An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports ...

Canada is also known as the “Land of Lilies.” This is not only in the context of the wildflowers that grow in the meadows. There is, in fact, a very significant connection to history, symbols, and ...

On this date 66 years ago (3 Dec 1959), the very first day of National Loyalty Week was held. It was a 7-day affair designed to rally the people around the new state of Singapore – a self-governing ...

Millions of Azerbaijanis around the world celebrate the 107th anniversary of the tricolor Azerbaijani flag, a state symbol of the country and the legacy of the first democratic republic in the Muslim ...

The British monarchy appears to have taken another step to distance itself from Prince Andrew. A banner bearing the coat of arms that was bestowed upon King Charles III's brother as a child has been ...

The British monarchy appears to have taken another step to distance itself from Prince Andrew. A banner bearing the coat of arms that was bestowed upon King Charles III's brother as a child has been ...

As of October 22, Prince Andrew’s coat of arms that once hung in Windsor Castle right beside Prince William’s has been taken down. The move comes just after he relinquished his Duke of York title on ...

Last week, I traced the origins of the name Kenya, a name wrapped in colonial confusion. This week, I turn to another symbol of the nation, one even more visible and yet equally misunderstood: the ...

I am a graphic designer and I have made many designs that included the Spanish Flag. When doing so, and especially when dealing with printers, a problem usually arises. The definition of the Flag of ...

We never imagined that the death of a pope and the election of his successor would generate so much design controversy. First, there was the issue of the kerning on Pope Francis's tomb. Now people are ...

Several years ago, then-Weekly columnist Raffi Elliott proposed what he half-jokingly described as an ‘uncontroversial’ revision to one of our national symbols. It wasn’t the anthem or the coat of ...