The Foreign Press Association

Welcome to the Foreign Press Association

The independent professional body representing foreign journalists working in the UK. Based in the heart of London, only minutes away from Whitehall and Buckingham Palace, the FPA provides the ideal location for foreign correspondents working in the UK. Whether you need to file a story, attend a special briefing or just enjoy a cup of coffee between meetings, the FPA is the first port of call for new correspondents as well as those who know their way around.

Jack the Ripper and the East End: Press Preview Recently Published

Thu May 15 15:00:39 2008

14.05.08: London in the 1880s: the richest and most populous city in the world. Over a million people inhabited the labyrinthine maze of alleyways and dead ends of late Victorian east London – then, as now, the most multicultural part of the city. Jews fleeing the pogroms of Tsarist Russia, unemployed dock workers and the destitute all struggled to survive in an area synonymous with filth, crime and degradation. Gin palaces and grimy lodging houses were as ubiquitous as the prostitutes forced by poverty into the sex trade, forming an “abyss” of immorality and misery.

Trip to Wimbledon

Wed May 14 14:36:06 2008

Following the success of last year's trip, the Foreign Press Association in London visited Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet club. A number of FPA members were given a tour of the club, its grounds and the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum in advance of the 2008 Championships, which will run from 23 June to 6 July.

Fri May 9 17:28:58 2008

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09.05.08: Aid agencies working on the ground in Burma are managing to reach people in need, and are saving lives – despite the frustrations of working in a very sensitive political situation. That was the message from a hastily arranged news conference chaired by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), the umbrella organisation that launches and coordinates responses to major disasters overseas

Stephen Wall Book Launch

Fri May 9 17:28:58 2008

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08.05.08: The Foreign Press Association was pleased to welcome Sir Stephen Wall for the launch of his book Stranger in Europe:Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair

Sir Stephen Wall joined the Diplomatic Service in 1968 and was Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (1988-90) and to the Prime Minister (1991-93). He was head of the Foreign Office EU Department for five years between 1983-88. He was Ambassador to Portugal, 1993-95, then UK Permanent Representative to the European Union for the next five years. In 2000 the Prime Minister appointed Sir Stephen to be the head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. There he was responsible for co-ordinating official advice on EU issues to ministers.

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