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FULLY BOOKED Insight with Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto, writer, political commentator and outspoken critic of Pakistan’s current regime will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC Pakistan correspondent between 1998 and 2001 and author of Pakistan: Eye Of The Storm, to talk about her new book Songs of Blood and Sword and her vision for the future of Pakistan.
Reflections: Lindsey Hilsum
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about their stories and the journalism that has shaped their careers. In the fifth of this inspiring new series Vin Ray, director of the BBC College of Journalism, will be in conversation with International Editor for Channel 4 News Lindsey Hilsum.
Will Apple save the news business? Apps, iPads, paywalls and how to make money from news
View in iTunes There’s no shortage of news around at the moment, but is anyone making anyone any money from it? As the print-based media come to terms with a shrinking advertising market and a promiscuous digital audience, many are looking to high-end devices such as Apple’s iPhone and iPad, which touches down in Britain […]
Climate Change: the forgotten crisis?
Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion in association with Communications INC about the aftermath of “climategate” the roles played by science, politics and the media.
Nigeria: violence, corruption and oil
With the Archbishop of Jos, Benjamin Kwashi;Dr Khataza Gondwe, Christian Solidarity Worldwide Sub Saharan Africa team leader; Michael Peel, former West Africa Correspondent now Legal Correspondent for the Financial Times and author of A Swamp Full of Dollars; Dr Abdul Raufu Mustapha, University Lecturer in African Politics and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford; more tbc.
Moderated by Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News.
In the Picture: Haiti Earthquake with David Levene
The photographers behind the pictures taken in the aftermath of January’s earthquake in Haiti flocked to scenes of razed buildings and distraught victims. David Levene and Inigo Gilmore were among them. These accomplished Guardian journalists will be in conversation with the Guardian’s head of photography, Roger Tooth, about what the real images of the damage wrought by the Haiti earthquake are like, what is being censored out in the media and the role that photographers play in such tragedies.
First Wednesday: The “war on terror” are Russia and the West now on the same side?
Paddy O’Connell of BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House returns to his seat for another First Wednesday at the Frontline Club.
Like a public meeting, the emphasis of First Wednesday events is on discussion, bringing together experts and commentators on a wide range of issues with lots of opportunity to ask questions and contribute from the floor.
FULLY BOOKED On the Media: Is the age of celebrity-obsessed media coming to an end?
“Celebrities” have dominated news culture in the last decade and become a mini publishing industry all of their own. But, is this coming to an end?
Joining us for a discussion about the media’s relationship with fame, are comedian and former journalist Jane Bussman, Popbitch founder Camilla Wright, with more to be confirmed.
FULLY BOOKED Insight with John Simpson: A free and independent press?
Veteran BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson will be at the Frontline Club on the eve of the publication of his new book Unreliable Sources examining the British press and its reporting of key events throughout history.
In the Picture with Ed Kashi: Curse of the Black Gold
Ed Kashi is a US-based photojournalist and filmmaker whose work spans over 60 countries including Nigeria, Iraq and Afghanistan. In March’s In the Picture,Ed Kashi will explore his experiences as a photojournalist, focusing on his work in the Niger Delta.
First Wednesday – Focus on Afghanistan and Operation Moshtarak
Paddy O’Connell of BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House will be in the chair for another of our First Wednesday discussions. First Wednesdays are an opportunity to debate with experts and commentators on a wide range of issues from domestic politics to international affairs, climate change and economics.
Reflections: Richard Sambrook
On the eve of his departure from the BBC Richard Sambrook Director of the BBC’s Global News division will look back on 30 years of overseeing and producing coverage of the biggest news stories of recent times.
South Africa twenty years after Mandela walked to freedom
Twenty years after the release of Nelson Mandela the Frontline Club will be looking at how South Africa today compares with the hopes and dreams of that day in 1990 when he walked free after 27 years in prison.
First Wednesday: Haiti
Paddy O’Connell of BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House will be in the chair for another of our First Wednesday discussions. First Wednesdays are an opportunity to debate with experts and commentators on a wide range of issues from domestic politics to international affairs, climate change and economics.
In the Picture with David Hoffman: War on Photography
British photographer David Hoffman, who specialises in coverage of protest and has dedicated his career to documenting racial and social conflict, policing and social exclusion, will focus on the war being waged on photography through oppressive policing and privacy laws that limit press freedom.
Randa Habib: The Inside Story of Jordan’s Royal Family
Randa Habib will be discussing her new book Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family with Hosam El Sokkari, head of BBC Arabic.
Barack Obama’s foreign policy one year on
In the second of our events to mark the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency we will be examining his foreign policy.
What has the 44th President delivered in practice when it comes to Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran and the War on Terror declared by his predecessor?
Clive Stafford Smith: Barack Obama and Guantanamo Bay
Shortly after his inauguration, Barack Obama signed an order to close Guantanamo Bay by January 2010. But fierce opposition from members of Congress has meant that the deadline will be missed. Clive Stafford Smith, founder and director of Reprieve, will be at the Frontline Club to examine President Barack Obama’s record on Guantanamo Bay as well as the detention facilities at Bagram and Abu Ghraib.
On the Media: The Appliance of Science
Download this episode View in iTunes The leaking of the notorious ‘Climategate’ emails just before the Copenhagen global warming summit, the resignation of Professor David Nutt as chairman of the government’s drugs advisory panel: two events that demonstrate how politicised science has become. With so much confusion about such important and complex issues as the […]
Sudan: Winning the Peace?
Five years after the Sudanese government and Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end decades of war, the country is preparing to hold its first multi-party elections in April. Join us to discuss the impact of the CPA and to examine the prospects for free and fair elections. With: The Most Rev. Daniel Deng, Archbishop of Sudan; Paul Molong Akaro, deputy head of mission for the government of Southern Sudan Liaison office to the UK; Osman Hummaida, human rights activist and executive director of the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies
Richard Cockett, Africa editor of The Economist.
First Wednesday
Paddy O’Connell of BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House will be in the chair for another of our First Wednesday discussions. First Wednesdays are an opportunity to debate with experts and commentators on a wide range of issues from domestic politics to international affairs, climate change and economics.
Reflections: Allan Little
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about the stories and the journalism that shaped their careers.
In the second of this inspiring new series Vin Ray, director of the BBC College of Journalism, will be in conversation with BBC special correspondent Allan Little.
FULLY BOOKED Londongrad: From Russia With Cash
Mark Hollingsworth, and Stewart Lansley will be at the Frontline Club to talk about their investigation into the extraordinary lifestyles of the Russian oligarchs who built vast personal fortunes in Russia and moved to the UK following the dissolution of the Soviet Union to spend them, aided by generous tax laws. What have been the consequences of this move of the super-rich to the capital and of Britain’s remarkable compliance in the transfer of wealth from Russia?
FULLY BOOKED Avi Shlaim in conversation with Shlomo Sand
Avi Shlaim, professor of international relations at Oxford will be in conversation with Shlomo Sand, professor of contemporary history at Tel Aviv University, at the Frontline Club for a seminal evening of discussion.
Avi Shlaim’s new book, Israel and Palestine focuses on the causes and consequences of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, while Shlomo Sand’s international best-seller The Invention of the Jewish People unravels the mythologised history of the Jewish people.
First Wednesday: Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq – what went wrong?
What do the troubled elections in Afghanistan and the continuing violence in Iraq teach us about the West’s attempt to import democracy around the world?
In his book Democracy Kills: What’s So Good About Having The Vote BBC foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley criticises Western governments for their failure to draw up detailed plans for after the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan and of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. With a panel of experts Humphrey Hawksley will examine the record of the West’s democratic mission and ask if there can be a transition from dictatorship to democracy without bloodshed.
Insight with Zainab Salbi
Zainab Salbi will be at the Frontline Club to talk about her remarkable life growing up in Saddam Hussein’s household, her escape from an abusive arranged marriage and Women for Women International, the organisation she set up that has helped more than 153,000 women in nine countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq.
On the Media: Can international coverage survive the digital age?
The UK’s public service broadcasting system remains the biggest provider of programmes about the wider world.
But it is a system that faces momentous upheavals in years to come.
What are the risks for international coverage as broadcasters respond?
With Phil Harding, journalist and media consultant; Deborah Rayner, CNN’s managing editor for Europe and Africa and Ed Braman, series sditor of Channel 4’s Unreported World and executive producer, Quicksilver Media documentaries.
First Wednesday: Iran’s nuclear programme
Ahead of the next round of talks later this month, a distinguished panel of experts will be discussing the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme at the Frontline Club.
Join us to discuss the state of play following diplomatic talks in Geneva between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. What can be expected of the 25 October talks? Will re-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad respond positively to Barack Obama’s appeal to Tehran that it “unclench its fist” or could we be facing a nuclear arms race that will threaten the future of the Middle East and beyond?
Paddy O’Connell will be moderating the second of these fast-paced dynamic debates.
Reflections: Jeremy Bowen
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about their stories and the journalism that have shaped their careers. In the second of this new series Vin Ray, director of the BBC College of Journalism, will be in conversation with BBC special correspondent Jeremy Bowen.
On the Media: Myth and reality in Russian journalism
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.
