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 […]
New Exmoor Flag announced
A unique unveiling ceremony has launched the much-anticipated Exmoor Flag at the West Somerset Railway in Minehead. To great fanfare and flag-waving, the new flag rumbled down the track blazoned on a majestic steam locomotive. Jenny Stevens designed the winning flag. ‘The flag tells a story of Exmoor’s varied terrain,’ explained Jenny, ‘sea meets river […]
What does the European Flag even mean?
As you might expect, we keep a reasonable eye on flag-related projects in all mediums around the world. There are lots of talented people out there, doing lots of great flag-related work. However this ‘explainer video’ by Mike Hobbes is a bit special. Although not entirely error-free, it is still a marvelous attempt to bring […]
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 […]
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