Pubs, curry, PG Tips … but not the weather! What the Brexit exiles miss about the UK

It's been a year since Britain went alone. We asked EU nationals who returned to the continent after the referendum what they most miss about their former home

Everyone misses something. For some, it's quite specific: PG Tips, Branston pickle, proper curry. For many, it's more intangible: the atmosphere of an English pub; that greenness, everywhere; tolerance; and British openness.

Then they pause. Actually, many formerly British-resident EU nationals say, what they miss is an idea. Or, to be precise, the idea of Britain they had before 24 June 2016: all of them remember, in painful, pin-sharp detail, how they felt, and what they did, the morning after.