England

Western Europe, 2000 — 259 photographs

Amesbury area Canterbury Dover England London Oxford Portsmouth Salisbury Salisbury Plain area Shropshire countryside Stonehenge Surrey Wiltshire Winchester York rural England/Wales

Amesbury area

The Market Inn and church spire on an Amesbury street — Amesbury area, England (mid-August 2000)

Canterbury

A grassy bank sloping down to the River Stour — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The ornate Christ Church Gate at Canterbury Cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Visitors below the carved Christ Church Gate — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A pavement following the flint Canterbury city walls — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A path along the top of the Canterbury city walls — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A cathedral notice board mounted on a stone wall — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The Canterbury Cathedral services notice board — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Regimental flags and a stained glass window inside the cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The soaring vaulted nave of Canterbury Cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A great west window glowing at the end of the dim nave — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A vast latticed stained glass window in the cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Sunlight streaming through a tall cathedral aisle — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A patterned stained glass window glowing in the dark — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A jewel-toned roundel stained glass window — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A chandelier glowing among the cathedral's stone columns — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Worn stone steps rising toward the Trinity Chapel — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The crimson and gold altar of St Anselm — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A vivid figural stained glass window set in the stone wall — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Vaulted arches and stained glass high in the cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A white-clad altar before the steps of the cathedral choir — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

An altar and chairs before the cathedral's eastern chapels — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Rows of chairs filling the long cathedral nave — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The twin Gothic towers of Canterbury Cathedral against blue sky — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The cathedral's central tower wrapped in scaffolding — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The pinnacled west front of Canterbury Cathedral — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

A weathered conical roof above the tree-lined River Ouse — Canterbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Dover

Travellers waiting below the White Cliffs at the ferry terminal — Dover, England (13-20 July 2000)

The White Cliffs of Dover seen from the sea — Dover, England (13-20 July 2000)

England

A wooded river valley under hazy summer light — England, England (August 2000)

A statue outside a red-brick civic building amid street works — England, England (August 2000)

A magnetic chess set and dividers on a cluttered desk — England, England (August 2000)

A bowl of vegetable soup and orange juice at a cafe — England, England (August 2000)

Sheep grazing in a hillside pasture behind a barbed fence — England, England (August 2000)

A quiet country lane beside a sunlit field — England, England (August 2000)

A statue outside a red-brick civic building with road works — England, England (August 2000)

A bowl of chicken in creamy sauce at a cafe — England, England (August 2000)

A plate of chicken, chips and vegetables at a cafe — England, England (August 2000)

London

Glowing lanterns above the dark 'Cats' theatre auditorium — London, England (mid-August 2000)

The lit auditorium during the 'Cats' performance — London, England (mid-August 2000)

The New London Theatre on Drury Lane with the 'Cats' sign — London, England (mid-August 2000)

The illuminated theatre exterior at night — London, England (mid-August 2000)

The bright 'Cats' marquee glowing above the entrance — London, England (mid-August 2000)

The crowded auditorium under stage lights during 'Cats' — London, England (mid-August 2000)

A brightly lit pub on a West End street at night — London, England (August 2000)

An ornate illuminated building lit up at night — London, England (August 2000)

A plate of chips, broccoli and salad at a restaurant — London, England (August 2000)

Theatre posters lining a London Underground escalator — London, England (August 2000)

A curving Northern Line tunnel and stairway — London, England (August 2000)

The painted safety curtain of a London theatre — London, England (August 2000)

A wrapped chicken salad on a cafe tray — London, England (August 2000)

A colourfully lit brick-arched Underground platform — London, England (August 2000)

The Huxley Building doorway at Imperial College — London, England (August 2000)

A page of Briggs's logarithm tables on display — London, England (August 2000)

The carved stone gate relief of Lord's Cricket Ground — London, England (August 2000)

The ornate Gothic archway of the Royal Courts of Justice — London, England (August 2000)

The riverside facade of the Houses of Parliament — London, England (August 2000)

Vintage cars and aircraft in Making the Modern World — London, England (August 2000)

Richard among silver pods in the Science Museum Wellcome Wing — London, England (August 2000)

A tall museum display of pale fibrous strands — London, England (August 2000)

An escalator viewed from above in the Science Museum — London, England (August 2000)

Richard browsing displays in a busy record store — London, England (August 2000)

A huge red mill engine flywheel in the Science Museum — London, England (August 2000)

Visitors beside towering rocket engines on display — London, England (August 2000)

A large rocket engine nozzle exhibited at the museum — London, England (August 2000)

Commuters crowding an Underground ticket hall — London, England (August 2000)

Pedestrians walking down tree-lined Exhibition Road — London, England (August 2000)

Natural History Museum poster on a street corner — London, England (August 2000)

The Henry Cole Wing of the Victoria and Albert Museum — London, England (August 2000)

The giant Body sculpture inside the Millennium Dome — London, England (August 2000)

The Millennium Dome roof seen from beneath canopy parasols — London, England (August 2000)

The Dome behind glass at North Greenwich station — London, England (August 2000)

A crowded Underground carriage of standing passengers — London, England (August 2000)

A clawed monster gripping a glowing egg in the Body Zone — London, England (August 2000)

A skull-shaped set with brains in the Mind Zone — London, England (August 2000)

A giant model heart suspended in the Body Zone ribcage — London, England (August 2000)

A model human heart hanging inside the Body Zone — London, England (August 2000)

Projection screens of athletes in the dark Mind Zone — London, England (August 2000)

A plate of baked pasta at a West End cafe — London, England (August 2000)

A rainbow Pride flag above Old Compton Street, Soho — London, England (August 2000)

The west front and dome of St Paul's Cathedral — London, England (August 2000)

St Paul's Cathedral framed by city buildings — London, England (August 2000)

St Paul's dome rising above a St Bartholomew's signpost — London, England (August 2000)

A foreign-exchange rate board at a Chequepoint counter — London, England (August 2000)

Three pigeons foraging on a city pavement — London, England (August 2000)

The needle spire of All Souls church, Langham Place — London, England (August 2000)

Illuminated Nescafe and Sanyo signs at Piccadilly Circus — London, England (August 2000)

A white limousine outside the Gielgud Theatre at night — London, England (August 2000)

A white stretch limousine outside the Gielgud Theatre at night — London, England (August 2000)

Crowds crossing the West End theatre district at dusk — London, England (August 2000)

Dusk on Shaftesbury Avenue, the Apollo and Gielgud theatres — London, England (August 2000)

A Cecil Gee shop closing down at night on Shaftesbury Avenue — London, England (August 2000)

Visitors walking a corridor lined with lockers — London, England (August 2000)

Giant Scrabble tiles spelling words in the play zone — London, England (August 2000)

Crowds at a long row of foosball tables — London, England (August 2000)

A grid of numbered scoring panels on green felt — London, England (August 2000)

Glowing 'Skills' and 'No Skills' entrance signs — London, England (August 2000)

The Tesco-sponsored Learning zone marker pillar — London, England (August 2000)

A towering wall of books in the Learning zone — London, England (August 2000)

A glowing jewel display behind green glass panels — London, England (August 2000)

An illuminated gem on a column in the jewels display — London, England (August 2000)

A teardrop-shaped jewel glowing on its plinth — London, England (August 2000)

The Millennium Jewels exhibit sign above an escalator — London, England (August 2000)

A couple reading faith-tradition quotes on a gallery wall — London, England (August 2000)

A long curved 'Self portrait' photo-collage mural — London, England (August 2000)

Tall illustrated panels in the Community exhibit — London, England (August 2000)

Visitors in the circular Faith zone with a glass lift — London, England (August 2000)

Crowds outside the dome-shaped Faith zone pavilion — London, England (August 2000)

A bank of glowing video screens above wooden rails — London, England (August 2000)

A wall display comparing walking, car, bus and bike — London, England (August 2000)

A woman reading a sustainable-transport wall panel — London, England (August 2000)

An orange canopy hanging beneath the blue tent roof — London, England (August 2000)

The central show arena under the teal tent canopy — London, England (August 2000)

Canary Wharf towers lit up at night — London, England (August 2000)

The glowing red Body zone sculpture in the dome — London, England (August 2000)

A screen inviting visitors to choose a future scenario — London, England (August 2000)

A Ford concept car raised on a display platform — London, England (August 2000)

A trans-European rail project display with departure board — London, England (August 2000)

A wall-mounted display of inline skates — London, England (August 2000)

A starship model suspended in a darkened transport exhibit — London, England (August 2000)

A green locomotive driving wheel beside a ship model — London, England (August 2000)

A man giving a chess simul at the Chess and Bridge shop — London, England (August 2000)

Spectators watching a demonstration board at the chess shop — London, England (August 2000)

Nelson's Column towering over Trafalgar Square — London, England (August 2000)

Giant pavement chess set outside the Chess & Bridge shop — London, England (August 2000)

Crowds on a sunny plaza before a white-domed building — London, England (August 2000)

The Stockpot licensed restaurant on a quiet street — London, England (August 2000)

The Hard Rock Cafe and grand building on Old Park Lane — London, England (August 2000)

The Ritz hotel on a sunlit Piccadilly corner — London, England (August 2000)

The Eros statue and crowds at Piccadilly Circus — London, England (August 2000)

The Thames and London Eye seen from the South Bank — London, England (August 2000)

Big Ben's clock tower against a pale sky — London, England (August 2000)

Walking down Victoria Street toward Westminster Abbey — London, England (August 2000)

Bright stage lights at a circus arena at night — London, England (August 2000)

Charing Cross and the river skyline from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Close-up of the white London Eye structure — London, England (August 2000)

The London Eye wheel and spokes seen from below — London, England (August 2000)

Richard in a Cambridge 2000 shirt before the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

St Paul's dome amid the city skyline from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

The Thames and rooftops viewed from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Waterloo Station's curved roof seen from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Westminster and Big Ben seen from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Westminster Bridge and Parliament with a Dali banner — London, England (August 2000)

The West End skyline viewed from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Buckingham Palace and St James's Park from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

A hazy city skyline from the London Eye — London, England (August 2000)

Lambeth Palace, the medieval chapel and Lollards' Tower — London, England (August 2000)

Contact cards plastered inside a red telephone box — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

A waxwork of Hitler in uniform at Madame Tussauds — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxwork US presidents gathered at a lectern — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxwork writers including Dickens in a parlour — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxwork of Princess Diana in a black and white gown — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxwork royals in formal dress before a throne — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Richard posing beside the waxwork of John Howard — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxworks of two robed archbishops at Madame Tussauds — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

A waxwork of the Dalai Lama in red robes — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxworks of a Salvation Army general and a young man — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Richard clowning beside waxwork clergy and the Pope — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

A waxwork cardinal in pink and black robes — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Waxwork British prime ministers in a grand room — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

A waxwork of a man in a tuxedo on a mirrored stair — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

The waxwork of cricketer Shane Warne in whites — London, England (20-25 July 2000)

Visitors browsing chess books in a busy shop — London, England (13-20 July 2000)

The Mall flying Union Jacks toward Buckingham Palace — London, England (13-20 July 2000)

Oxford

A pale koi rising in an Oxford garden pond — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Water lilies blooming on an Oxford college pond — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Tom Quad and Tom Tower at Christ Church — Oxford, England (August 2000)

A mounted shove-ha'penny board on a college wall — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Framed prints and a gilt mirror in a college room — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Ian reading a newspaper in a panelled common room — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Tom Tower clock face above the Christ Church gate — Oxford, England (August 2000)

A great spreading tree in an Oxford college garden — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Sunbeams over the laid tables of Christ Church Great Hall — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Portraits of William Penn and John Wesley in the Hall — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Heraldic stained glass in the Christ Church Hall — Oxford, England (August 2000)

The Mercury fountain column in Tom Quad — Oxford, England (August 2000)

A broad walled lawn in an Oxford college garden — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Looking up through the limbs of a great garden tree — Oxford, England (August 2000)

College garden lawn with Magdalen Tower beyond — Oxford, England (August 2000)

A cluttered attic student room with beamed ceiling — Oxford, England (August 2000)

A beamed attic study at Christ Church, Oxford — Oxford, England (August 2000)

The Thames towpath past the college boathouses — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Tom Quad and the spire at Christ Church, Oxford — Oxford, England (August 2000)

Oxford rooftops and a church spire above slate roofs — Oxford, England (mid-August 2000)

Tom Tower rising above the Christ Church rooftops — Oxford, England (mid-August 2000)

A colonnaded building with city spires beyond — Oxford, England (mid-August 2000)

Tom Tower framed through an open sash window — Oxford, England (mid-August 2000)

Portsmouth

A fog-bound harbour seen from the Portsmouth Express ferry — Portsmouth, England (29 June - 6 July 2000)

A man at the rail of a ferry in heavy fog at the port — Portsmouth, England (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Salisbury

The soaring spire of Salisbury Cathedral against the sky — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The vaulted nave and stacked chairs inside Salisbury Cathedral — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Gothic arches and a stained-glass window in the cathedral — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Visitors beneath the towering nave of Salisbury Cathedral — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Tall lancet windows glowing in the cathedral interior — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

The Trinity Chapel altar and blue Prisoners of Conscience window — Salisbury, England (mid-August 2000)

Salisbury Plain area

A country road seen through the front of a tour bus — Salisbury Plain area, England (mid-August 2000)

Shropshire countryside

Green Shropshire fields under a grey overcast sky — Shropshire countryside, England (August 2000)

Stonehenge

Visitors photographing the standing stones of Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Stonehenge across the field beyond a low fence — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

A multilingual sign at the Stonehenge car park — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Stonehenge seen across the field from behind a fence — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

A close view of the trilithons and fallen stones of Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Towering sarsen stones of Stonehenge against the sky — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Visitors walking the path around Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

The full circle of Stonehenge under billowing clouds — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Stonehenge beneath a dramatic stormy sky — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

The standing stones of Stonehenge ringed by visitors — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Crowds gathered around the Stonehenge circle — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

A close-up of the great trilithons of Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Visitors circling Stonehenge across the mown grass — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

The standing stones of Stonehenge under a cloudy sky — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Stonehenge with visitors strolling around the stone circle — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

The leaning Heel Stone standing alone beside the road — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Richard smiling in front of the Stonehenge circle — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

A red car on a straight rural road past Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England (mid-August 2000)

Surrey

Wooden bunk beds in a youth hostel dormitory — Surrey, England (20-25 July 2000)

Wiltshire

A stone village church glimpsed from the tour bus — Wiltshire, England (mid-August 2000)

A grassy downland hill fort seen from the bus window — Wiltshire, England (mid-August 2000)

Winchester

The yellow house where Jane Austen died on College Street — Winchester, England (August 2000)

College Street houses near Winchester Cathedral — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The blue plaque on Jane Austen's House — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Winchester Cathedral's west front in summer sun — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The long vaulted nave of Winchester Cathedral — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A carved canopied tomb against stained-glass windows — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The great west window and front of Winchester Cathedral — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A painted reredos and altar below stained glass — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The great west window's tiers of stained glass — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Romanesque arches and piers of the cathedral interior — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Faded medieval wall paintings in a side chapel — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The black ledger stone of Jane Austen's grave — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A framed notice describing Jane Austen's memorials — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Jane Austen's grave slab set into the flagstone floor — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A close view of Jane Austen's inscribed grave stone — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The brass memorial to Jane Austen in the cathedral wall — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A visitor walking the vaulted cathedral nave — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A carved stone screen and statues along the nave — Winchester, England (August 2000)

A pinnacled medieval chantry tomb with kneeling angels — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Choristers in red robes in the cathedral choir — Winchester, England (August 2000)

The ornate stone choir screen of the cathedral — Winchester, England (August 2000)

Visitors beside a carved chantry chapel and icons — Winchester, England (August 2000)

York

The twin towers of York Minster rising above the trees — York, England (August 2000)

York Minster towering over a busy city street — York, England (August 2000)

York Minster framed at the end of a tree-lined street — York, England (August 2000)

The Great East Window stained glass at York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The vast nave and quire screen of York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The towering Great West Window of York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The Gothic west front towers of York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

Carved royal figures of the Kings' Screen, York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The lancets of the Five Sisters Window, York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The painted astronomical clock at York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The south transept rose window of York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

The quire vaulting and organ pipes of York Minster — York, England (August 2000)

People crossing Lendal Bridge past a flowering lamp post — York, England (mid-August 2000)

The carved west front and arched window of York Minster — York, England (mid-August 2000)

Wall panels listing the bishops and archbishops of York — York, England (mid-August 2000)

A dark draped statue against a bright Minster window — York, England (mid-August 2000)

Tall stained glass windows in a transept of York Minster — York, England (mid-August 2000)

The vaulted ceiling and stained glass of York Minster — York, England (mid-August 2000)

rural England/Wales

Blurred countryside and a road sign from a train — rural England/Wales, England (August 2000)