“Something rather unusual is happening in Russia.” My BBC radio dispatch.


Steve Rosenberg

Reporting from Moscow, here’s my dispatch from last weekend for BBC Radio’s From Our Own Correspondent.

4 comments

  1. Steve’s style is reminiscent of the great Sir Alistair Cooke, who presented a weekly 15 minute talk for BBC radio; Letter From America, which ran for an incredible 58 years, up to his death at age 95 in 2004.
    An impressive achievement!
    Wiki : “he would speak of a topical issue in the US, tying together different strands of observation and anecdote and often ending on a humorous or poignant note.”
    Those talks turned out to be superb primary source history, which I often listen to when on a long journey.
    The difference is that Steve has to choose his words far more carefully, to protect his liberty.
    This we are required to “read between the lines.”

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