Comments on: The England Flag

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:31:22 +0000

I like that you can now buy flags with ‘ENGLAND’ written across them, incase you have a hard time recognising the flag you’re looking at.

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By: idlex

idlex — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:05:59 +0000

Why thank you, Paul!

I hadn’t actually thought of anyone else reading it.

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By: PaulD

PaulD — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:51:50 +0000

Idlex – I’d buy it and double your circulation.

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By: jb

jb — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:04:01 +0000

How funny that after reading about the flag issue this morning I see flags (American)everywhere at lunchtime. Back in the office and a quick glance at the calendar…it’s Flag Day!

I still don’t understand why it would be an issue for the English to display England’s flag. Culture confusion?

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By: idlex

idlex — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:25:37 +0000

Thanks all, for newspaper advice.

I think I’d really like to design my own newspaper. It wouldn’t have much news beyond the essential (no rapes, murders, royalty, celebrities, or gossip), and almost zero sport, and lots of long opinion pieces, and in-depth reports. And page 3 would carry pictures of Bettany Hughes. And I would write the editorials.

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By: PaulD

PaulD — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:45:55 +0000

Steven: I don’t think anyone was that bothered about Harry’s fancy dress – apart from his advisors the next morning.

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By: Thalia

Thalia — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:41:58 +0000

This is all good fun, but does anyone know anything about this?:http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/2006/06/an_unjust_extradition_treaty.html

Jolly good for Boris say I!

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By: Steven_L

Steven_L — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:58:21 +0000

when you’re communting on a hot, busy train on the morning after and have a headache the Sun is about the best value product you can buy (other than a large cold bottle of mineral water that is).

I didn’t see what all the fuss was about with Prince Harry, surely he was dressed as a German soldier in period early 1940’s desert uniform, not as a ‘nazi’.

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By: PaulD

PaulD — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:45:11 +0000

Idlex: May I suggest The Sun? The content may not be exactly to your taste but the headline-writers are still the best in the world.

What other downmarket tabloid could get away with Latin on its front page? I remember seeing a copy on Christmas Eve after Princess Anne had reportedly been snotty towards some well-wishers who pressed posies into her hand as she left church. This was the same year as HM’s “annus horribilis”

The front page headline? ANNE IS HORRIBILIS. Sheer genius. The whole business summed up in three words.

Having said that, one thing remains a mystery to me. Remember Prince Harry and his fancy dress with Swastika? Early editions had the delicious headline “Hitler Youth” against his picture. This was changed to something dreary like “Swastika Harry” later on. Why?

I speak not out of political opinion but in praise of a superb headline.

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By: Steven_L

Steven_L — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:54:53 +0000

I can’t read the Guardian or the Independent, I find them incredibly wishy washy and dreary. There is the odd good article in the Guardian, usually in the sports section mind.

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