Katharine Quarmby
Articles by Katharine Quarmby
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Politics
Grease is the word
- 20 February 2006
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You may have thought junk food had been banned from schools. Well think again, because behind the scenes big business is fighting back
Politics
''We don't mind what colour the baby is,'' said my father-to-be. The adoption officer beamed. Perhaps, after all, there was a baby available - me
- 18 July 2005
Half Persian and half white, Katharine Quarmby grew up in a loving home in Norfolk. Adoption across the race divide is controversial, she says, but it beats a childhood in care
World Affairs
Why Oxfam is failing Africa
- 30 May 2005
- 1 comment
Inside the Make Poverty History movement, there is a growing fear that its aims are being diluted and taken over by the government. Fingers are being pointed at Oxfam. Katharine Quarmby reports
Books
Novel of the week
- 28 April 2003
Castro's Dream Lucy Wadham Faber and Faber, 272pp, £14.99 ISBN 0571216374
Books
Novel of the week
- 17 March 2003
Water Lily Susanna Jones Picador, 294pp, £15.99 ISBN 0330485822
