You can feel it when you walk down the street: that little pep in everyone’s step. While it’s not unusual for everyone to shuffle past each other with a grunt (particularly in London), throughout the last three weeks there’s been a vibe shift, with people even engaging in eye contact and flashing the occasional smile. And it looks like the summer of sport could be behind this shift in the national mood.
The sun is out, England are through to the quarter finals of the World Cup, and 23-year-old British wildcard Arthur Fery made a courageous march into the semi-finals of Wimbledon before bowing out. “Just seems to get better and better every match," Fery said after beating Italy’s Flavio Cobolli in straight sets on Wednesday. “I can’t believe it,” the dumbstruck wildcard added.
