Alistair Cooke ends 58 year correspondence…
There is nothing like the reasoned perspective of an outsider to give you a window on yourself. For 58 years, Alistair Cooke did that for Americans in his weekly “Letter from America”. For those of you who haven’t experienced listening to his insights on the BBC Worldservice, you have missed out on something wonderful and sublime. For me, “This is London” and Alistair Cooke will forever represent Civilization no matter what uncivilized place I find myself in, be it the African Bush or the Suburban Shopping Mall (yes, I consider malls uncivilized).
Cooke has now retired, at the age of 95 according to this article in The Guardian.
Thanks, Alistair for being a friend to all Americans and proving once again why our “special relationship” with the UK remains special.