Serving flag nerdery realness since 1971, but not on X any more. Come find your flag sisterhood on bsky.app/profile/flaginstitu…
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27 Jul 2025
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 👋
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7 Mar 2025
Another town calls for flag designs! Will you answer?
1 Mar 2025
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
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The Flag Institute retweeted
7 Mar 2025
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!
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The Flag Institute retweeted
7 Mar 2025
The pupils in classes 2 and 5 were highly engaged and asked so many good questions during ‘The Girvan Flag’ presentation by Philip Tibbetts today. We want to thank Philip again for today and the ladies from @GirvanArts who supported also. The competition is well and truly on! 🏴
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24 Dec 2024
The vexillological signal that Christmas is about to begin! 🚩
24 Dec 2024
I've just been informed that Saint Nicholas' banner of arms (Azure three bezants) is just about to be lowered at the North Pole, indicating that he is about to leave his residence and begin the journey around the world for the evening.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
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19 Dec 2024
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
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13 Dec 2024
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
12 Dec 2024
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.…
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20 Nov 2024
If you’ve enjoyed our flag mischief here over the years, you may want to join us on BlueSky ✌️ bsky.app/profile/flaginstitu…
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The Flag Institute retweeted
29 Oct 2024
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…
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6 Nov 2024
🚨🗳️ Voting is now open for the Bothwell Flag Competition. Which will you choose?
6 Nov 2024
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…
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11 Oct 2024
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.
11 Oct 2024
The Court's Vexillologist returned to Bothwell today for the next step in their community flag competition; the judging panel. It took over 4 hours of deliberation to get through all the entries, with a huge number submitted by the local schools. Voting will open later this year.
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6 Oct 2024
Well done if you said South Africa 🇿🇦
6 Oct 2024
A question on the British ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’
Do you know?
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6 Oct 2024
A question on the British ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’
Do you know?
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30 Aug 2024
New flag competition design alert!
The town of Bothwell, just south of Glasgow, is now open for your entries. Submit via the link below
30 Aug 2024
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/…
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24 Aug 2024
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
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11 Aug 2024
A veritable smorgasbord of beautiful flags on display at the Paris 2024 closing ceremony 🤩
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8 Aug 2024
Registration for our winter conference and AGM is now open!
📅 Saturday 16 Nov 2024
🎫 Free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/flag-inst…
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27 Jul 2024
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 🇺🇾
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The Flag Institute retweeted
27 Jul 2024
Imagine if Bhutan and Wales had a flag baby!
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