Flags can be symbols of inequality and death and destruction of peoples’ and nations’ futures, which we see in the ongoing atrocities around the world today. Where a flag at half-mast marking the mourning [...] was on the 25 th of April 1940 that the British Government officially recognised our flag as the ensign of the Faroe Islands. This was soon after Denmark had been taken over by the Nazis, and the British [...] Council Chamber, in the very heart of Scotland’s beautiful capital. I know I speak for my fellow Faroe Islanders when I say that Edinburgh has aways felt very much like a home away from home. I am also extremely