Fran Abrams

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Fran Abrams
Born1963 (age 6061)
Cheshire, England
Occupation(s)British investigative journalist for BBC Radio 4, and non-fiction author

Frances Gillian Abrams (born 1963) is a British investigative journalist for BBC Radio 4, and a non-fiction author. Earlier in her career she was a journalist for The Independent .

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Early life and education

Abrams was born and brought up in Stockport, [1] where she attended Marple Hall County High School. [2] She studied sociology at the University of York and then took a one-year course in journalism in Sheffield. [1]

Career

Her first job in journalism was with the Birmingham Post and Mail group where she first reported on education, going on to be education correspondent for The Sunday Times , The Sunday Correspondent , The Sunday Telegraph and lastly The Independent , where she later switched to reporting on national politics. [1]

Abrams left The Independent in 2000, when she made investigative programmes for BBC Radio 4's File on 4 and written features for The Guardian . [1]

Personal life

Abrams lives in Snape, Suffolk where she runs a small chocolate making business using honey from the bees which she keeps. [3] [4] [5]

Publications

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