK's insurance companies are based and it is impossible to know if any of these men in smart clothes are the same age as the poor man.
    city_london14-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-252-22-09-2019.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church11-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church10-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church04-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church03-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church08-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church02-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church01-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church12-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church07-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The statue of Sir Thomas Guy stands outside the historical entrance of Guys hospital, on 9th June 2020, in London, England. Thomas Guy (1644 – 1724) was British bookseller, speculator and founder of Guy's Hospital, London whose links to the global slave trade is now a controversial aspect of this businessman by anti-slavery activists and more recently, Black Lives Matter protesters. His wealth came through shares in the South Sea Company whose main business was in the selling of slaves from Africa to the Spanish colonies. In 1720 he successfully sold his stock of the company for approx £400 million (at today's prices) and amassed a large fortune, opening the Guy's Hospital  in 1725 which today serves as one of  the capital's major NHS healthcare centres. In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests in the US and UK Black Lives Matter groups who are calling for the removal of statues and street names with links to the slave trade, Guy's and other statues of British slavery owners and profiteers, have become a focus of impassioned protest.
    black_lives_matter_statue-28-09-06-2...jpg
  • Two men walk around the corner of a property wall and towards a roundabout, on 20th March 1968, in Kuwait, Persian Gulf. The period of 1946-82 is often termed "the golden period of Kuwait" by western academics. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kuwait was considered by some as the most developed country in the region. Kuwait was the pioneer in the Middle East in diversifying its earnings away from oil exports. The Kuwait Investment Authority is the world's first sovereign wealth fund. From the 1970s onward, Kuwait scored highest of all Arab countries on the Human Development Index.
    sixties_kuwait-20-03-1968.jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-251-22-09-2019.jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-250-22-09-2019.jpg
  • Solar panels on a local Polish country wood-constructed home, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism appartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-245-22-09-2019.jpg
  • An image featuring new housing on a traditional Polish agricultural barn, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-223-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A local Polish building project for sale, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-50-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-29-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-28-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-25-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-13-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-12-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-08-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-07-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-05-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-04-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A poverty-stricken homeless man looks down at the pavement while a smartly-dressed professional puts a finger on his location on a steel map (and his own position in life) - a scene of wealth and prosperity and the downtrodden in society. They are both in a place known as Bank Triangle in what is called the Square Mile, London's oldest district of banking and finance businesses.
    homeless_tourist01-17-05-1998.jpg
  • Two very posh Belgian ladies window shop in one of Belgium's smartest chocolatiers in the famous Galleries de la Reine in central Brussels. Wearing fur coats and warm hats, they epitomise wealth and prosperity in late 1980s Europe. Golden packaging is seen in this wonderful display where individual chocolates and shaped hearts and cakes show their exclusive values.
    chocolate_window-20-12-1989.jpg
  • An excavator and aspirational poster on wall during building of 2012 Olympic Westfield City shopping centre, Stratford. A glamorous woman representing the good times - wealth and beauty and the symbols of affluence - while the working Man is seen small in comparison, the downtrodden Man. 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 so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector..
    olympic_stratford31-15-03-2012.jpg
  • An excavator and aspirational poster on wall during building of 2012 Olympic Westfield City shopping centre, Stratford. A glamorous woman sips a drink with a straw representing the good times - wealth and beauty and the symbols of affluence - while the working men are seen small in comparison, the downtrodden Man. 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 so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector..
    olympic_stratford29-15-03-2012.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad02-19-11-2010.jpg
  • As a sleeping homeless man lies curled up in his sleeping bag on a central London pavement, two window cleaners have carefully placed their ladders at his feet to clean a Boots the chemist sign. Each wearing identical blue working overalls and each wiping the frontage with their left hands, the men are symbolic of the working man versus that of a homeless person without a job, prospects or perhaps a future. The wide gap between hopelessness and the pride of one's achievement is shown here on the sidewalk of modern-day Britain. London is home to some 50,000 homeless people whose place of rest can often be recesses and shop doorways where they seek sanctuary from the cold and street violence. On the opposite end of the wealth and social divides are those who seek work with a positive outlook on life.
    homeless_ladders03-16-1993.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church09-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church06-10-08-2020.jpg
  • New short-stay tourist housing undergoing the final stages of construction, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism appartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-203-21-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-27-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-14-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-11-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-09-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-06-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad01-19-11-2010.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church05-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-26-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-10-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessmen smokes, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-03-14-09-2017.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessman smokes above, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-01-14-09-2017.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessmen smokes, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-02-14-09-2017.jpg
  • The aftermath of sprayed yellow paint on the walls of the Bank of England left by members of the climate change activists group Just Stop Oil in the City of England, the capitals financial district, on 31st October 2022, in London, England.
    bank_protest-43-31-10-2022.jpg
  • Two young men dressed in office suits casually stuff their lunches during a hot lunchtime break in the Broadgate Estate in the City of London. Both with legs across knees, the lads in their 20s sit on a bench beneath a tree alongside the statue of a traditional gardener, slightly bent and equipped with hoe and wearing a wastecoat, hobnailed boots and flat cap, an iconic salt-of-the-earth workman. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-exhausted man whose life has been spent working the honest land.  The English social divide is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus the youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting01-16-1993.jpg
  • Businesswoman sits in sunlit window beneath poster showing quality chocolates, in Manon Cafe on King William Street in the City of London, the capital's oldest, financial heart.
    city_people07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • A businesswoman stands seductively over a Victorian-style shoe-shiner in a corner of Leadenhall Market in the City of London. Her black shoe is resting on a small brass plinth for the leather to be buffed up with the help of Kiwi polish and the efficient speed of a good brushing technique with the final stage being a dusting to bring the best reflective shine. Their relationship is that of paying-customer and servant and we look see a sexually-dominant situation where the wealthy-looking lady is standing over the man with her strong leg showing in a provocative manner. Wearing a red uniform and ID, the shoe-shiner is on bended-knees, his weight resting on a soft, red cushion, protection from the cold, hard pavement while looking down, concentrating on the job in hand.
    RB_093-15-04-1993.jpg
  • Listening intently to a speech given by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major's Conservative government of 1994, these city and financial dignitaries have feasted well in the old Guildhall, the City of London's town hall - the Guildhall - in the historic financial district of the capital. Wearing formal banquet attire, these chiefs of industry appear to be an all-male audience though there were also women sat at tables during the Banker's Dinner held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor, which takes its name from his official residence nearby. They concentrate on the speech to hear the Chancellor's predictions for growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_dinner-16-04-1994.jpg
  • As City businessmen walk past during their lunch hour, a homeless man searches through a bin for scraps of discarded food, on 16th June 1994, in the City of London, England.
    city26-16-06-1994.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hanging in sunshine from the Bank of China's headquarters, on 13th February 2017, in the City of London, United Kingdom.
    china_bank-04-13-02-2017.jpg
  • Listening intently to a speech given by a city dignitary before Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major's Conservative government of 1994, these city and financial dignitaries have feasted well in the old Guildhall, the City of London's town hall - the Guildhall - in the historic financial district of the capital. Wearing formal banquet attire, these chiefs of industry appear to be an all-male audience though there were also women sat at tables during the Banker's Dinner held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor, which takes its name from his official residence nearby. They concentrate on the speech to hear the Chancellor's predictions for growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_banquet03-16-06-1994.jpg
  • A businessman sips a chilled glass of white wine to accompany a dish of seafood in Sweetings in the City of London. A waiter waits for the man's verdict before filling the glass then tending his order from the table menu. Associates talk discreetly in the background in this very traditional bar in the heart of the capital's financial district, near St Paul's Cathedral. Sweetings Restaurant first opened in 1889 and has carried out serving lunch ever since. Sweetings prides itself on offering a wide variety of English sustainable fish, from wild fresh Scottish Salmon, usually the first fish of the season, to the native oysters from West Mersea on the Essex coast.
    city_lunchtime03-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Homeless man beneath the statue of philathropist, banker and entrepreneur George Peabody ( 1795 - 1869)
    peabody_statue01-03-04-1993.jpg
  • A Londoner walk past a closed shop poster featuring a businessman wearing a blue suit - a favoured style and colour of menswear in the City of London, the capital's financial district - aka the Square Mile, on 29th August 2018, in London, England.
    golfing_city-07-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A wealthy Latino couple enjoy the beach as a man carrying possessions walks past, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_4.jpg
  • Women watch other ladies arriving from London to attend Royal Ascot Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England.
    ascot03-18-06-1992.jpg
  • A Rolls-Royce limousine drives past less wealthy onlookers opposite the temporary renovation hoarding of luxury brand Louis Vuitton in New Bond Street, on 25th February 2019, in London, England.
    vuitton_corner-01-26-02-2019.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    ascot02-18-06-1992.jpg
  • As passers-by blur when walking past, a homeless street beggar sleeps on the ground outside Holborn tube station, on 22nd November 2017, in London England.
    street_beggar-01-22-11-2017.jpg
  • The contrast between two stylishly-dressed gentelmen walking past a homeless man begging on Oxford Street, on 10th August 2017, in London, England.
    street_dandies-03-10-08-2017.jpg
  • Passers-by ignore destitute bag-lady in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • As a young office worker sleeps incongruously on a marble pavement, a street sweeper nearby brushes away litter with a small dustpan. The manual labourer wears blue overalls, yellow gloves and keys in his back pocket while the man in a wastecoat and smart trousers and polished slip-on shoes appears to be fast asleep, his fingers across his chest. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-demanding job of a man whose life has been spent cleaning and sweeping. English social differences is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus a lazy youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting03-16-1997.jpg
  • An unfortunate and hunched, elderly woman sells flowers to uncaring young passers-by on a Krakow street corner, Poland.
    begging_poland01-19-06-1990.jpg
  • As workmen clean drains, a passing businessman pauses to photograph the notorious Traitors Gate at the Tower of London
    london_time07-03-09-2008.jpg
  • A wealthier man carrying his lunch, walks past a black male lying on the pavement outside a branch of the Co-Op bank on the Strand, on 23rd June 2021, in Westminster, London, England.
    co-op_homeless02-23-06-2021.jpg
  • A wealthier man looks down at a black male lying on the pavement outside a branch of the Co-Op bank on the Strand, on 23rd June 2021, in Westminster, London, England.
    co-op_homeless01-23-06-2021.jpg
  • As passers-by blur when walking past, a homeless street beggar sleeps on the ground outside Holborn tube station, on 22nd November 2017, in London England.
    street_beggar-02-22-11-2017.jpg
  • The contrast between two stylishly-dressed gentelmen walking past a homeless man begging on Oxford Street, on 10th August 2017, in London, England.
    street_dandies-02-10-08-2017.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as a man dressed in formal tails walks towards an entrance gate for the private members' enclosure. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_posh01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_women01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_ladies01.jpg
  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot_couple06-18-1992.jpg
  • Arriving hoi polloi for Royal Ascot's Ladies Day parade to a private members' enclosure gate, watched by the Common People..Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June.
    ascot_posh02-18-06-1992.jpg
  • An exterior view of the Chelsea Barracks development on Chelsea Bridge Road, on 9th February 2023, in London, England.
    wellington_barracks-09-09-02-2023.jpg
  • Members of the public pass-by the sprayed yellow paint on the walls of the Bank of England left by members of the climate change activists group Just Stop Oil in the City of England, the capitals financial district, on 31st October 2022, in London, England.
    bank_protest-32-31-10-2022.jpg
  • The aftermath of a targetted dye attack on the front windows of Bentley car dealership Jack Barclay, by the Climate Change campaign group 'Just Stop Oil', in Bruton Street in Mayfair, on 26th October 2022, in London, England.
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  • The aftermath of a targetted dye attack on the front windows of Ferrari car dealership HR Owen, by the Climate Change campaign group 'Just Stop Oil', in Berkeley Square in Mayfair, on 26th October 2022, in London, England.
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  • Pedestrian shoppers walk past a shiny Ferrari that has been illegally parked on the narrowed pavement outside Louis Vuitton on New Bond Street, on 14th July, in London, England.
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  • As the war in Ukraine continues and the financing of Russian money in the capital remains controversial, a man walks along a rooftop terrace with a background of other city workers and office architecture, on 3rd February 2022, in the City of London, England.
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  • A car wash man cleans a luxury Porsche in Chester Square in London SW1 where a number of Russian property owners - including Roman Abramovich - are said to have invested - and following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its second day, more sanctions against Russian commercial interests in the UK have been announced, on 25th February 2022, in London, England. Campaign group 'Transparency International' say an estimated £1.5bn of UK property has been spent with suspect funds from Russia, via the City of London, the UK capital's financial district.
    chester_square-12-25-02-2022.jpg
  • Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the Russian-backed rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent of Ukraine and the British government announced sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, figures are seen with a backdrop of the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 23rd February 2022, in London, England. Campaign group 'Transparency International' say an estimated £1.5bn of UK property has been spent with suspect funds from Russia, via the City of London, the UK capital's financial district.
    city_people-10-23-02-2022.jpg
  • A contact cleaner with work equipment crosses the road in front of luxury Bentley and Mercedes cars on a side street off the Kings Road in Chelsea, on 16th May 2023, in London, England.
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  • A contact cleaner with work equipment crosses the road in front of luxury Bentley and Mercedes cars on a side street off the Kings Road in Chelsea, on 16th May 2023, in London, England.
    contract_cleaner -01-16-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, a portrait of the new king and Queen Camilla are seen the window of Holland & Sherry in Savile Row, the street renowned for fine tayloring and couture, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Holland & Sherry is a fabric mill founded in London in 1836 by Stephen George Holland and Frederick Sherry.
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  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, a Garter Knight’s robe is displayed in the window of Henry Poole taylors in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England.
    coronation_window-06-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, military ceremonial uniforms are displayed in the window of Dege & Skinner in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Dege & Skinner is a bespoke gentleman's tailor and shirt-maker located at 10 Savile Row, London. Founded in 1865, they are one of the oldest, continually operated bespoke tailoring companies in the world.
    coronation_window-09-02-05-2023-2.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, a Garter Knight’s robe is displayed in the window of Henry Poole taylors in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England.
    coronation_window-07-02-05-2023-2.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, military ceremonial uniforms are displayed in the window of Dege & Skinner in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Dege & Skinner is a bespoke gentleman's tailor and shirt-maker located at 10 Savile Row, London. Founded in 1865, they are one of the oldest, continually operated bespoke tailoring companies in the world.
    coronation_window-11-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, military ceremonial uniforms are displayed in the window of Dege & Skinner in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Dege & Skinner is a bespoke gentleman's tailor and shirt-maker located at 10 Savile Row, London. Founded in 1865, they are one of the oldest, continually operated bespoke tailoring companies in the world.
    coronation_window-10-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, a uniform worn by the then-Prince of Wales at his investiture is displayed in the window of Gieves & Hawkes in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Gieves & Hawkes was founded in 1711 and is a bespoke men's tailor and menswear retailer located at 1 Savile Row.
    coronation_window-13-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, a uniform worn by the then-Prince of Wales at his investiture is displayed in the window of Gieves & Hawkes in Savile Row, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England. Gieves & Hawkes was founded in 1711 and is a bespoke men's tailor and menswear retailer located at 1 Savile Row.
    coronation_window-14-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, the tropical 'bush jacket' worn by the then-Prince of Wales during foreign tours is seen in the window of Gieves & Hawkes, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England.
    coronation_window-18-02-05-2023.jpg
  • With five days to go before the coronation of King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, the tropical 'bush jacket' worn by the then-Prince of Wales during foreign tours is seen in the window of Gieves & Hawkes, on 2nd May 2023, in London, England.
    coronation_window-17-02-05-2023.jpg
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