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Flagmaster 170 is the latest issue of the @flaginstitute.bsky.social flagship magazine, featuring original research and fresh perspectives from across the world.
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Today, Parliament Square is looking particularly stripey – it's Historic County Flag Day!
From Cornwall to Caithness, every flag is out and flapping proudly and competitively in the breeze. Come for the heritage, stay for the vexillology-induced neck strain.
A flag seen at Glastonbury festival which reads ‘Ban flags’
Thoughts?
28.06.2025 20:43 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Things we love to see. Taken today in Copenhagen 🇩🇰
12.06.2025 14:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The attendees who were able to stay for the second day visited the Merchant Adventurers' Hall and the York Army Museum today.
18.05.2025 16:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Attendees at the Flag Institute's spring conference, standing outside the conference venue.
Look at all those happy flag nerds! 🤓
Thank you everyone for joining us!
🎤 Visual artist Danladi Kole Bako presented his talk 'Colours: Symbolism for medium of communication', and after a short break, Mike Scott Rumble spoke about the vexillology of civil aviation.
17.05.2025 16:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🎤 Stephen Rayner spoke on the contested legitimacy of Croatian symbols in the Anglosphere (1973-99), while Swedish designer Oskar Pernefeldt presented about designing a flag for planet Earth.
17.05.2025 16:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🎤 Gustavo Tracchia, founding member of the Argentine Association of Vexillology spoke about the introduction of flags and sashes, and Geoff Parsons, our former chair, spoke about standards, guidons, colours, guns and truncheons.
17.05.2025 16:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We’re in beautiful York for our spring conference! 🙌
We hope all of you gorgeous flag nerds attending have a great time hearing from our speakers!
Ok BlueSky, what is your favourite flag fact?
08.05.2025 08:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
All 54 African flags hand-painted on a wall.
3 years after starting with Cameroon 🇨🇲, Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 completes the African continent in full-colour, to-scale flags hand-painted on a wall 🤟
28.04.2025 18:17 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0So it turns out St George’s Day is… today?
We
a) get to celebrate twice 🙌
b) are not complaining 😌
Happy St George’s Day! Wishing everyone a great day as we celebrate England’s patron saint.
23.04.2025 07:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
The fully-painted flag of Eritrea. Also in the photo are the flags of Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Eswatini, Zambia, Kenya, and Mozambique.
The partly-painted flag of Eritrea. Also in the photo are the flags of Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Eswatini, Zambia, Kenya, and Mozambique.
The partly-painted flag of Eritrea. The red is missing. Also in the photo is the flag of Malawi.
A pencil outline of the flag of Eritrea. Also in the photo is the flag of Malawi.
Hey Eritrea 🇪🇷
You look good there on the nearly-completed wall of African flags.
You can still register for our spring conference in York!
Dates: 17-18 May
Venue: The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre
Speakers: 7 confirmed
Also attending: Many flag nerds just like you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-institute-spring-2025-conference-tickets-1232062374729?aff=oddtdtcreator
Hey this is us 👋
06.04.2025 12:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Finished flag of Malawi, hand-painted on a wall
Partly-coloured-in flag of Malawi
Pencil outline of the flag of Malawi, drawn on a wall
Malawi 🇲🇼 and its 31 rays coming out of a red rising sun… here we go ✌️
24.03.2025 10:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Full-colour, to-scale, hand-painted flag of Zambia, above the flag of Mozambique
Partially-painted flag of Zambia, above the flag of Mozambique
Partially-painted flag of Zambia, above the flag of Mozambique
The beginning of the flag of Zambia in pencil, with the cutout of an eagle used to trace it on the wall
Zambia 🇿🇲 has a flag that looks impossible to hand-paint in 9x6cm… until it becomes possible 🤟
06.02.2025 18:22 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our spring conference 2025 will be in York!
🗓️ 17-18 May
🏠 The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre, YO24 1AQ
Some speakers already confirmed!
Get your ticket today 👇
Pencil drawing of the proportions of the flag of Mozambique
Pencil outline of the flag of Mozambique on the wall
The yellow and green bits of the flag of Mozambique painted in
Full-colour, to-scale flag of Mozambique painted on the wall
Hey Mozambique 🇲🇿
25.01.2025 12:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0please use flags to celebrate, grow, and unite behind a common cause.
don’t use flags to demand superiority, or bully or exclude people.
that’s our TED talk.
Read more on our website: www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flag-registry-news/bothwell-flag-unveiled/
13.01.2025 17:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The new flag of Bothwell - a stylised map of the town, with a central red sandstone castle and the river Clyde flowing to the west.
Congrats to Bothwell on its new flag!
We love a flag ceremony, so here you are with a filming of the unveiling! 🥰
www.youtube.com/live/mue40QArDMg?si=Lw0NgKKYnXqAFCOE
A flag quiz to start your 2025 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/01/parrots-trees-dragons-quiz-national-flag-changes
01.01.2025 10:20 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It’s cold and dark and wet. But it’s 141 days to the Eurovision final. And 180 days to Glastonbury.
Longer, warmer days will come, and glorious flags will flap gaily in the summer skies.
You beautiful flag nerds, hang on in there.
Flagmaster 169 in paper and digital form is now with the worldwide @flaginstitute.bsky.social membership.
Articles include new Danish Flag Law, the Tino Rangatiratanga (Māori) flag, and flags in St Pierre and Miquelon.
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Well done if you recognised the flag of Sarawak 👏
14.12.2024 22:55 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Shared in our WhatsApp group.
What flag is this? 👇
We love that you like it! 😍
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