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- Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, previously known as Festival UK* 2022 was a national celebration in the United Kingdom first announced in 2018 by the Conservative government following the Brexit referendum. The festival events took place from March to November 2022, at 107 locations across the UK, at a reported cost of £120 million. Organisers announced an audience of 18 million and described the festival as "a major investment in areas across the UK that are often underserved by cultural investment." The concept was first proposed as a Festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and referred to by Jacob Rees-Mogg, later minister for Brexit opportunities, as the Festival of Brexit—a nickname which became widely used—but was later rebranded as Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, with all mention of Brexit being avoided. Unlike the 1951 Festival of Britain, held on a single site, the festival comprises ten projects "shaped across science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics". It is spread across multiple venues in the four countries of the UK, and accessible in person free of charge, on TV, on radio and online. (en)
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