Articles by Brooke Streatfield
Alternative Issue: An Alternative to Life – Welcome Collection, Death a Self Portrait
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A skeleton leans sideways on a park bench, the essence of where life once was now just bare bones remain. As you look up a spectacular chandelier made of 3000 plaster cast bones by British artist Jodie Carey hangs eerily from the high exhibition ceiling and strikes you as you …
Country in Focus the Alternative Issue: What do you think about the recent legal changes towards marijuana laws in the US?
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Mary Stevens, 21, from North Carolina studies at City University and speaks about the recently passed changes to marijuana laws.
I personally think that it can be useful for medical reasons and is less dangerous than cigarette smoking; it can be fun as well. I believe that the US have taken …
Alternative Issue: Street Crime Beaten Back by Boxing Clubs
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Dave Ryan doesn’t just deliver mail around one of London’s toughest neighbourhoods he has spent most of his life and spare time trying to improve it.
Having been a community volunteer and local postman for over 42 years he has put blood, sweat and tears into his local boxing club where he …