Andy Beckett

{{short description|British journalist and historian|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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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.{{cite web |title=Andy Beckett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andybeckett |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 October 2016}}

He studied Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford,{{cite web |last=Beckett |first=Andy |title=PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain |website=The Guardian |date=23 February 2017 |access-date=23 February 2017}} and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web |title=Andy Beckett | Authors | Faber & Faber |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/author/andy-beckett/ |website=www.faber.co.uk}}