Merry #ExpatChristmas: our guide to celebrating Christmas in the UK

It’s getting darker, colder and frostier and you’ve all but ruined your favourite pair of trainers getting caught out in a snowstorm... Yep, the Christmas season is upon us!   Spending Christmas away from home doesn’t mean it can’t be fun! We’ve listed our five steps to celebrating Christmas in the UK - for the

Magical Christmas traditions across the world!

Christmas traditions - funny things, aren’t they? What comes first in your house, presents or the Christmas dinner? Do you have stockings or sacks? And hands up if your whole family wear matching Christmas pyjamas on Christmas Day? Oh - that last one’s just us then... But seriously, Christmas traditions not only differ from household

Settling in – sorted! Everything you need to do for life in the UK

From leaving home and learning a new language to starting uni and making new friends - starting afresh is daunting! And it’s difficult to know where to start when setting up your new life... Thankfully Lebara Mobile are here with a little helping hand on where to get started, from the practical things like setting

Black Friday: The Huge International Shopping Day

The words ‘Black Friday’ remind many of us of news reports from the USA, featuring swarms of frantic shoppers trampling over each other (commercialized-zombie-apocalypse-style) to grab a discounted flat screen TV. It is the world’s 2nd largest international shopping date and is famous for turning the best of us into shopping monsters! This huge shopping

Take away the stress of #NoDataDrama

We’ve all been there; the one time (okay, okay, millionth time) you really, really need to use your phone but you’ve had a data disaster. ‘NO-O-O-O-O-O!’, you cry like a scene from a dramatic movie, as your phone buzzes with that dreaded ‘you’ve used 100% of your data’ message. Dun, dun, DUN! How on Earth

Things you should NOT share…but you do!

Friend: ‘Wait, wait, let me just take a picture of my food for insta!’ Me: ‘Hurry up, it’s getting cold…’ Stop right there. It’s time to talk about oversharing. And we don’t just mean on social media, we mean everywhere. Here are 6 things that we share but we reeeeaallly shouldn’t. Bathroom bits… hey where

It’s Africa on the Square time!

Explore the vibrant celebration here   Ready, set, dance! And eat! And sing! October is an eventful month, especially in a busy place like London, and one of the events we want to highlight this Black History Month is… *suspense*... you guessed it: Africa on the Square! Happening on October 14th, Africa on the Square

Connect with us at Diwali on the Square

On October 15th 2017, thousands of people will come together to celebrate the festival of light… and of course, we can’t stay away! With celebrations lasting a total of five days (yes, that’s right! FIVE!), Diwali celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. For most, the third day of Diwali is