The Principality of Sealand is perhaps the world’s most famous micronation. It was founded by the late Prince Paddy Roy Bates on 2nd September 1967. Located approximately 7.5 miles (12Km) off the Suffolk coast, the former HM Fort Roughs has been the subject of an invasion, a song, a music video and even a Japanese […]
List of 40 potential new New Zealand flag designs unveiled
From over 10,000 just 40 remain. Is one of these designs New Zealand’s new flag? New Zealand took a step closer to potentially changing their national flag yesterday (10th August) after the Flag Consideration Panel released its first shortlist of 40 designs from 10,292 submissions. In a press release the panel’s chair, Professor John Borrows, […]
Olympic Flag
With just a year to go until the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, let’s take a look at the Olympic Flag, which is one of the world’s most recognisable symbols. The five rings design was created in 1912 by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The Baron said this about […]
Flag of South Sudan
Ten years ago today, on 9 July 2005, South Sudan, the 193rd and most recent United Nations member state, adopted its flag. Today also marks the fourth anniversary of its independence from the Republic of Sudan. The South Sudan Flag is identical to that of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. It is also similar in construction […]
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