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sophie ibbotson

Sophie Ibbotson is a Brit who has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries but is now happy to be back in the UK for a while. She’s fascinated by economics and politics in the weird and wonderful parts of the world, and loves hunting down obscure restaurants and drinking artisanal gins. If you ask her about her favourite places, she’ll wax lyrical about Afghanistan and Georgia; and her dream trip -- as yet unrealised — is skiing in Hokkaido.

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