This post was contributed by Great British Mag, a digital magazine that covers every facet of living and studying in the UK.

If you’re heading to the UK or have recently arrived, firstly welcome! And secondly let us give you a crash course on British culture, which can often be subtle, seem contradictory and will be different to what you are used to.

Brits love to apologise

Bumped into someone? Say sorry before walking away. Need to get someone's attention? Start your sentence with sorry. Need to squeeze past someone in a crowded room? You guessed it - say sorry as you move past.

Sorry is widely used to qualify a whole host of things and can quite frankly get very confusing, especially if you are left wondering why you are being apologised to. Just remember it’s just the British way of being polite and our need not to inconvenience others.

Brits are fussy about queuing

Brits are famous for their love of queuing and they take it very seriously. In the UK there is really no excuse for jumping to the front of the queue. Even if you are in a hurry you should not cut in front of others as this is seen as incredibly rude.

Talking about the weather is a national sport