News...

Its the 100th anniversary of Dr Suess today. I just found this on Amazon - "Cattus Petasatus: The Cat in the Hat in Latin". Now that would have made the Latin class less dull....
Some of my other favourite books when I was wee were Calico, Robert the Rose Horse and Are You My Mother? Any others anyone can remember?

And not so good news

Alistair Cooke - Letter To America - is to retire at 95. He's been writing his letter since 1946. I enjoy reading it on the Beeb website. He says what he thinks and isn't worried by "Big Brother" leaning on him.

Sorry -- not a Dr. Seuss fan. Got fed up of reading 'green eggs and ham' or whatever it was to my son. Bloody boring.

Definitely am an Alistair Cooke fan.

At the risk of thread hi-jacking, anyone remember the Monty Python 'Alistaire Cooke being attacked by a duck' sketch??

I was standing in the shower, thinking deep and meaningful thoughts and realised I'd got the Alistair Cooke bit wrong - it should be Letter FROM America.....

I thought Letter from America was by the Proclaimers ;)

don't worry I've got me coat........... creak slam!

Always thought Alistair Cookiemonster was pretty cool....;)

He's retiring, There will be no more letters from America. He is 95 & tonight on Radio four's PM program, the consensus of opinion was that Letter will pass with Alaistair since it has been absolutely unique & could not be surpassed. I agree. What will we get now? :{

I shall miss Alistair Cooke's beautifully modulated voice giving his concise and perceptive view on current events.

He was a welcome refuge from the number of public speakers these days whose speech consists mostly of so many "You Know", "Its Like", and "I Mean", that when they have finished it is hard to recall what they were talking about.

Hear, hear. He'll be sadly missed.

Do you think he would make a recording of Go Dog Go?

:O

Praise for the BBC who gave a nonagenarian a free hand to say whatever he wanted. Unique. Who is the next oldest correspondent? Whoever it is must be twenty five years younger!
However part of the reason why he has been able to go on and on is that Cooke himself has been so prickly about all previous attempts to put him out to grass. Well done!
Will we ever again have such a senior view given airtime? I doubt it. A very sizeable population disenfranchised.

I was reading the Beeb website "send us your comments" section about him last night, and some daft lummock (yes, I know, everyone is entitled to their own opinion :hmm: ) wrote words along the lines of "not before time, he's too narrow minded and pro-America".
Heaven knows who they thought they were talking about - maybe they watch Fox the rest of the year?

:( And now he has died, aged 95. A sad loss. RIP.

I enjoyed Letter from America enormously for many years. Dread to think what the BBC will dredge up to replace it.

Well PilotsPal,

As the letters were written ovre 58 years the BBC should have plenty of decent ones for repolaying for the next 20 years or so! :E