Andy Beckett
British journalist and historian

Andy Beckett

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British journalist and historian
Gender:
Male
Places:
United KingdomGreat Britain
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HistorianJournalist
Work field:
JournalismSocial science
Birth:
1969
Education:
University of Oxford
University of California, Berkeley
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Andy Beckett (born 1969) is a British journalist and historian. He writes for The Guardian, the London Review of Books and The New York Times magazine.

Beckett studied Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford and journalism at the University of California.

Works

  • Pinochet in Piccadilly: Britain and Chile's Hidden History (London: Faber & Faber, 2002).
  • When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies (London: Faber & Faber, 2009).
  • Promised You A Miracle: Why 1980–82 Made Modern Britain (London: Allen Lane, 2015).