Tax exiles, July 1975
Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Tony Jacklin - why stars of stage, screen and sport have to become tax exiles. And how golfer Tom Watson avoided being struck by lightning.This archive edition of Letter fro...
5 Mar 14min
Patty Hearst arrest, 1975
Patty Hearst arrest. Media speculation about Hearst. Assassination attempts on President Ford by Squeaky Fromme and Sara Moore.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two li...
5 Mar 14min
Women's Lib, 1975
Equal Rights amendment to the US constitution causes splits in both women's and men's liberation groups.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between th...
5 Mar 14min
Nixon's resignation speech, August 1974
Disgraced President Nixon resigns. His resignation speech does not contain any sort of apology for his misconduct.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who ...
5 Mar 14min
The 1970s
1970s America rediscovered through lost recordings of Letter from America, on the 10th anniversary of legendary journalist Alistair Cooke's death. Paddy O'Connell and guests including historian Domini...
30 Mar 20141h 57min
Soviets need soap, December 1989
Give the Communist masses what they really want - a delivery of consumerism.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 6...
8 Des 198914min
Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988
Former White House aide Donald Regan makes public the First Lady's intrusion on policy and appointments.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between th...
27 Mai 198813min
