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We consider a version of the relational model in which relation names may appear as arguments of other relations. Allowing relation names as arguments provides enhanced modelling capabilities, allowing some object-oriented features to be expressed within the relational model. We extend relational algebra with operators for accessing relations, and also define a relational calculus based on the logic HiLog. We prove two equivalence results between extensions of relational algebra provide higher expressive power than relational algebra on any given database. Finally, we argue that the extensions proposed here are relatively easy to provide in practice, and should be expressible within modern query languages.