It is the end of the intermission at the Glyndebourne festival. Young conductor Philippe Jordan (born 1974) is part of the audience. He walks back to his seat with a friend of his. August 2000. C’est la fin de l’entracte au festival de Glyndebourne. Le jeune chef d’orchestre Philippe Jordan (né en 1974) fait partie…
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home for some 300 British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age. The residents are referred to as Chelsea pensioners. When the pensioners walk out of the Royal Hospital, they are encouraged to wear the distinctive scarlet coats instead of their usual…
It would be impossible to take such a picture today in Trafalgar Square. London authorities took measures to reduce the number of pigeons. Sales of bird seed have been forbidden since 2001. Trained birds of prey were also used to kill them. Therefore, pigeons have largely disappeared from the Square. February 1995. Il serait impossible…
The rain did not prevent thousands of English people to be in the streets and on the banks of the Thames river in London on that Sunday. Queen Elizabeth II was celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (60 years as Queen). These people dressed in the colors of the Union Jack were watching on a big screen…
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