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John Crace

What we lost in the noughties

Lost in the noughties: Black Rhinoceros
'Kwanzaa' the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) patrols his night enclosure at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo near Dubbo on May 30, 2009 Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Cassette tape
Cassette tape Photograph: Tim Ridley/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Jimmy Saville hosting the last ever Top of the Pops
Jimmy Saville hosting the last ever Top of the Pops Photograph: Mark Allan/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Floppy disks
Floppy disks Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: US President George W. Bush
US President George W. Bush (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a Vietnamese 'ao dai' silk tunic, take part in the official photograph for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hanoi, Vietnam 19 November 2006 Photograph: Jim Watson/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Woolworths logo
Woolworths logo Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Tracey Emin
rtist Tracey Emin attends the preview to an exhibition of her work entitled "Those Who Suffer Love" at the White Cube gallery on May 27, 2009 Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Television set
Television set Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Statue of Saddam Hussein fallls in Firdaus Square
A U.S. marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdaus Square, in downtown Bagdhad on April 9, 2003 Photograph: Jerome Delay /guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Sandwich board man in the city of London
Sandwich board man in the city of London Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Marge Simpson
In this photo released Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, by Playboy Magazine, the cover of the November 2009 issue featuring Marge Simpson is shown Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Map
Map Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Lehman Brothers employees leaving Canary Wharf
.Lehman Brothers employees outside the Canary Wharf headquarters, 15 Sep 2008 Photograph: Rex Features/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Labour rosette
Labour rosette Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: European coins
European coins Photograph: John Foxx/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Estate Agents board, Ruddington area, Notts
Estate Agents board, Ruddington area, Notts Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Electronic fax machine
Electronic fax machine Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Elders from the Jawoyn tribe holds the Olympic flame during a torch relay
One of elders from the Jawoyn tribe holds the Olympic flame during a torch relay on Nitmiluk, Australia, Wednesday, June 28, 2000 Photograph: Greg Garay/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Concorde
Concorde Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Cheque book and pen
Cheque book and pen Photograph: David Cook/guardian.co.uk
Lost in the noughties: Lost in the noughties: smoking in pubs
Smoking in pubs
Every citizen’s right to kill everyone else by sparking up ­indoors was thankfully curtailed in 2007. Now if you want to get lung ­cancer you have to hang outdoors in the rain and get pneumonia too.
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
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