After weeks of work, the judging panel has reduced 69 entries to a shortlist of six. These will now go to a public vote to create an official flag for Willenhall Contributions came from local schools as well as the people of Willenhall and further afield. The judges included representatives from the Flag Institute, Poundland, […]
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 […]
Black Country Flag put to song
In a possible first for a UK sub-national flag, the Black Country Flag now has its own song. Local poet and academic Brian Dakin wrote it for Black Country Day, in the famous YamYam dialect. Brian’s research work involves notions of identity through language, in particular the various Black Country dialects. Having a day and […]
Chief Vexillologist on Voice of Russia panel
In a very interesting Voice of Russia broadcast on 11 March 2014, Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist Graham Bartram joined host Brendan Cole on a discussion panel. The panel also included: Liam Clarke, political editor, Belfast Telegraph David Vines White, Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London Professor Paul Ward, Head of Department of History, English Languages […]
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