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Cooke lecture

  • avid Mamet

    The Alistair Cooke memorial lecture

    American playwright David Mamet deliveres the prestigious Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture - established in Alistair's honour after his death in 2004. The subject of the lecture, fittingly, is "language" - a passion for both David Mamet and Alistair Cooke.

World music

2010 World Cup

Canada's crunch

  • Mark Carney
    Mark Carney has to show a steady nerve in these challenging economic times. Can he keep Canada's economy ticking along and what are his policy recommendations for the rest of the world?
Kofi Annan

Zimbabwe bars Elders

Newshour asks why Zimbabwe would deny visas to a group including former UN head Kofi Annan and ex-US president Jimmy Carter.

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