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|author= John Grindrod
|title= Outskirts
|rating= 4
|genre =Animals and Wildlife
|summary=''Outskirts'' is an interesting take on a phenomenon of the modern age: the introduction of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estates. John Grindrod grew up on the edge of one such estate in the 1960's and '70's, as he puts it, ''I grew up on the last road in London.'' Grindrod explores the introduction of the green belt, and the various fights and developments it has gone through over the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisions. Within this topic, he has somehow managed to wind around his personal memories of childhood, producing a memoir with a lot of heart.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473625025</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Wilbourne
|summary=In April 1983 [[:Category:Irina Ratushinskaya|Irina Ratushinskaya]] was convicted of 'agitation carried on for the purpose of subverting or wrecking the Soviet Regime'. She had dared to defend human rights and to ask questions of the Soviet system via her writing in general and poetry in particular. The penalty that came with the conviction was 7 years in a labour camp followed by 5 years in internal exile. In [[In the Beginning by Irina Ratushinskaya|In the Beginning]], her first autobiography, Irina touches on that time of her life. Now, ''Grey is the Colour of Hope'' goes back to look at it in detail.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473637228</amazonuk>
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