Like having a network of business associates, or friends, school contacts, neighbours, the Commonwealth shares those network characteristics of shared interests, values and purpose. In times of change and uncertainty, it always feels better to know who your friends are, your known contacts, in other words your network. "The best way for me to think about the Commonwealth and its relation to me is that it’s a network. This common thread enables us to learn, understand and appreciate our differences. Working at ROSL in London gave me the opportunity to embrace the Commonwealth firsthand. "As a young girl, I was always fascinated by the huge diversity of the world with foreign names of cities, their leaders and their cultures all cohabitating on the same Earth. Madeleine King, Calgary Branch President, Canada The Commonwealth has allowed me to explore and make friends in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, North America and Britain. That’s the Commonwealth in my life – a necklace of countries spanning the globe where you’ll likely enjoy use of the English language, connections, common values and some shared education. This week she sent me greetings from Australia where she’s now living, having read my piece about my current hometown, Calgary, Canada in the Overseas. One of my best friends who also grew up in England, had spent her early childhood in India, whilst I had spent five years in South Africa. "In my youth I attended Roedean School in Sussex. In the latest edition of Overseas, we speak to ROSL members, music and arts scholars, and recipients of ROSL's humanitarian and education projects from around the world to find out how they see the Commonwealth. A veritable feast of different cultures make up the Commonwealth, but it is tied together by a shared language, values, interests, history, and purpose.
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