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The spaces occupied by the central £ of the million pound fridge magnet are for sale in blocks of 40 x 40 pixels, with a few larger blocks for the more adventurous.Presently unsold blocks link through to this page where you may read a little about the image currently occupying the space. All the images on show, which form a kind of mini-blog, have some relevance to the idea behind the Million Pound Fridge Magnet: That it is a representation of the people of the 21st century. As well as this, these images give potential contributors an idea of what people are interested in clicking on: Each of these images is represented on the statistics page.
Wellington
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This is
Wellington's statue, just outside the museum of modern art in
Glasgow.
The students love him so much that you can guarantee that no day will pass without there being a traffic cone on his head, which I believe represents a dunce hat placed there as a statement of defiance against the realm. If you would like to sponsor this picture or use the space for an image of your own click here. |
Bull!
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This is a timeless
picture of a large cut-out of a bull near Benidorm in Spain. I took
the picture over a decade ago but what is symbolises to me still holds
true today and will always do; 1) how much
us British love Spain as a holiday destination and 2) the complete and
utter bull that we are all exposed to day in and day out by the
establishment, which we can (almost) escape from when we are on holiday in
Spain.
The fact that it is a pro-establishment advert for bull fighting is another matter altogether. You can sponsor this image or replace it with one of your own by clicking here. |
National pride
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The stone of
destiny was stolen from Westminster abbey and returned to Scotland in 1950
by a group of students lead by Ian Hamilton. They broke it on someone's
foot, mended it (not the foot) and
then it was duly returned. Somehow in the midst's of it the students
evaded prosecution too!
Here is (I think) actor Charlie Cox on the set of a new film by the same name giving the national flag a good wave while seated on a statue in front of the old houses of parliament in Glasgow. Though the events of the heist in 1950 were smack bang in the middle of the last century, the ever growing independence amongst the countries that make up the UK is very much a thing of the 21st century, namely the formation of the Scottish parliament in 1999. You can sponsor this image or replace it with one of your own by clicking here. |
Five a day
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This colourful
picture is of an Orange, Bramley, Conference Pear, Red Williams (my favourite) and a Kiwi.
It represents a truly 21st century idea that people are embracing, eat your "five a day" of fruit and vegetables. An idea which has lead directly to the popularity of the smoothie, fruit diet and companies actually providing their employees with free fruit so they don't get ill so often. Of course, if they just opened a window and turned the heating down then that would also reduce the number of days taken sick. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of a bottle of a smoothie or anything else for that matter, then click here. |
Renovation
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In Britain we seem
to have always been obsessed with our homes. "An Englishman's home is
his castle." Renovation is certainly not a new obsession either.
However, it is only quite recently that it has become, what I would call, a
growth industry rivalling the popularity of, well, gardening or
better.
Programs like "Renovation, Renovation" appeal to our creative sides and sense of achievement. The gradual demise of our farming industry left, during the last century, a trail dilapidated farming buildings, but now these are all being snapped up and turned into yuppie retreats. Bad because it makes these sorts of building ill-affordable to genuine farmers, but good because it is preserving our heritage. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of your renovation success, then click here. |
Junior programmer
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Okay, this is a
bit of an exaggeration, however it is certainly a 21st century idea,
introduced by "the friends of IT" - New Labour, that every child
should have access to a computer and be literate in using computers.
Being somebody who started programming at the age of 7 and has made a career in IT, I don't like the idea children spending vast amounts of time with computers. There are better things to do, like building dams in the local streams and hacking down stinging nettles with badminton rackets. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of a your young hacker or anything else for that matter, then click here. |
Escape
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Escapism is a
popular subject these days. More and more of us are taking off to exotic
destinations to escape the rush of modern live and get our glimpse of
"the beach" or other sites of beauty before they disappear
completely. This is my glimpse of that.
This is not in fact a dolphin, it is a small species of whale whose name escapes me. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of your place of beauty, then click here. |
The golden age
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When we see these
machines we think of that phrase - "the golden age of steam". I
wonder then what the 21st century is the golden age of? The Internet
perhaps, or maybe entertainment or even self indulgence.
The main reason that this locomotive appears is that the golden age of steam is making a bit of a come-back in the 21st century! For the first time since Beaching, steam trains will soon be travelling between East Grinstead and Sheffield Park proving that the man was wrong in the first place. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of your favourite train driver, then click here. |
Cricket vs. Football
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Sport continues to
be a theme of the 21st century and with the 2012 Olympics looming it is
near impossible to say that sport is not representative of Britain right
now.
With many of us proving better at virtual sports on our Xbox's and Wii's than we are at actual thing. Who knows, maybe the Olympics will one day be hosted by Microsoft. If you would like to sponsor the cricket ball or replace it with a picture of your own six, then click here. If you would like to sponsor the football or replace it with a picture of you bending like Beckham, then click here. |
The digital age
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I've got it! This
is the golden age of Television. Televisions are at last becoming discrete
items in our living rooms, which is very fortunate because property
developers seem to be building houses and apartments with ever smaller
square footage and an ever higher price tag. Reclaiming the floor space
once taken up by the TV is a bonus, especially if you have children.
If you would like to sponsor this image or replace it with a picture of your TV make, then click here. |
London
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Just for the sake
of it, a bit of London that I have captured over the years.
If you would like to sponsor St Stevens tower or replace it with one of your own images, then click here. If you would like to sponsor this horse guard or replace it with one of your own images, then click here. |
HMS Grafton
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This is HMS
Grafton
(F80) at port in Tenerife, while on active service. She is a type 23
frigate designed for hunting down soviet submarines (a.k.a. Duke class,
because they are all named after dukes).
Twice a victim of 21st century economics: In 2004 she appeared as the HMS Suffolk in the ITV drama "Making Waves", which was cancelled after 6 episodes due to low viewing figures, causing upset to our sailors. Clearly they were not as popular as Emerdale. She was then sold off in 2006 after 14 years service to the Chilean navy along with the Norfolk and Marlborough. She is now called the Almirante Lynch FF 07. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace this it with one of your own images of victims of the 21st century, then click here. |
More escapism
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Some people might
not be too keen on escaping in one of these. It is not much of a symbol of
the UK or the 21st century, I just like the picture, which is the cable
car up the side of the volcano at the heart of Tenerife.
If you would like to sponsor this image or replace this it with one of your own images, then click here. |
Harrier
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I think this is
one of the most wonderful aircraft in existence. This picture was taken
back in 1997 at Farnborough and shows a lovely silhouette of the aircraft.
You can just make out the pilot.
Interestingly this aircraft appears only 1cm long on the original picture, taken before cheap cameras had decent zooms. Yet the wonders of modern day scanners has been able to pick out the detail locked away in the picture and make it quite a bit bigger. I dare say if I had used a better scanning resolution I could have picked out the pilots smile. If you would like to sponsor this image or replace this it with one of your own images, then click here. |
Red arrows
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Apparently when
the red arrows fly these collision courses one pilot flies the line and
the other has to miss.
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