Fran Abrams | |
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Born | 1963 (age 58–59) Cheshire, England |
Occupation | 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 non-fiction author. Earlier in her career she was a journalist for The Independent .
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 then took a one-year course in journalism in Sheffield. [1]
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, since when she has made investigative programmes for BBC Radio 4's File on 4 and written features for The Guardian . [1]
Abrams lives in Snape, Suffolk where she runs a small chocolate making business using honey from the bees which she keeps. [3] [4] [5]
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