What does the Commonwealth mean to you? Is it a largely bygone affair or a still viable global community of some two billion people, many from highly diverse backgrounds, held together by historical and cultural ties? Did you even know that the 12th of March was Commonwealth Day?

The mixed emotions generated when we contemplate the role of the Commonwealth in the modern world are addressed in a new poem by Scotland’s National Poet, Liz Lochhead. ‘Connecting Cultures’ was commissioned…