Main article: Politics of the United Kingdom, Government of England Since the promulgation of the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan and the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542, Wales has shared a legal identity with England as the joint entity of England and Wales. The Act of Union with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 created the Kingdom of Great Britain, subsuming England, Wales and Scotland into a single political entity. Scotland, along with Northern Ireland, retain separate legal systems. The duchies of Cornwall and Lanca ...

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Main articles: Geography of the United Kingdom, Geography of England England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight. It is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. It is closer to continental Europe than any other part of Britain, divided from France only by a 38 km (24 statu ...

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Main article: Subdivisions of England Historically, the highest level of local government in England was the county. These divisions had emerged from a range of units of old, pre-unification England, whether they were Kingdoms, such as Essex and Sussex; Duchies, such as Yorkshire, Cornwall and Lancashire or simply tracts of land given to some noble, as is the case with Berkshire. Until 1867, they were subdivided ...

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The "Enigma" of the title refers to two puzzles. The first puzzle is to determine which of Elgar's friends each variation represents, and this has been solved with some certainty as outlined above. Elgar himself eventually provided brief notes on the subjects to accompany a piano roll version of the Variations. However, there also is a second, hidden theme, upon which all variations are based, which is never heard. Elgar once declared: The enigma I will not explain - its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you th ...

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The Royal Navy is currently deployed in many areas of the world. Royal Navy - Atlantic Patrol Task North. Atlantic Patrol Task (North) is normally carried out by a single warship and/or RFA vessel in the Caribbean during the hurricane season from May to November. Royal Navy - Atlantic Patrol Task South. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) constitutes the RN's considerable commitment to the South Atlantic and West African areas which is comprised of single warship accompanied by ...

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At the height of Roman Britain, the Empire included all of Britannia (first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC), which was bordered by Hadrian's Wall, close to today's border between England and Scotland. To the Romans northern Britain was known as Caledonia. A southern part of what is now known as Scotland was occupied by the Romans for a brief period by the end of the Roman reign, keeping in place the Picts to the north of the Antonine Wall. The island of Great Britain has never been completely conquered, even in Roman days. People living i ...

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Today Britannia lives on in British symbols and British patriotism such as: Britannia silver, a high-grade alloy of silver introduced in Britain in 1697. Britannia coins, a series of British gold bullion coins issued since 1987, which have nominal values of 100, 50, 25, and 10 pounds. Britannia Airways, a charter airline, recently renamed Thomsonfly. HMS Britannia, seven vessels of the Royal Navy. Britannia Royal Naval College, the Royal Navy's officer training college. ...

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In the early 16th century, Henry VIII was a keen patron of music. He played various instruments himself and an inventory, taken after his death in 1547, reveals that he owned a large collection, including 78 recorders. He is sometimes credited with compositions, including the part-song Passetyme With Good Companye but, although it is likely that he learnt the rudiments of composition, no music has been unequivocally attributed to him. The 16th century was the period of composition of some of Europe's greatest polyphonic choral ...

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During the Commonwealth period conditions were hard for professional musicians: the royal court was in exile, the theatres were closed, and church music was prohibited. Many church or collegiate choirs were disbanded and their organs removed or silenced. There was however no Puritan ban on secular music. Indeed Cromwell had the organ from Magdalen College, Oxford set up at Hampton Court Palace and employed an organist and other musicia ...

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The leading figure in British music of the early 18th century was a naturalized Englishman, George Frideric Handel. Although he was born in Germany, he played a defining role in the music of the UK. His orchestral music (such as the Water Music, and the Music for the Royal Fireworks) and his choral music (particularly the Messiah) virtually set the British taste in music for the next 200 years. Today, they remain amongst the most popular concert works; still account for significant album sales; and ar ...

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This period was dominated by Pelham Humfrey and Henry Purcell. Purcell composed church music, festive odes and music for the theatre. Christopher Simpson's work, The Division Violist, first published in 1659, was for many years the leading manual on playing the viol and on the art of extemporising "divisions to a ground", in Britain and continental Europe. A facsimile edition was reprinted by Arnold Dolmetsch in the 1950s and is still used as a reference by early music revivalists. The diary of Samuel Pepys, himself a music lover, collector of instruments, and an amateur composer, pro ...

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List of patriotic songs - United Kingdom. For historical reasons of the domination by England of the culture of the United Kingdom, those songs have been adopted as patriotic songs, often to the distaste of the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish. God Save the Queen – the country's de facto, but not de jure, national anthem Land of Hope and Glory Rule Britannia Jerusalem I Vow to Thee, My Country There'll Always Be an England The British Gr ...

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Main article: Culture of the United Kingdom List of topics related to the United Kingdom - British art. Main article: British art Art of the United Kingdom English school of painting National Gallery, London National Portrait Gallery Tate gallery Turner Prize List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Music in the UK. Main ...

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The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others. List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Cricket. 2005 English cricket season Marylebone Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Association football or soccer. British Home Championship England The Football Association English national football team FA Premier LeagueSee also:

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List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Religion in the United Kingdom. Main article: Religion in the United Kingdom Christianity Church of England (the established state church in England) Church of Scotland (the established state church in Scotland) General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches Methodism Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland Roman Catholic Church United Reformed Church Religio ...

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In the early 19th century, the Irish composer and virtuoso pianist John Field was highly influentual in his style of playing which is thought to have been an inspiration to Schumann, Chopin and Liszt. He is credited with having invented the nocturne as a musical form. Later in the century, another Irishman, Charles Villiers Stanford would also exert a strong musical influence. During this period, the Edinburgh-born Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie was renowned in Britain as a composer and conductor. He celebrated his native Scotland in his two Scottish Rhapsodi ...

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