The Flag Institute mourns the passing of Dr Whitney Smith on 17 November 2016, at the age of 76. In 1962 Whitney Smith founded the Flag Research Center, in 1965 Flag Bulletin, and in 1967 the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA). In 1969 he also helped to found the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV). […]
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Flag Institute adopts new flag and emblem
On 18 November 2016, the Flag Institute Council formally adopted a new flag and emblem. Dr William Crampton, founder and former Director of the Flag Institute, produced the orginal designs in 1971. Alongside a stylised ‘V’ for vexillology, they included a St George’s cross to represent our founding on St George’s Day 23 April 1971. […]
Flag Institute Spring Meeting: 30 May 2015
The Flag Institute will hold its Spring Meeting on Saturday 30 May 2015. The venue is the Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, London SE1 8UJ. Registration will open at 0930 and the lecture programme begins at 1000. The venue is an armed forces club and Flag Institute members must display name badges at all times. […]
Flag Institute: Change of Official Address
Updated with effect from August 2023, our official address has changed. Please write to: The Flag Institute, 84 Norwood Grove, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 9HS, United Kingdom. NOTE: This mailbox is not staffed full time. For any urgent enquiry, please email the Flag Institute. The Flag Institute was based originally at the Chester […]
Flag Institute President’s Dinner
Last year’s Winter Conference and President’s Dinner was so successful that the Flag Institute is returning to Birmingham, and to St Paul’s. Several Birmingham VIPs will again attend, adding to the glamour of the occasion and underlining how much the city values such prestigious visitors. The meal will cost £35 a head. The dress code […]
Wales: no change to Union Flag
Interviewed this morning by BBC Wales, Welshman and Flag Institute Chief Executive Charles Ashburner suggested that moves to change the flag of the United Kingdom to include Wales are ‘unlikely to be successful for the foreseeable future’. Such a change might have been hard to resist had Scotland voted for independence. However, the national mood […]
Statement: Flag Institute President
Statement by the Malcolm Farrow, President of the Flag Institute “I would like to endorse most strongly the words of Andrew Rosindell MP – Chairman of the all party Flags and Heraldry Committee. It has been a privilege to work with the Committee for the last six years, during which we have together raised the […]
UK Flag design: comments
With Scotland’s independence vote fast approaching, the Flag Institute is busy answering press enquiries from around the world. As the UK’s national vexillological association, our role is to inform public debate about flags. So we do our best to reply to every one. We conducted one such interview for the Mail on Sunday. Read the […]
Register for the Flag Institute Winter Conference
Featuring an eclectic mix of talks, presentations, debates and music (really!), our 2014 AGM and Winter Conference is an informal opportunity for members and non-members alike to get together and share their love of flags. We urge you to take part in this exciting event, to speak or just to attend and enjoy a unique […]
Talks at 10 Downing Street
The Flag Institute today held high-level ministerial talks at 10 Downing Street, relating to the future of the Union flag. Andrew Rosindell MP and Lord West of Spithead (UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee) organised the talks. John Hayes MP hosted the event in the library of 10 Downing Street. Present were the Committee’s flag […]
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