A 69-year-old British DJ who has lived in Denmark for nearly 50 years has described how day-to-day life in Scandinavia runs far better than in the UK, where Covid-19 and Brexit have “drained” people’s energy.

Steve Williams has lived in Copenhagen since 1978 and now has two sons.

He began his career aged 16, when he was living in Cardiff. He was at a party when the DJ fell ill and Williams covered for him. From there, he began working at nightclubs around Cardiff after he hit 18, before being scouted aged 21 by a Scandinavian DJ who invited him to play in Copenhagen .

“It was an offer I really couldn’t refuse,” says Williams. “The pay was substantially more, both countries were in the European Union making legally settling easier, and I needed a change of scenery.”

He has now been

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