Vote for the Aberdeenshire flag! It’s time for the county to pick its new official symbol. Launched in September, the competition organised by The Press and Journal was a record-breaker. Around 820 entries arrived by email or by post, making it the UK’s largest-ever flag design contest. They came from schools across northeast Scotland, as […]
Wales wins the World Cup (of flags) 2022
Wales wins the World Cup of Flags 2022! The Red Dragon crushed mighty Brazil, grabbing 93.5 per cent of the votes. ‘Wales wins. We salute you,’ tweeted exhausted competition host Bernard Muscat. ‘Long may your glorious flag fly free across valleys and over mountain tops.’ 1000s of votes were cast in the month-long Twitter poll, […]
Who will win the World Cup of Flags 2022?
The second edition of the Flag Institute’s World Cup of Flags launches Friday 28 October on Twitter. Using the groups drawn in April for the men’s football World Cup 2022, Twitter users can vote for their favourite flags representing the countries involved. Vote on the Flag Institute Twitter account: https://twitter.com/FlagInstitute In the group stages, just […]
Robin Ashburner
We heard with great sorrow of the death of Robin Ashburner. Not only was Robin a past President and our honorary vice-President. By his ‘sheer bloody-mindedness’, he saved the FI after the sudden death of our founder, Dr William Crampton. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. A full obituary will follow in […]
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