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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 newspaper.
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Early life and education
Abrams was born and brought up in Stockport, where she attended Marple Hall County High School. She studied sociology at the University of York then took a one-year course in journalism in Sheffield.
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.
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.
Personal life
Abrams lives in Snape, Suffolk where she runs a small chocolate making business using honey from the bees which she keeps.