Chichester, this beautiful small town in South-East of England once connected us all, still does the same magic even after almost 24 years…Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Also found this interesting short documentary about Chichester. See how many places you haven’t been to around Chichester, for me, I’ve never been to Bognor, Bosham (ie, Harbour side) etc.
For those who studied in Chichester, do you still remember those places we used to hang out…the dorms…the library…the magnificent grass floor in front of the college with that signature cathedral in the background? If those still sound familiar to you, then you have to watch this video!
It flashes back many memories and reminds us exactly who we were back in the Chichester College days!!!
The original song “We Are Young” is by Janelle Monáe…tonight we are young…
當中的主題歌詞是這樣講的:
Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter
Than the sun
呼!蘇格蘭未能獨立,人民大嘆一句”God save the Queen”,不禁讓人想起七十年代英國搖滾樂隊Sex Pistols的同名歌曲,正是他們令米字旗不僅是英倫傳統的標記,更成為前衞的象徵。並植根在一群設計尖子的血液裏,讓英國國旗飄洋過海數百年。今日, 就從時裝、歷史及文化等範疇娓娓道來,探討米字旗的前世今生!
解構米字旗
1707年,大不列顛王國是由英格蘭及蘇格蘭組成,直至1801年,始與愛爾蘭合併,英國國旗(The Union Jack)自那時起飄揚至今213年。英國國旗之所以被稱為Jack,源於昔日戰船船首會掛上米字旗作艦首旗(Jack)之用,因而得名。愛爾蘭雖於 1922年獨立成國,但由於St. Patrick’s Cross同樣包含北愛爾蘭,故此仍然保留在英國國旗。
其實米字旗沒有正式被法律確認為英國國旗,只是於1933年,英國內政大臣宣佈「米字旗就是英國國旗」。