It was, for many, a year with not much to celebrate, but Britons still managed to get through 152 million bottles of champagne and sparkling wine in 2016. Whether Brexit means we end drinking far fewer remains to be seen, but seems a very distinct possibility. In truth, though, Britain has always fluctuated in its fizz affiliation, […]
The New European: Hard Brexit may cost Catholic Church its immigration bonus
Immigration has transformed the Catholic Church in the UK and, says Sophia L Deboick, Brexit will change it once again
The New European: Basildon to Berlin… they still can’t get enough
They are perhaps Britain’s most European band of all, far bigger on the continent than in their homeland. Here, Dr Sophia L Deboick traces Depeche Mode’s creative awakening, back to its roots, behind the Iron Curtain