U.S. "face dress specialist" but Time magazine had trouble hiring American secretaries. However, we don't particularly recommend working in England at regular jobs anyway. The pay is miserable and working conditions far below American standards. Your best bet is either to work for an American firm, or the U.S. government, who pay off in dollars—or find some occupation which doesn't call for a work permit. Rules and regulations change periodically and your best bet is to get hold of the current copy of the Anglo American Year Book which is published by the American Chamber of Commerce in London. There are copies available in the larger public libraries and in the offices of the British Information Service in New York, Chicago, Washington and San Francisco. This also gives you a run down on the addresses of the airlines, publications, banks, film companies, advertising agencies, manufacturing concerns, and others that have offices in both England and the U.S. § PRICES. London is one of the more expensive cities of Europe and Great Britain one of the cheapest countries. That may sound a little foolish, but that's the way things are. Rentals, in London, are frightful when available at all. Things were bad enough before when rents were frozen, but in early 1988 the government withdrew the rent control laws and overnight prices began to rise. Time was granted in the new regulations but many, many Londoners find themselves unable to pay the new rentals and at this writing are seeking other accommodations. You actually have the ridiculous situation now, of the average worker in London, say a stenographer, or a store clerk, not making enough wages to pay the rent on a small apartment. Where it will end, I don't know. In the country it is another thing. The more remote you get, the cheaper you will find cottages and houses. In the smaller towns a cottage may often be rented for as little as $150 or $200 a month and a more elaborate house for, say, $400. Tobacco and alcoholic beverages are highly taxed and even more expensive than in the States with the exception of beer which
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