500th letter

09/08/57 • 15 min

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)

Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the BBC head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.

Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the BBC head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.

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