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'It is dreadful to be an onlooking parent, for the loved child is lost'

Title: 'It is dreadful to be an onlooking parent, for the loved child is lost'
Date: Wednesday, 20 October 1999
Publisher: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Nick Clarke
Main source: guardian.co.uk

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In the second extract from his new biography of Alistair Cooke, Nick Clarke reveals how the broadcaster's daughters became entangled in a sinister cult For all Alistair Cooke's ability to make, keep and cherish friendships across a broad - if compartmentalised - social spectrum, he was finding it no easier to deal with relationships closer to home. One of the lowest points was reached in the summer of 1965. Holly [the daughter of Cooke's second wife, Jane], still living in London, ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]