Some seven and half miles (12km) off the Suffolk coast, the Principality of Sealand is perhaps the world’s most famous micronation. Founded on 2 September 1967 by the late Prince Paddy Roy Bates, Sealand occupies the former HM Fort Roughs. And it has been the subject of an invasion, a song, a music video and […]
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
South Sudan adopted its flag on 9 July 2005 and gained its independence from the Republic of Sudan on 9 July 2011. The flag of South Sudan is identical to the flag of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. It is also similar in construction and colours to two other flags: those of Sudan and of neighbouring […]
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