Francis Beckett writes regularly on education, politics, industry, the theatre and contemporary history for the Guardian, the New Statesman, the Daily Express, BBC History, the New Humanist, the Jewish Chronicle, the Tablet, and several other publications.

Francis Beckett's last two books were Gordon Brown - Past, Present and Future (Haus, June 2007) and The Great City Academy Fraud (Continuum, March 2007.) His Clem Attlee was republished in 2007 by Politicos.

His latest play, Money Makes You Happy, after a successful three week run at the Bridewell Theatre in Fleet Street, is being published by Samuel French in Autumn 2008, and another play, The Right Honourable Lady, will be published by Samuel French next year.

His latest book is Marching to the Fault Line (Constable, 2009).

Visit Francis’ blog http://francisbeckett.blogspot.com

 

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