Alice O'Keeffe
Articles by Alice O'Keeffe
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UK Politics
One step forward . . .
- 25 September 2008
The government has announced a new commitment to equal rights for asylum-seeking children. Now they must put it into practice
Theatre
Treasure in them there hills
- 25 September 2008
A remarkable theatre company has created high art in an impoverished, conflict-battered Rio favela
No Place for Children campaign
- 04 September 2008
The New Statesman No Place for Children campaign calls on the government to end the detention of children for immigration reasons
Society
One step forward . . .
- 17 July 2008
- 1 comment
In opinion polls Uribe regularly gets upwards of 80 per cent support. Since the dark days the political landscape has changed completely, writes Alice O'Keeffe
Music
Two worlds collide
- 10 July 2008
- 1 comment
The king of bling Jay-Z was a strange choice to headline a hippie festival, but perhaps both he and his audience came away a little wiser
Arts & Culture
Hidden dragon
- 19 June 2008
Huang Yong Ping lit a rocket under China's art Establishment when he founded the Xiamen Dada group in the 1980s. The struggle continues, he tells Alice O'Keeffe
Books
How green was my alley
- 19 June 2008
- 5 comments
On Guerrilla Gardening: a Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries
Richard Reynolds
Bloomsbury, 256pp, £14.99
The Acorn House Cookbook
Arthur Potts Dawson
Hodder & Stoughton, 288pp, £20M
Music
The time is now
- 01 May 2008
Stars of the Nineties still dominate the media, but British dance music is more exciting today
World Affairs
Dangerous liaisons
- 10 April 2008
- 16 comments
As Farc guerrillas drag Latin America to the brink of war, ratings for Colombia's ultra-right Álvaro Uribe soar. Now the left is determined to divorce itself from the group
Arts & Culture
Physical education
- 03 April 2008
Wayne McGregor, Britain's hottest choreographer, tells Alice O'Keeffe that dance holds the answer to our national body-image crisis
