Francis Beckett
Articles by francis beckett
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Books
A perfect spy
- 14 April 2003
Elusive Rothschild: the life of Victor, third baron
Kenneth Rose Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 338pp, £20
ISBN 0297812297
Politics
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
Politics
The double
- 10 February 2003
On a Clear Day
David Blunkett Michael O'Mara Books, 256pp, £17.99
ISBN 1843170078
Politics
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
Politics
The firefighters' secrets of spin
- 16 December 2002
Despite Gilchrist's mega-blunder, the fire dispute shows that union PR has got smarter
Society
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
Politics
The Prime Minister prepares to retire
- 18 November 2002
Francis Beckett reports from an alternative universe
Society
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
