New Statesman - <![CDATA[Francis Beckett]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/francis_beckett en <![CDATA[Society of the spectacle]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/01/london-theatre-tanitch-century http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/01/london-theatre-tanitch-century Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett London Stage in the 20th Century Robert Tanitch Haus Publishing, 312pp, £25

]]> <![CDATA[The sixth man]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/10/paddy-costello-zealand http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/10/paddy-costello-zealand Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Was Paddy Costello a key member of the most notorious Soviet spy network of the 1950s - or was he framed?

]]> <![CDATA[Learning when to go from prime ministers past]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200610090014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200610090014 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:35:00 GMT Francis Beckett Some history lessons on leaving No 10

]]> <![CDATA[Managing chaos]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200608070049 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608070049 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Plundering the Public Sector: how new Labour are letting consultants run off with £70bn of our money David Craig, with Richard Brooks Constable & Robinson, 264pp, £9.99

]]> <![CDATA[Old school tie lives on]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606190017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606190017 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Observations on inequality

]]> <![CDATA[House party]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606190054 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606190054 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Men Who Made Labour Edited by Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter Routledge, 273pp, £30 ISBN 1845680472

]]> <![CDATA[The teachers who must have faith]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604170010 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604170010 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Observations on education

]]> <![CDATA[Dirty deeds]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200602200039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200602200039 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett Fightback! Labour's traditional right in the 1970s and 1980s Dianne Hayter Manchester University Press, 224pp, £14.99 ISBN 0719072719

]]> <![CDATA[NS Profile - Neil Kinnock]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200602130017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200602130017 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett There is only one issue that could have forced the past Labour leader into rebellion, and that is education. Neil Kinnock profiled

]]> <![CDATA[Secrets and lies]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200601160005 http://www.newstatesman.com/200601160005 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Francis Beckett

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