Britain Faces Up to an Uneasy Relationship With Its Own Flags

Britain Faces Up to an Uneasy Relationship With Its Own Flags

In the center of Stevenage, a so-called “new town” north of London that grew in the mid-20th century, the St George’s Cross flies from the balconies of flats and outside pubs. Near a hotel housing asylum seekers, passers-by stop and stare at flags while children look upwards to point them out.