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This is it. Our last post on X.
We’ve neatly folded our last flag here, and we’re hoisting our majestic colours on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/flaginstitu…
Same nerdy flag chat, same pedantry about pennants… just on a different platform.
Au revoir 👋
Another town calls for flag designs! Will you answer?
DESIGN A FLAG FOR GIRVAN!
If you live in the Girvan area, and fancy a go at designing a community flag for your town, now is your chance!
For details and entry forms, or to donate or vote:
girvanartsfestival.com/girva…
@sacred_heartps @girvanacademy @GirvanPrimary
ALT Saltire flying at Girvan Harbour
The Flag Institute retweeted
Our great big school welcomed Philip Tibbetts, Honorary Vexillologist and March Pursuivant Extraordinary, Court of the Lord Lyon this afternoon. He enthused our children about flags and Heraldry. He introduced a wonderful flag competition for Girvan to have its very own flag!
The vexillological signal that Christmas is about to begin! 🚩
Flagmaster 169 in paper and digital form is now out!
Articles include
🔎 the new Danish Flag Law
🔎 the Tino Rangatiratanga (Māori) flag
🔎 flags in St Pierre and Miquelon
Sign up for membership at flaginstitute.org/wp to receive your copy 🙌
ALT 3 copies of the Flag Institute’s Flagmaster magazine, issue 169
Our friends @TheHeraldrySoc have talked to the Flag Institute's own Communities Vexillologist about how he got into flags and how that led to the world of heraldry and huge state ceremonies
New @ The Herald! 🗞️
Our latest article is a profile of March Pursuivant from the Court of the Lord Lyon. Philip Tibbetts gives his take on a number of points, and a little about how he ended up where he is now.
theheraldrysociety.blogspot.…
If you’ve enjoyed our flag mischief here over the years, you may want to join us on BlueSky ✌️ bsky.app/profile/flaginstitu…
The Flag Institute retweeted
Our winter conference is on Saturday 16 November, between 10am-3:30pm.
The event is online, and tickets are FREE!
Read about the confirmed speakers and their topics, and grab your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-inst…
🚨🗳️ Voting is now open for the Bothwell Flag Competition. Which will you choose?
The latest community flag vote in Scotland, for the town of Bothwell, has gone live.
Vote online until the end of the month here - forms.office.com/pages/respo…
Our winter conference is on Saturday 16 November, between 10am-3:30pm.
The event is online, and tickets are FREE!
Read about the confirmed speakers and their topics, and grab your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-inst…
We don't know them yet, but the options in the Bothwell Flag Competition have been decided! Voting later this year and unveiling early next year.
New flag competition design alert!
The town of Bothwell, just south of Glasgow, is now open for your entries. Submit via the link below
The Town Flag Competition for Bothwell was launched today and included a talk from the Honorary Vexillologist to children from the local primary schools. The competition is now open for entries here: bothwellparishchurch.org.uk/…
Sending warm thoughts and positive energy to our friends in Ukraine, on their Independence Day today 🇺🇦
ALT A flag of Ukraine against a blue sky
Registration for our winter conference and AGM is now open!
📅 Saturday 16 Nov 2024
🎫 Free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-inst…
Huge shout out
to the fine people
waving the flag of Uruguay 🇺🇾
at Norwich Pride 😄
ALT Rosy May on the stage at Norwich Pride, while 2 people at the front wave the flag of Uruguay 🇺🇾
