Francis Beckett
Author, journalist, broadcaster, contemporary historian
Francis Beckett’s latest book is GORDON BROWN. This biography and assessment of the new Prime Minister, written in early 2007 after talking to Brown’s closest political associates as well as Brown himself, is published by Haus Publishing on June 27, 2007.
Francis Beckett’s THE GREAT CITY ACADEMY FRAUD was published by Continuum in March 2007.
Francis Beckett’s ten books include biographies of four Prime Ministers – Attlee, Macmillan, Blair and Brown. He is working with David Hencke on a 25th anniversary history of the miners’ strike 1984-5, to be published by Constable and Robinson in early 2009.
He writes regularly for the Guardian, and frequently for other newspapers and magazines, mostly about education, politics, history, the theatre, and religion (from an atheist standpoint).
His short stories appear in collections published by the Oxford University Press, and his third play to be professionally produced is at the Bridewell in July 2007
Francis Beckett
Tel: 07813 001372
Tel: 0208 349 9194
francis@francisbeckett.co.uk
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