Articles: Culture

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  Feeling at home in the UK

  Tips to succeed

  Adapting to a new country can be challenging. Getting used to new surroundings, communicating in the local lingo or building social connections takes time and effort. Here are some tips to help you overcome the challenges many expats face.

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  British Culture

  Who are the British? What are they like?

  Let’s take a candid and totally prejudiced look at the British people, tongue firmly in cheek, and hope they forgive my flippancy or that they don’t read this bit.

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  Measures of Expatriation with Vahni Capildeo

  An interview with the Forward prize winning poet

  Following the success of her latest collection, Measures of Expatriation, we interviewed Trinidadian-born poet Vahni Capildeo about what it means to be an expat, her Caribbean roots, and if there’s such a thing as British identity.

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  'Handfast' by Vahni Capildeo

  A poem from Measures of Expatriation

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  Going Home to the UK

  But where has Home gone?

  Mark Wilkins describes his first impressions on returning to the UK after fours years living in the south of Spain.

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