Fran Abrams Explained

Fran Abrams
Occupation:	British investigative journalist for BBC Radio 4, and non-fiction author
Birth Place:	Cheshire, England

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.

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

• Below the Breadline: Living on the Minimum Wage, 18 July 2002, Profile Books, ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
• Freedom's Cause: Lives of the Suffragettes, 2003, Profile Books, ^{[11] [12]}
• Seven Kings: How it Feels to be a Teenager, 14 September 2006, Atlantic Books, ^[13]
• Learning to Fail: How Society Lets Young People Down, 2010, Routledge, ^[14]
• Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood, 1 November 2012, Atlantic Books, ^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet the team. BBC News. 5 October 2004.
2. News: Abrams. Fran. In search of the lost generation. Prospect. 23 September 2009.
3. Book: Learning to Fail: How Society Lets Young People Down. 22 September 2009. Author Bio. Routledge. 23 November 2014. 978-0203864821.
4. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/fran-abrams-09ba9613 Fran Abrams | LinkedIn
5. https://howtospendit.ft.com/articles/25283-sinfully-delicious-sweets Sinfully delicious chocolates
6. Livingstone . Sophie . The twilight zone. Below the Breadline, Fran Abrams, Profile Books, 192pp, £6.99 . New Statesman . 19 August 2002 . 131 . 4601 . 37–38 . 1364-7431.
7. Bambra . Clare . The poverty of journalism? . Critical Social Policy . November 2003 . 23 . 4 . 547–550 . 0261-0183 . 10.1177/02610183030234006. 144012010 .
8. Hall . Tom . Through a Glass Darkly: Undercover in Low-pay Britain and America . Sociology . July 2004 . 38 . 3 . 623–630 . 0038-0385 . 10.1177/0038038504043223. 143335033 .
9. Devitt . Stewart . Below the Breadline (Book) . People Management . 26 September 2002 . 8 . 19 . 58 . 1358-6297.
10. Barker . Paul . The lower reaches of the Savoy . Times Literary Supplement . 30 August 2002 . 5187 . 22 . 11 April 2019 . 0307-661X.
11. Freedom's Cause: Lives of the Suffragettes (Book) . Contemporary Review . April 2004 . 284 . 1659 . 256 . 0010-7565.
12. Liddington . Jill . Sibling rivalries and other tales of sisterhood . Times Higher Education Supplement . 23 July 2004 . 1650 . 28–29 . 11 April 2019 . 0049-3929.
13. Apter . Terri . SEVEN KINGS . Times Literary Supplement . 15 September 2006 . 5398 . 31 . 0307-661X.
14. Paylor . Ian . Learning to Fail: How Society Lets Young People Down, Fran Abrams, Abingdon, Routledge, 2010, pp. 167, ISBN 978 0 415 48396 4 (pb), £18.99 . The British Journal of Social Work . March 2010 . 40 . 2 . 685–687 . 1468-263X . 10.1093/bjsw/bcq007.
15. Stevenson . Talitha . Seen and not heard . New Statesman . 2 November 2012 . 141 . 5130 . 49–50 . 1364-7431.