When I first arrived back in Australia, telling my story after seven years in London attracted two very different responses. For any fellow expat, I was a magnet. For any non-expat (including some friends or family), it was more a case of ‘glad you are back but I don’t want to hear about your weekends in Paris’.

“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.” - Joseph Parry Last week I was delighted to...