Operation Raise the Flag – What I Saw. Harlow, Essex

Image by Martin Foskett / Knelstrom. #3CG33G0

By Martin Foskett / Media / News

On the evening of 25 August 2025, I stood on the edge of Southern Way in Harlow, Essex, as the day exhaled its last light, and I watched something quietly electric unfold. Locals, drawn together by something older than headlines, raised the Union Flag and the St George's Cross in a coordinated act of unapologetic pride. No stage, no chants, just flags, faces, and a palpable stillness interrupted only by the wind and the click of my shutter.

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