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Travels to Moscow
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"Moscow is brutally ugly and exquisitely beautiful. A dichotomy of a human architecture that is outdated, crumbling and alienating alongside that which is progressive, upgraded and connected... "
In this travel memoir Alison Giles captures the essence of a modern city, which at the same time, remains steeped in its history
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Alison Giles
Alison Giles was born in the north of England and after graduating from Leeds University, worked in London and then in the Caribbean with Voluntary Services Overseas and later joined their headquarter staff. In her forties she trained and worked as a psycho-dynamic counsellor working mostly with people in their late teens and early 20’s.
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