Letter from another America: Justin Webb on Alistair Cooke
The BBC host, once a foreign correspondent in the US, hopes to introduce a great predecessor to a new audience – warts and all
June 2020
Notebook
Imagine what Alistair Cooke would have to say about Donald Trump
Tim Adams
Dipping into the broadcaster’s timeless Letters from America reminds us that today’s news obsessions will eventually pass into history
July 2016
From the Guardian archive
Alistair Cooke explains the strange ritual of the Republican Convention, 1948
22 June 1948: The Manchester Guardian’s chief US correspondent on nominating a candidate for president
November 2015
From the Guardian archive
US seen as 'Britain gone wrong'
The Guardian, 24 November 1964: Alistair Cooke, the Guardian chief US correspondent, talks about the special relationship between the British and the Americans
March 2014
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 26 March 1963: The death of boxer Davey Moore
Originally published in the Guardian on 26 March 1963: Champion's death three days after title bout stirs debate on whether boxing should be banned
November 2012
Alistair Cooke on the Robert Kennedy assassination
Alistair Cooke correspondence sheds light on reporting dark days of 1968
Letters show Guardian editor thanking US correspondent for Robert Kennedy coverage, and Cooke criticising rivals' 'flash dubious hard news'
October 2012
Radio 4 to embrace online future by unlocking its past
BBC Radio 4 aims to 'break out of schedule' by making historic content available on demand – starting with 920 episodes of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America
December 2011
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 16 December 1966: The death of Walt Disney - folk hero
Originally published in the Guardian on 16 December 1966: Walt Disney, the Pied Piper of Hollywood, who made a mountain of money out of a mouse, died today in California
May 2011
Guardian 190
1 December 1947: The partition of Palestine
Other lives
Jane White Cooke obituary
September 2009
Your next box set
Your next box set: Alistair Cooke's America
The origins of McCarthyism
August 2009
Soviet unions
Alistair Cooke at the Movies by Alistair Cooke
November 2008
The man who was the voice of America
Reporting America: The Life of the Nation by Alistair Cooke
