Mornings in Paris are for flag-spotting ✌️ Who can identify the flag on the left? 📸 Outside the Embassy of Suriname

The Malaysian flag which was raised for the first time at 12.01am on 31 August 1957 is on display at the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾

We love a flag, BUT we would like there to be 0 flags flying here, because each flag represents a country where LGBT+ relationships are criminalised. In 12 countries, the penalty is death. 📸 Museumplein, Amsterdam

For anyone who is still not over Cape Verde’s historic sporting achievement and is seriously considering hand-painting their glorious flag 🇨🇻

In case Cape Verde’s remarkable feat (holding Spain to a goalless draw) tempts you to hand paint their spectacular flag on your wall…

Let’s hear it for the gorgeous flag of Nunavut 🇨🇦

Our President Malcolm Farrow’s words on the public’s use of the Union Flag 🇬🇧 www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2203477/brits-issued-no-nonsense-use-or-lose-warning-union-jack-flags

Brits issued no nonsense 'use them or lose them' warning over Union Jack flag...

Tensions have soared across communities over people's right to hoist Union Jack and St George's flags in private and public spaces

express.co.uk

Kian is a kindred spirit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The six-year-old from Ipswich who can name every country's flag

Kian, from Ipswich, is now learning the world's capital cities after mastering his flags.

bbc.co.uk

Tickets for our spring conference are out! 📅 Sat 30 to Sun 31 May 🏠 Bristol www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-institute-spring-26-conference-sponsored-by-flagmakers-tickets-1977359097289

Flag Institute Spring '26 Conference sponsored by Flagmakers

A conference featuring a programme of contemporary and historical vexillological presentations and site visits around Bristol.

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It's rainy so we need a flag game: Name us countries whose flags are the same upside down. We'll start: Nigeria 🇳🇬

🎉 Well done if you identified the flags of Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 Brunei 🇧🇳 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 Portugal 🇵🇹

The Flag Institute@flaginstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here's another quiz: Do you know which flags contain these symbols?

Here's another quiz: Do you know which flags contain these symbols?

Well done if you said Uruguay 🇺🇾 Slovakia 🇸🇰 Uganda 🇺🇬 Mongolia 🇲🇳

The Flag Institute@flaginstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Which flags contain these symbols?

Which flags contain these symbols?

Did you know you can become a member of the Flag Institute, and receive our newsletters (digital or in print), and emails about our events? Join or renew today! www.flaginstitute.org/wp/join-or-renew

For our spring 2026 conference, we're going to BRISTOL 🤟 🗓️ 30-31 May 🏠 Gather Round, Brunswick Square, Bristol BS2 8NX 🎙️ 4 confirmed; more to be announced Get your ticket today www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-institute-spring-26-conference-sponsored-by-flagmakers-tickets-1977359097289

Flag Institute Spring '26 Conference sponsored by Flagmakers

A conference featuring a programme of contemporary and historical vexillological presentations and site visits around Bristol.

eventbrite.co.uk

Share your views: a community flag for Kinross-shire? kinross.cc/flag/

Flag - Kinross Community

Share your views: a community flag for Kinross-shire? We want ...

kinross.cc

🛎️ Do you have some flag research to share, or an interesting flag story to tell? We're always looking for new articles and presentations, from the UK and overseas. If you have a flag-related project you’d like to present, contact Leigh on chiefexec@flaginstitute.org

What do we think about this new suggested design for the flag of Shetland?

Nordic connection at heart of suggested new Shetland flag design

DOES the Shetland flag need a refresh? The answer from Whalsay’s Magnus Hutchison is a yes - and his proposed design appears to be getting a fair bit of...

shetnews.co.uk

This Saturday 15 Nov is our AGM and winter conference! Get a FREE ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-institute-agm-and-winter-2025-conference-tickets-1460810055199 Confirmed speakers: Peter Kirkwood José Manuel Erbez Maxim Saakyan & Leo Torosian Edgar Zaagsma Stan Moore Heather Binnington

Flag Institute AGM and Winter 2025 Conference

The event is free to register and will be beamed worldwide.

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It’s World Vexillology Day! Your chance to show off your favourite flag displays. We’d love to see them! 😍

“A flag is nothing more than a symbol. That’s all it is. Humanity, ever since the dawn of time, we have needed symbols.” - Malcolm’s interview on the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politics/wave-st-georges-flags-england-national-identity/

What the wave of St George's flags across England means for national identity

Across England, everyone's flying St George's flags. But is it a burst of national pride or something much more sinister?

bigissue.com

We've been busy speaking to the media about how flags reflect history, identity, and community across the UK. pressat.co.uk/releases/fla...

Flags in the Spotlight – Flag Institute Welcomes Upswing in Public Interest

The Flag...

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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. FI members receive Flagmaster twice a year, along with access to exclusive events and resources. Become a member... lnkd.in/ewgzbQEr

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.

Thoughts?

Things we love to see. Taken today in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

We’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?

3 years after starting with Cameroon 🇨🇲, Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 completes the African continent in full-colour, to-scale flags hand-painted on a wall 🤟