Artists make over flag of St George with messages of inclusivity

Artists in Britain have customised St George’s flags with messages celebrating diversity in response to a campaign in which national banners have been flown from lampposts and outside homes and painted on roundabouts.

- Chris Osuh

While for many, flying the flag is a genuine expression of national pride, some flags have been graffitied on businesses and places of worship belonging to minority ethnic Britons, in some cases with slurs, after the launch of Operation Raise the Colours.

The artists' responses will go on display in venues and in the streets later this month. The project originated in Greater Manchester, where hard-right groups have joined protests outside asylum hotels, posting locations where they have “deployed British flags” on social media.