The Reagan years (1981-1988)

Democratic National Convention, 1988

Michael Dukakis is nominated as the Democrat presidential candidate, but divisions within the...

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Indict and remand

Alistair Cooke reflects on protection rackets in 1930s Manhattan, the meaning of indict and...

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Iran Air Flight 655

An Iranian airliner carrying 290 civilians is shot down by US missiles over the Persian Gulf,...

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Seeing justice done

Historic judgment in Iran-Contra legal wrangle is reduced to a series of melodramatic videotape...

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Goodbye to men's clubs

Writing on the wall for men's clubs as judges rule they infringe personal liberties. This...

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The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door of 1963

Cooke recalls the moment when the segregationist George Wallace, Governor of Alabama, attempted...

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Bush will win it

George Bush may have to play down his preppy background, but he's still looking like a winner....

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Golf in Russia

As the West's sport becomes tainted by money-grubbing, the Soviets announce their first golf...

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Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988

Former White House aide Donald Regan makes public the First Lady's intrusion on policy and...

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Lame duck President Reagan, 1988

Considered a lame duck since his farewell State of the Union address in January 1988, Cooke muses...

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The forgotten William Le Queux

On hearing of the death of double agent Kim Philby (1912 -1988), Cooke reflects on the influence...

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Irving Berlin turns 100, 1988

As songwriter Irving Berlin turns 100 Alistair Cooke considers why his extraordinary life and...

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George H W Bush nominated

Alistair looks at the background of George H W Bush, the new Republican presidential candidate,...

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Stanton Delaplane (1907-1988)

A tribute to the travel writer and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist renowned for his scoop on the...

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The Augusta National, 1988

Enjoying a different pace of life at the Augusta National, a Georgia Shangri-La. This archive...

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Correspondents answered

Replying to listeners who have been unable to pick up on an intended humorous tone. This archive...

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Democrat agony

Bush a shoe-in for Republicans but Democrat agony continues as Jackson and Dukakis run...

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Warnings for Gorbachev

Misgivings over future of Gorbachev and modernising reforms voiced by commentators. This archive...

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California public health laws

Alistair Cooke is in California, where farmers and manufacturers are facing a drought and tougher...

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1988 presidential primaries

The 1988 presidential primaries are underway, the Democrats are ambivalent about their...

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