It’s been four months since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union, and the New York Timesrecently reported that the Marmite shortage is the “first tangible victim of that decision.” (Brits started hoarding their beloved condiment after news that the weakening pound caused a price dispute between the brand and the ubiquitous grocery chain Tesco.) But for the two dozen Londoners interviewed, in this waiting period before March 31, when Prime Minister Theresa May plans to trigger Brexit and the U.K. will officially begin its departure, there have been noticeable changes in their day-to-day lives. Some of these changes have been incremental, like a sudden jitteriness that seems to have shrouded the art world. For others, the effects have been more life-altering, like the student who’s found that fellow Londoners now feel emboldened to shout out racist slurs to her on the street. One thing that most everyone agreed on was that on the eve of the United States presidential election, no American should take anything for granted. And as the artist Aaron Angell said: “I thought Brexit-era British politics were in the toilet, but it was really nothing compared to what’s happening in the U.S.”
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