Following careful consideration of the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided with regret to cancel the Spring 2020 Conference. In the current extraordinary circumstances, we feel this is the wisest and kindest course of action. It is also the only means of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of delegates, the Flag Institute team, […]
To flag or not to flag
According to reports in the Guardian, the UK government has changed its policy on flying flags on royal birthdays. Local authorities no longer need to raise the Union Flag for Prince Andrew. The prince withdrew from his royal duties after a disastrous television interview defending his friendship with deceased US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After […]
Cover drive
The Flag Institute makes the pages of Country Life! As well as its usual property, interior design, gardening and cookery articles, the latest issue (5 February 2020) boasts a full-colour cover featuring county flags, plus a seven-page article by Eleanor Doughty. Extensively quoted are the Flag Institute’s own Communities Vexillologist, Philip Tibbetts, and President, Malcolm Farrow. […]
Spring 2020 Conference: book now
The Flag Institute invites you to its Spring 2020 Conference, taking place on Saturday 28 March at David Game College, London. Admission is free and speakers and presentations include: Patrice de la Condamine, Professor of Contemporary History; author of Les drapeaux panarabes; Société française de vexillologie Pan-Arab flags Roger Ourset, Retired Professor and Dean of ESA […]
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