Francis Beckett

Articles by Francis Beckett

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A perfect spy

  • 14 April 2003

Elusive Rothschild: the life of Victor, third baron Kenneth Rose Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 338pp, £20 ISBN 0297812297

What has America ever done for us?

  • 03 March 2003

Was the US really at Britain's side at her moments of greatest national need - the Second World War, for example, or the Falklands war? Francis Beckett finds the special relationship rather one-sided

The double

  • 10 February 2003

On a Clear Day David Blunkett Michael O'Mara Books, 256pp, £17.99 ISBN 1843170078

A retirement triggers civil war

  • 27 January 2003

Observations on union rows

How business will pay the university piper

  • 20 January 2003

Ministers will let more working-class children on to degree courses, but those students will have to learn how to oil the wheels of commerce. Francis Beckett reports

The firefighters' secrets of spin

  • 16 December 2002

Despite Gilchrist's mega-blunder, the fire dispute shows that union PR has got smarter

Discriminate more, not less

  • 09 December 2002

Are universities giving preferential treatment to state school pupils, and rejecting private school pupils with better A-levels? No, finds Francis Beckett, but they ought to be

A republican's final act

  • 18 November 2002

Observations on Northern Ireland schools

The Prime Minister prepares to retire

  • 18 November 2002

Francis Beckett reports from an alternative universe

NS Profile - Denis MacShane

  • 11 November 2002

Charming, egocentric and clever, the new minister for Europe "can't bear to talk like a woodentop". It's surprising he's got so far. Denis MacShane profiled by Francis Beckett

Green heroes

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20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

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