Voice from America

ALISTAIR Cooke, the doyen of foreign correspondents, has retired. His Letter from America, spanning 50 years with the BBC, made him the greatest of all broadcasters.

Voice from America
Tue, 16 Mar, 2004 - 00:00

With a modest north of England background he swept through Cambridge and carved out for himself a special position as a commentator on American life and politics.

Those who have been enthralled by that calm, well-modulated voice can only say, Gaudeamus Igitur (Let us therefore rejoice).

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