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'''Andy Beckett''' (born 1969) is a British journalist and historian. He writes for ''[[The Guardian]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' magazine.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|title=Andy Beckett|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andybeckett|website=The Guardian|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref>
'''Andy Beckett''' (born 1969) is a British journalist and historian. He writes for ''[[The Guardian]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' magazine.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|title=Andy Beckett|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andybeckett|website=The Guardian|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref>


Beckett studied Modern History at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford]]<ref name="graun">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain |title=PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain |last=Beckett |first=Andy|date=23 February 2017|website=[[theguardian.com]] |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> and journalism at the [[University of California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/author/andy-beckett/|title=Andy Beckett &#124; Authors &#124; Faber & Faber|website=www.faber.co.uk}}</ref>
Beckett studied Modern History at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford]]<ref name="graun">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain |title=PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain |last=Beckett |first=Andy|date=23 February 2017|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> and journalism at the [[University of California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/author/andy-beckett/|title=Andy Beckett &#124; Authors &#124; Faber & Faber|website=www.faber.co.uk}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==

Revision as of 08:14, 7 July 2020

Andy Beckett (born 1969) is a British journalist and historian. He writes for The Guardian, the London Review of Books and The New York Times magazine.[1]

Beckett studied Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford[2] and journalism at the University of California.[3]

Works

  • Pinochet in Piccadilly: Britain and Chile's Hidden History (London: Faber & Faber, 2002).
  • When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies (London: Faber & Faber, 2009).
  • Promised You A Miracle: Why 1980–82 Made Modern Britain (London: Allen Lane, 2015).

Notes

  1. ^ "Andy Beckett". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ Beckett, Andy (23 February 2017). "PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Andy Beckett | Authors | Faber & Faber". www.faber.co.uk.