Flags are complex signs open to multiple interpretations which are affected by how, why and where they are displayed.

London (CNN) — In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, ...

STEVENAGE, England — A tide of red and white is rising across England — hoisted on lampposts, daubed on crosswalks, stuck on apartment windows. Those behind it insist this campaign to raise the ...

BBC Sport speaks to Salford residents about their views on Gary Neville's flag comments and modern British patriotism.

Bitter debate about immigration in the United Kingdom has triggered a new trend of flying English and British flags in a vivid show of patriotism spearheaded in part by far-right figures. Usually ...

Aside from soccer or royal events, Brits don't fly their flag as much as Americans do. Now, with anti-immigrant groups embracing the Union Jack, it's part of a debate on what it means to be British.

The English flag, in particular, was prominent during the football hooliganism of the 1970s and 1980s, when soccer matches were marred by thuggish violence and racist abuse. And the Union Flag ...