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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet. [1]

181 relations: Advertising, Architectural conservation, Architecture, Art auction, Art museum, Arts Council England, BBC, BBC Charter, Betfred, Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, British Board of Film Classification, British Film Institute, British government departments, British Library, British Museum, British Olympic Association, Broadband, Broadcasting, Brown ministry, Budget of the United Kingdom, Cabinet Office, Cabinet reshuffle, Cenotaph, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Channel Four Television Corporation, Charitable organization, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Churches Conservation Trust, Civil list, Civil society, Creative industries, Crown Estate, Crown Lands Act 1851, Cultural heritage, Cultural industry, Culture of England, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Communities, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Department for the Economy, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland), Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Design, Design Council, Devolution, Digital economy, Digital Economy Act 2010, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Disaster, ..., England, English Heritage, Entertainment, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Executive agency, Fashion, Film, Film censorship, Freedom of the press, Gambling, Gambling Commission, Geffrye Museum, Government Art Collection, Government of the United Kingdom, Government Offices Great George Street, Government Olympic Executive, Greater London Authority, Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde, Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic England, Historic Royal Palaces, Horniman Museum, Horserace Betting Levy Board, Humanitarian aid, Imperial War Museum, Information and communications technology, Information Commissioner's Office, Internet, Jeremy Hunt, John Whittingdale, Karen Bradley, Leisure industry, Library, License, List of British royal residences, London, London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Margot James, Maria Miller, Marlborough House, Matt Hancock, Mayor of London, Media of the United Kingdom, Michael Ellis (British politician), Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Minister for the Olympics, Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Museum, Museum of London, Music industry, National Gallery, National Heritage Memorial Fund, National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Maritime Museum, National Museums Liverpool, National Portrait Gallery, London, Natural History Museum, London, Nesta (charity), Non-departmental public body, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Executive, Ofcom, Office of Works, Olympic Delivery Authority, Order of the Bath, Paymaster General, PC game, Permanent Secretary, Premiership of Theresa May, Premiership of Tony Blair, Private company limited by guarantee, Public Lending Right, Public policy, Publishing, Racing, Regulation, Remembrance Day, Reserved and excepted matters, Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art, Royal Armouries, Royal Households of the United Kingdom, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, S4C, S4C Authority, Sajid Javid, Scheduled monument, Science Museum Group, Scotland, Scottish Government, Second Major ministry, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Sir John Soane's Museum, Sovereign Grant Act 2011, Sport, Sport England, Sport in England, Sports Grounds Safety Authority, Statutory corporation, Sue Owen, Tate, Telecommunication, Tessa Jowell, The arts, The National Archives (United Kingdom), The Royal Parks, The Tote, Theatres Trust, Tourism, Tourism in England, Tracey Crouch, Treasure Valuation Committee, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, UK Anti-Doping, UK Sport, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016, United Kingdom general election, 1992, United Kingdom general election, 2010, United Kingdom general election, 2015, Victoria and Albert Museum, VisitBritain, VisitEngland, Wales, Wallace Collection, Welsh Government, Whitehall, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics, 7 July 2005 London bombings. Expand index (131 more) »

Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

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Architectural conservation

Architectural conservation describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any built heritage are prolonged through carefully planned interventions.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Art auction

An art auction or fine art auction is the sale of art works, in most cases in an auction house.

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Art museum

An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.

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Arts Council England

Arts Council England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Charter

The BBC Charter established the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

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Betfred

Betfred is a bookmaker based in the United Kingdom, founded by Fred and Peter Done.

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Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

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British government departments

The Government of the United Kingdom exercises its executive authority through a number of government departments or departments of state.

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British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the largest national library in the world by number of items catalogued.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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British Olympic Association

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom.

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Broadband

In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Brown ministry

Gordon Brown formed the Brown ministry after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, on 27 June 2007.

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Budget of the United Kingdom

The Autumn Budget of the British Government is an annual budget set by HM Treasury for the following financial year, with the revenues to be gathered by HM Revenue and Customs and the expenditures of the public sector, in compliance with government policy.

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Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

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Cabinet reshuffle

A cabinet reshuffle or shuffle is when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of Her Majesty's Exchequer, commonly known as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or simply the Chancellor, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of Her Majesty's Treasury.

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Channel Four Television Corporation

Channel Four Television Corporation (informally Channel 4) is a publicly owned media company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Chatham Historic Dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England.

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Churches Conservation Trust

The Churches Conservation Trust is a UK charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England.

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Civil list

A civil list is a list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government.

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Civil society

Civil society is the "aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens".

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Creative industries

The creative industries refers to a range of economic activities which are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge and information.

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Crown Estate

The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it the "Sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.

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Crown Lands Act 1851

The Crown Lands Act 1851 is an Act of the UK Parliament.

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Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and preserved for the benefit of future generations.

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Cultural industry

According to international organizations such as UNESCO and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), cultural industries (sometimes also known as "creative industries") combine the creation, production, and distribution of goods and services that are cultural in nature and usually protected by intellectual property rights.

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Culture of England

The culture of England is defined by the idiosyncratic cultural norms of England and the English people.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is a government department, which was created by Theresa May on 14 July 2016 following her appointment as Prime Minister, created as a result of a merger between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).

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Department for Communities

The Department for Communities is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Department for the Economy

The Department for the Economy (DfE, An Roinn Geilleagair) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), translated in Irish as An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta and in Ulster-Scots as Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom, was a devolved government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

The Department of the Environment (DOE or DOENI; An Roinn Comhshaoil; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o tha Kintraside) was a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Design

Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns).

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Design Council

The Design Council, formerly the Council of Industrial Design, is a United Kingdom charity incorporated by Royal Charter.

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Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.

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Digital economy

Digital economy refers to an economy that is based on digital computing technologies.

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Digital Economy Act 2010

The Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, formerly the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, established in 1997.

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Disaster

A disaster is a serious disruption, occurring over a relatively short time, of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight.

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Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales, established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007.

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Executive agency

An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry-out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.

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Fashion

Fashion is a popular style, especially in clothing, footwear, lifestyle products, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film censorship

Film censorship is carried out by various countries to differing degrees, sometimes as a result of powerful or relentless lobbying by organizations or individuals.

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Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Gambling Commission

The Gambling Commission is an executive non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for regulating gambling and supervising gaming law in Great Britain (its jurisdiction does not extend to Northern Ireland.) On 1 October 2013 it assumed responsibility for regulating the National Lottery.

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Geffrye Museum

The Geffrye Museum of the Home is located on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London.

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Government Art Collection

The United Kingdom's Government Art Collection (GAC) places works of art in major government buildings in the UK and around the world to promote British art, culture and history.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Government Offices Great George Street

Government Offices Great George Street (GOGGS) is a large UK government office building situated in Westminster between Horse Guards Road, Great George Street, Parliament Street, King Charles Street and Parliament Square.

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Government Olympic Executive

The Government Olympic Executive (GOE), a unit within the United Kingdom Department for Culture, Media and Sport, was the lead government body for coordinating the London 2012 Olympics.

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Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England.

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Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde

Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 18 July 1958), is the eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury.

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Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages some of the United Kingdom's unoccupied royal palaces.

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Horniman Museum

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England.

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Horserace Betting Levy Board

The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB), commonly abbreviated to the Levy Board, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom.

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Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.

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Information and communications technology

Information and communication technology (ICT) is another/extensional term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

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Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO; stylised as ico.) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2012 and Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey since 2005.

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John Whittingdale

John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, (born 16 October 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician and former UK Government minister.

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Karen Bradley

Karen Anne Bradley (née Howarth, born 12 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician and former management consultant.

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Leisure industry

The leisure industry is the segment of business focused on recreation, entertainment, sports, and tourism (REST)-related products and services (including all playable simulacra).

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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License

A license (American English) or licence (British English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).

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List of British royal residences

British royal residences are palaces, castles and houses occupied by members of the British royal family in the United Kingdom.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics

London 2012 was the successful bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London with most events taking place in Stratford in the borough of Newham.

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London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Margot James

Margot Cathleen James (born 28 August 1957) is a British politician and entrepreneur.

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Maria Miller

Maria Frances Lewis Miller (born 26 March 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basingstoke since 2005.

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Marlborough House

Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion in St James's (City of Westminster, Inner London), is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

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Matt Hancock

Matthew John David Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British politician of the Conservative Party.

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Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is the head of the executive body of the Greater London Authority.

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Media of the United Kingdom

There are several different types of media in the United Kingdom: television, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites.

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Michael Ellis (British politician)

Michael Tyrone Ellis (born 13 October 1967) is a Conservative Party politician in the UK.

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Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries

In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for the Arts is a ministerial post, usually a low to middle-ranking minister to the much senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsible for the department's brief.

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Minister for Sport and Civil Society

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and Civil Society in England.

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Minister for the Cabinet Office

The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom.

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Minister for the Olympics

The Minister for the Olympics was a position within the United Kingdom Government created on 6 July 2005 as a result of the selection of London to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is a ministerial department of the British Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position).

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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Museum of London

The Museum of London documents the history of the English capital city from prehistoric to modern times.

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Music industry

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent music creators.

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National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.

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National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) was set up in 1980 to save the most outstanding parts of the British national heritage, in memory of those who have given their lives for the UK.

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National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.

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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, London, is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world.

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National Museums Liverpool

National Museums Liverpool, formerly National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

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Nesta (charity)

Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is an innovation foundation based in the UK.

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Non-departmental public body

In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to quangos (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations).

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland Executive

The Northern Ireland Executive is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau), commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Office of Works

The Office of Works was established in the English Royal household in 1378 to oversee the building of the royal castles and residences.

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Olympic Delivery Authority

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, responsible for ensuring the delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

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Paymaster General

Her Majesty's Paymaster General or HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom.

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PC game

PC games, also known as computer games or personal computer games, are video games played on a personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine.

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Permanent Secretary

The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-secretary of State or PUS (although the full title is rarely used), is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis.

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Premiership of Theresa May

The premiership of Theresa May began on 13 July 2016, when May accepted Queen Elizabeth II's invitation to form a government.

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Premiership of Tony Blair

The premiership of Tony Blair began on 2 May 1997 and ended on 27 June 2007.

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Private company limited by guarantee

In British and Irish company law, a company limited by guarantee (LBG) is an alternative type of corporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require legal personality.

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Public Lending Right

A Public Lending Right (PLR) programme, is a programme intended to either compensate authors for the potential loss of sales from their works being available in public libraries, or as a governmental support of the arts, through support of works available in public libraries, such as books, music and artwork.

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Public policy

Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues, in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.

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Publishing

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.

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Racing

In sport, racing is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point.

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Regulation

Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

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Reserved and excepted matters

In the United Kingdom reserved matters and excepted matters are the areas of government policy where the UK Parliament had kept the power (jurisdiction) to make laws (legislate) in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art

The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) is a committee of the United Kingdom government, advising the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the export of cultural property.

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Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's National Museum of Arms and Armour.

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Royal Households of the United Kingdom

The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments which support members of the British Royal Family.

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Royal Naval College, Greenwich

The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers.

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S4C

S4C (from the Welsh Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning "Channel 4 Wales") is a Welsh-language British public-service TV channel broadcast throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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S4C Authority

The S4C Authority (Awdurdod S4C) is an independent public body appointed by the United Kingdom Government's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to oversee the management of the Welsh-language television channel S4C and to regulate the quality of the channel's output.

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Sajid Javid

Sajid Javid (born 5 December 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician and former managing director at Deutsche Bank.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Science Museum Group

The Science Museum Group (SMG) is a collection of British museums, comprising.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Second Major ministry

John Major formed the second Major ministry following the 1992 general election after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government.

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Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, or informally Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Sir John Soane's Museum

Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum that was formerly the home of the neo-classical architect John Soane.

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Sovereign Grant Act 2011

The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15) is the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced the Sovereign Grant, the payment which is paid annually to the Monarch by the Government in order to fund the Monarch's official duties.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Sport England

Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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Sport in England

Sport in England plays a prominent role in English life.

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Sports Grounds Safety Authority

The Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Statutory corporation

A statutory corporation is a corporation created by the state.

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Sue Owen

Dame Susan Jane Owen, (born 3 June 1955) is a British civil servant, economist and former academic.

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Tate

Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art.

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Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

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Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (17 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood from 1997 to 2015, having previously been elected as the MP for Dulwich in 1992.

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The arts

The arts refers to the theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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The Royal Parks

The Royal Parks is a charity which manages the eight Royal Parks and certain other areas of garden and parkland in London.

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The Tote

The Tote, formerly the Horserace Totalisator Board and called in rhyming slang the nanny, is a British bookmaker with head offices in Wigan.

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Theatres Trust

The Theatres Trust is the National Advisory Public Body for Theatres in the United Kingdom.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Tourism in England

Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England.

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Tracey Crouch

Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (born 24 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Treasure Valuation Committee

The Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) based in London, which offers expert advice to the government on items of declared treasure in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland that museums there may wish to acquire from the Crown.

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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) is a regional group of United Kingdom national museums and the county archives service located across the Tyne and Wear area of north-east England.

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UK Anti-Doping

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is the organisation responsible for protecting sport in the United Kingdom from doping.

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UK Sport

UK Sport is the UK Government's organisation for directing the development of elite-level sport within the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016

The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, also known as the EU referendum and the Brexit referendum, took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to gauge support for the country either remaining a member of, or leaving, the European Union (EU) under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 and also the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

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United Kingdom general election, 1992

The 1992 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 651 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2015

The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.

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VisitBritain

VisitBritain is the name used by the British Tourist Authority, the tourist board of Great Britain incorporated under the Development of Tourism Act 1969.

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VisitEngland

VisitEngland is the official tourist board for England.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is an art collection in London open to the public, housed at Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.

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Welsh Government

The Welsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government for Wales.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road in the City of Westminster, Central London, which forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

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2012 Summer Paralympics

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

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7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks in London, United Kingdom, which targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the morning rush hour.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport

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