Zoe Williams (1) (1973–)
Autor de Get it Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1973
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- England
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hounslow, London, England
- Educación
- Godolphin and Latymer school for girls, London
Oxford University (Lincoln College|modern history) - Ocupaciones
- journalist
- Organizaciones
- Guardian (columnist|journalist)
London Evening Standard (columnist)
Sunday Telegraph (magazine restaurant reviewer)
Butler Trust (trustee|2013)
Humanists UK (patron) - Premios y honores
- WorkWorld Media Awards (columnist of the year|2010)
Orwell Prize (longlist|2012) - Biografía breve
- (LC)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 25
- Popularidad
- #508,561
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
When I started reading Zoe Williams, 'get it together', I thought that I wasn't going to enjoy it. It is not like the majority of political books. Whilst it has a left wing bias, it does not push any political party and does not take the usual preachy style. Zoe simply puts the facts to her audience, in a light-hearted eminently readable format. The inevitable conclusions are for the reader to draw.
In a series of chapters, each focussed upon a different aspect of our bust political system, she explains why we still have poverty, what is happening to the NHS, the housing and education system - and much more. These are not just rants upon the unfairness of life, these are well researched articles explaining the way things work in our society: no opinion so, nothing to argue against. This is very powerful and a must read book.
The elite have managed to make reading a minority activity amongst the ordinary person in the street. The stress of 21st century life is such that, unfortunately, most are only up to Bridget Jones' Diary after a day of worrying about unemployment, or demeaning themselves to keep their job. If we could get this book in front of the masses, the establishment would be defeated tomorrow.… (más)