Talks Category
£12.50 or £10 for early booking Moderator: Samira Ahmed, presenter and correspondent for Channel 4 News
Over 5,000 girls and women are killed each year by male relatives in the belief that it will purge a family of shame brought on it by the behaviour of a sister, daughter, wife or mother. Award-winning journalist Rana Husseini will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the full scale of murders carried out for "crimes" that range from rape to chewing gum or laughing in the street. She will be joined by: Ramita Navaï, a reporter for Channel 4's Unreported World; Nazir Afzal OBE, director of legal services, CPS London and the foremost criminal justice practitioner on the issue of honour crime. Moderator: Samira Ahmed, presenter and correspondent for Channel 4 News ...more
Please note the date of this event has now been changed to 16 September Panel: Oleg Panfilov, director of the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations Manana Aslamazyan,a media and television expert who has worked with Russian journalists for more than 15 years and is executive director of Internews Europe based in Paris Moderator: Geoff Meade, Sky News defence correspondent and former Moscow correspondent
Join us for a discussion with eminent Russian media experts Oleg Panfilov and Manana Aslamazyan that will examine the reality of the Russian media and the possibilities for genuinely investigative and critical journalism. ...more
£12.50 or £10 for early booking Moderator: Patrick Bishop, veteran foreign correspondent who is now one of Britain's foremost military historians
An opportunity to hear Stuart Tootal discuss the war in Afghanistan and hear his views on strategy, the human cost, treatment of the wounded and lack of equipment. Stuart Tootal will be in conversation with Patrick Bishop, veteran foreign correspondent who is now one of Britain's foremost military historians ...more
This On the Media event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Panel: Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's Global News division: Adrian Wells, head of foreign news, Sky News
Frequently barred from the frontline, journalists are increasingly reliant on video footage, Twitter and email. What are the challenges when this is the only source of information? What happens when there are no images coming out and journalists can't get in, particularly as governments become increasingly savvy in new media and public relations techniques? Join us for a panel discussion in association with the BBC College of Journalism. ...more
This event is now fully booked. The waiting list is now also closed
Former Newsweek White House correspondent Richard Wolffe will be talking to Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow about his exclusive behind the scenes access to Barack Obama and his team as they campaigned across America. An exciting opportunity to hear the political journalist discuss his best seller Renegade: the Making of a President. ...more
Tickets: £12.50 or £10 if you book before 26 August
From September the first Wednesday of each month at the Frontline Club will be devoted to a current key issue. From domestic politics to international affairs, climate change and economics, each month the Frontline Club will be the place to hear fresh insight and in-depth analysis, ask questions and join the discussion. The subject of the First Wednesday will be announced shortly before the event. People who book early will pay a discounted fee to be part of First Wednesday.... ...more
£10 booking now available online Maya Jaggi, profile-writer and critic for Guardian Review, will moderate this event
If you can't make it to Edinburgh for the Literary Festival this year the Frontline Club is offering a unique opportunity to hear two award-winning Arabic writers Elias Khoury and Bahaa Taher as they pass through London. ...more
£10 booking available online All events are open to members and non-members Moderator: Misha Glenny, journalist specialising in southeastern Europe and organised crime
If you can't make it to Edinburgh for the Literary Festival this year here's an unique opportunity to hear some of the authors at the Frontline Club. Hear brothers William and Kenneth Hopper whose book The Puritan Gift predicted the economic collapse of 2008 as well as award-winning Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja and Russian expert Susan Richards. ...more
Tickets: £10 Booking online now available All events are open to members and non-members This event will be moderated by CBS news producer Mimi Spillane. Panel: Bronwen Maddox, chief foreign commentator, The Times who has written her briefing column since the start of the Afghan invasion in November 2001. Nick Meo, Sunday Telegraph foreign correspondent who has been covering Afghanistan since 2001 and reported on the 2004 election. Emal Pasarly, Multi Media Editor of the BBC World Service Persian-Pashto Section and one of BBC News’ leading experts on Afghanistan. He covered the 2004 Afghan presidential election, interviewing Hamid Karzai and most of the 17 other candidates.
He is widely expected to win a second term as president but what impact will the re-election of Hamid Karzai have throughout Afghanistan? A panel of experts and journalists due to be covering the 20 August elections will be discussing the implications of an election that will take place against a backdrop of increasingly deadly violence. ...more
Chair, Bill Neely, International editor, ITV News Panel: Richard North, political analyst and former research director in the European Parliament Kim Sengupta, defence correspondent, the Independent Deborah Haynes Defense Correspondent, The Times
How will the British Army's role in Iraq be judged once the withdrawal of troops is complete? Join us for a panel discussion examining Richard North's damning analysis of the six-year deployment in Iraq. ...more