Images Dated 23rd September 2010

Three Spitfires coming out of the sun to complete a clean sweep for Britain in the 800m final at the 1986 European Championships

Athletics - 1986 Stuttgart European Championships - Men's 800 metres Final
Great Britain has a clean sweep of the medals in the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany. Left to right, Sebastian Coe (gold), Steve Cram (bronze) and Tom McKean (silver)

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Hawksbill turtle

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef. This sea turtle is critically under threat of extinction and is a protected species. It feeds mainly on sea sponges and algae, but will also eat comb jellies, jellyfish, and sea anemones. Photographed in Indonesia

© GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Plate - Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the row

Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne'er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow. (a parody of lines from Omar Khayyam). Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware. (Back of plate, Grimwade's Staffordshire England, made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of 1917 when the boys were in the trenches fighting for liberty and civilization.) Date: 1917

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library