The UK government may still be at odds over what precisely Brexit means and when it will happen, but in Germany the British vote to leave the EU is already shaping the curriculum. As part of their school-leaving exam, students of English in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg were last week asked to elaborate the differences between the hopes connected to the British referendum, and the reality of Brexit since. One of the cartoon’s panels, captioned Project Fantasy, shows a man with a bowler hat and a union flag soaring towards the skies in a UFO. Nath, who is based in New Delhi, said the idea for the cartoon came after reading about the Brexit debate in the British press. “As a postgraduate in English and American literature, I have an affinity for British and European culture and liberal viewpoints.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 15:19 UTC