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A man stands on the roof of a building staring at tower block displaying images taken from a Nazi propaganda film

A diptych of two boys, one black and one white. There is a backdrop of a police line tape closing off a walk marked with grafitti

Two men use phones outside a coffee shop with Unionist signage and windows displaying scenes of urban life

A group of journalists interview a young woman in the aftermath of the the Grenfell Tower Fire

A woman wearing a headscarf is surrounded by journalists while in the background a shop window display promotes party clothes

Two schoolboys crouch before a screen displaying a floral pattern and a study of a woman and child

A painting of two children surfing in the ocean

A girl rides a merry-go-round horse against a backdrop of Nazi youth playing brass instruments

A painting of a teenage girl draped in an English flag walking among consumerist advertising including some featuring women in lingerie

A group of students sit on a beach against a backdrop of a boy shielding his eyes from the sun

A young girl throws stones on a beach against a backdrop of Nazi propaganda

Two women draped in English flags stand before a backdrop of Nazi youth

An oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

A collaged image Union flags, a traffic jam on the approach to the Euston underpass in London. with poppies, and a digital screen display Nazi propaganda

A man and his daughter march with Union flags on a field in England

A woman in a headscarf and her daughter are seated in front of a backdrop of £ signs and union flags

A collaged image of a traffic jam on the approach to the Euston underpass in London. with poppies, and a digital screen display Nazi propaganda

A headstone from an English churchyard is inscribed with Here Lies England. Behind it are collaged images of people relaxing in front of a screen displaying Nazi propaganda

A man and his dog use a stand-up paddle board on the sea which blends with an image of Nazis saluting

The sea blands with a crowd of Nazis who are saluting

A man and his A man and his dog use a stand-up paddle board on the sea which blends with an image of Nazis saluting

A group of people sit outside a bar while in the background police monitor a demonstration

An armed police officer patrols a beach while a man relaxes under the watchful gaze of CCTV cameras

A young woman and man are using phones while in close proximity to two police officers.

A street entertainer juggles with fire-sticks while in the background two men are pointing cameras at a poster advertising a property development

A group of young people picnic in a park against a backdrop of tower blocks covered with consumerist advertising.

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