What is the meaning behind the Orkney flag? - interview with its creator Duncan Tullock episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 13, 2025 · 16 MIN

What is the meaning behind the Orkney flag? - interview with its creator Duncan Tullock

from The North of Sooth: the Orkney podcast

In 2007, following a local competition, a flag for Orkney was adopted which was red with a light-blue Nordic Cross with an outer layer of yellow.In this interview, Duncan Tullock, a local councillor for West Mainland ward, talks about creating the Orkney flag, the other flags in contention, what the colours and design mean, and what being Orcadian means to him.

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In 2007, following a local competition, a flag for Orkney was adopted which was red with a light-blue Nordic Cross with an outer layer of yellow.In this interview, Duncan Tullock, a local councillor for West Mainland ward, talks about creating the...

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