PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere. Lighting up a campfire and riding a moped through the festival was the norm in the 80’s, as Hertfordshire born Dave Kotula captured in his photographs. Dave says; “I was 18 when I first visited the festival in 1985, and I was there again in 87 and 89, carrying all the idealistic view of youth with me. “This was an opportunity to go to another world, away from the day to day hassles we had from adult society and the authorities.
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .