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I have been Head of Strategic Communications for Pakistan at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London since March 2011. It’s a great job that gets me away from my desk, working with British Pakistani community organisations, interviewing people with interesting connections to Pakistan for our celebrating connections project as well as co-ordinating communications work across government. I’ve also worked on Russia, timing all my visits for the middle of winter, and in the home civil service on electoral reform and British constitutional reform (contrary to popular belief, we do have a constitution, it’s just not written down in one document). I’ve lived in London for longer than I’ve lived anywhere else, and continue to enjoy visiting its theatres, museums and parks. I grew up in rural East Anglia and still love visiting the seaside, whatever the weather.