THE DRAPING OF ARCHITECTURE: ITS CURTAINS FOR ENGLISH FOOTBALL AGAIN.

It’s World Cup time again.

In England this means a lot of buildings draped with the St George flag. Football here is bigger than God. According to a 2016 YouGov poll, England is supposedly a Christian country yet only 23% of the total population say they subscribe in a faith. Football is the religion which both unites, under the flag, and unties, see club vs country, the nation. This is fan flare as flag. Walking through the streets of East London in a World Cup summer means you will see more flags draping from buildings than say at Christmas time, Santa’s reindeers twinkling homes. Selling a dream? Welcome to the flagged world of fantasy football.

Every flag unites and unties. he St George’s flag divides. As a red cross it could seen as a symbol of safety… TBC

Bunting: This house in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, has flags attached to the garage and window. Visitors will also be greeted by a cross draped over the front doorComing together: Residents of an estate in an area known as The Blue in Bermondsey, south-east London, have turned it red and white after smothering the outside of their homes in St George's flags

In a bizarre twist of fate, only Inter Milan have ever word the St George flag as shirt… TBC

SAY WHAT_!?

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