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22nd November 2013 Kingston, Jamaica

by Julia Sutherland

Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaica

What are Embassies for Anyway?

I was very interested to see a letter last month in The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper with the above title, expressing confusion and scepticism as to the purpose of Embassies. Given that I work in one (a High Commission is just the name for an Embassy between Commonwealth Countries), this set me thinking. I love my […]

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30th July 2012

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

London: the centre of the world

Waiting to do a radio interview, I heard an ABC reporter in the slot before me say, “When you’re here in London with all the history and all the international connections, it really feels like it’s the centre of the world.” And, at least for the next few weeks, so it is. July 27 began […]

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