On Monday 7th July, FRS will be holding a q+a with member and BBC journalist Tim Franks, hosted by Abigail Morris.  Tim's new book, The LInes We Draw: The Journalist, the Jews, and an Argument about Identity, is published on 3rd July by Bloomsbury. 

For decades, as a Middle East correspondent and now as one of the BBC's chief news presenters, lots of people - Jewish and non-Jewish - have had views on what being a Jewish and a journalist -- especially a journalist for the BBC - must entail. 

After years of deflection, Tim began to wonder: are the two sides to his life so separate?  Or could it be that his Jewishness informs his journalism, and vice versa? 

In recounting some of his experiences reporting across the globe, and uncovering his own hidden family history across centuries and continents, Tim confronts how we think about identity, and what it means to take a stand and write about the world.  

The book will be available for purchase at the event, and can also be pre-ordered here.