Fan Without Football

Europe’s ultras have a reputation for hooliganism and xenophobia. Now, they are being hailed as heroes for their social engagement during the pandemic. How did the sport’s most hardcore supporters go soft?

Written by Kit Holden

Read by Mick ter Reehorst

From AWE#7 - The Silver Lining - June 2020

গোপন বাসন পরিস্কার / Dishwasher Confidential

The kitchen of your Paris bistrot is more likely than not home to at least one immigrant from the Indian subcontinent. That person is probably the dishwasher.

Written by Tommaso Melilli.

Read by Mick ter Reehorst.

From AWE#3 - Uprooted - January 2019

B is for Bratwurst (and Brexit) - Ellyn van Valkengoed

What one Christmas market tells us about Europe. It’s late November, and the annual European Christmas market is in town in Manchester, UK: an event spanning six weeks, ten different locations, dozens of stalls, and, taken as a part of the total seasonal income, worth an estimated £90 million to the city’s economy.

Written by Ellyn van Valkengoed.

Read by Priyanka Shankar.

From 2017 – AreWeEurope: Food