Not Worth Talking About

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke refuses to join the throng of commentators writing themselves into exhaustion about the presidential candidates.

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Fri 9 Jan 200420:45
BBC Radio 4

The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
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