Chapter 67: Reagan-Gorbachev Moscow Summit

This chapter is devoted to my experiences leading the BBC World Service team reporting on the summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

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Chapter 66: Return to Moscow and the KGB

An account of my further visit to Moscow to prepare for the next summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

Jan 8 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 65: Moscow. Reagan-Gorbachev summit preparations

This chapter is devoted to my visit to Moscow in February 1988 to arrange the BBC World Service News coverage of the meeting between Ronald Reagan and…

Jan 4 • Ian D Richardson

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December 2025

Chapter 64: A WW1 survivor and a devastating storm

This chapter is mostly about a New Zealand WW1 soldier who had a remarkable escape from death, plus my account of an unexpected storm that destroyed…

Dec 29, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 63: An airship ride over London and lots more

Also a visit to the former home of Princess Diana, a Peter Gabriel gig, the creation of a comic strip and a village holiday.

Dec 17, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 62: Fascinating work visits to Thailand and India

Early 1987. Mostly about teaching BBC journalists how to improve the quality of their reports back to London. Also revelations of life in Delhi.

Dec 10, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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November 2025

Chapter 61: European trip and the death of "Dr Death"

Another busy time including visits to BBC bureaux, plans for a family trip to Australia and lots about the hunt for and killing of "Dr Death".

Nov 26, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 60: A new BBC job and visitors to our back garden

The end of shift work for six months, the neighbourhood animals that visit us, identifying Dr Death and passing a health test.

Nov 21, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 59: Guests: one a dangerous criminal and one the mother of abducted child

Chapter includes the scary story of Sidney Noble, Dr Death, the tragic tale of a guest whose child was abducted, and a holiday where it rained every…

Nov 9, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 58: How to move a house in Oz plus my animal experiences

A chapter that explains about houses are moved from one site to another and my meeting with a farting wombat and a friendly kangaroo.

Nov 1, 2025

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October 2025

Chapter 57: A family discovery and a planned rocket between Sydney and London

Lots of other stories in this chapter, including a cancer scare and accusations of corruption in Australia.

Oct 20, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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Chapter 56: A shameful dumping of a photographic history, plus other stories

Also includes a Royal princess stuck in a BBC lift, a boom year for London Home-to-Home, a Royal girlfriend revealed, our boys' "boring" holiday and a…

Oct 11, 2025 • Ian D Richardson

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