Battle flags are usually designed to inspire a sense of pride in service, duty or patriotism for one’s country, or loyalty to a celebrated hero. So you have to admire the pettiness of British ...

A social media post by Antonio Tajani, Italy’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has sparked debate around the origins and symbolism of the European flag. Writing on X to mark 40 years since ...

To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...

Before the days of the rainbow flag, members of the queer community often used subtle ways to hint to their queerness. Other political symbols didn’t seek to encompass the entire community, reflected ...