“I chose not to meet with her,” a publisher at another company said. “I got the impression that everyone was totally underwhelmed by her. That’s why there’s so little buzz.”Another publishing executive said that some of the editors who met Mrs. Bush were hoping to find “that she’s a closet Democrat, like in the Curtis Sittenfeld novel.” (Sittenfeld’s novel “American Wife,” which was purported to be inspired by Mrs. Bush’s life, portrayed the First Lady as passionately pro-choice and periodically agonizing over her husband’s hawkishness.) When the publisher who went to the White House was asked what impression of Mrs. Bush’s politics he came away with, he sighed and said, “You got the sense she’s just like him.”Even Curtis Sittenfeld, who spent months researching Mrs. Bush’s life story, is conflicted about the hypothetical memoir. “Do you remember after Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston separated, it was more interesting to wonder what Aniston thought than to find out what she thinks?” Sittenfeld said over the phone last week. “Sometimes when people share their thoughts it’s sort of disappointing.”Ink: First Memoirs: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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Friday, August 08, 2008
London Councils launches framework for future government housing reforms
08 August 2008
London Councils launches framework for future government housing reforms
UK - London Councils has set out eight simple policy tests to ensure that any future government housing reforms will benefit all the capital's communities.
The tests are outlined in the document 'Rethinking Housing', launched to influence the government's housing reform green paper, which is expected later this year.
The document spells out the challenges facing London's housing market. London remains the least affordable region in the UK with 1.6 million households on social housing waiting lists.
But it also points the way forward to begin developing solutions to these challenges.
As well as the eight policy tests, Rethinking Housing sets out six key reforms that the next government housing green paper should address, including:
More freedom and flexibilities for local authorities
More effective cross agency working
More targeted help for those who are workless and homeless
Better use of the private rented sector
Better support for owner occupation
More opportunities to house homeless households."
London Councils launches framework for future government housing reforms
UK - London Councils has set out eight simple policy tests to ensure that any future government housing reforms will benefit all the capital's communities.
The tests are outlined in the document 'Rethinking Housing', launched to influence the government's housing reform green paper, which is expected later this year.
The document spells out the challenges facing London's housing market. London remains the least affordable region in the UK with 1.6 million households on social housing waiting lists.
But it also points the way forward to begin developing solutions to these challenges.
As well as the eight policy tests, Rethinking Housing sets out six key reforms that the next government housing green paper should address, including:
More freedom and flexibilities for local authorities
More effective cross agency working
More targeted help for those who are workless and homeless
Better use of the private rented sector
Better support for owner occupation
More opportunities to house homeless households."
Monday, July 21, 2008
Confederation of Co-operative Housing
Confederation of Co-operative Housing
Fairgate House,
205 Kings Road,
Tyseley,
Birmingham B11 2AA
Fairgate House,
205 Kings Road,
Tyseley,
Birmingham B11 2AA
Telephone: 0121 449 9588
National Tenant Voice consultation paper
[07-07-2008] The CCH has been working with TAROE (Tenants & Residents
Organisations of England), NFTMO (National Federation of Tenant
Management Organisations), CLG (Communities & Local Government) and
others to develop proposals for a National Tenant Voice. A
consultation paper has been produced which organisations and
individuals are invited to respond - even if they just wish to say
that they agree to the proposals. The closing date for the
consultation is 12 September.
Word icon National Tenant Voice consultation paper (MS Word document, 94 Kb)
[Updated 19-07-2008]
Confederation of Co-operative Housing
Confederation of Co-operative Housing
Fairgate House,
205 Kings Road,
Tyseley,
Birmingham B11 2AA
Fairgate House,
205 Kings Road,
Tyseley,
Birmingham B11 2AA
Telephone: 0121 449 9588
National Tenant Voice consultation paper
[07-07-2008] The CCH has been working with TAROE (Tenants & Residents
Organisations of England), NFTMO (National Federation of Tenant
Management Organisations), CLG (Communities & Local Government) and
others to develop proposals for a National Tenant Voice. A
consultation paper has been produced which organisations and
individuals are invited to respond - even if they just wish to say
that they agree to the proposals. The closing date for the
consultation is 12 September.
Word icon National Tenant Voice consultation paper (MS Word document, 94 Kb)
[Updated 19-07-2008]