Vanessa Holburn

Experienced journalist & author specialising in the power of campaigning & activism

Vanessa has decades of experience writing for national titles including The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Express and The Sun, and for newsstand consumer magazines such as Bella and Woman's Own.
She is also the author of six non-fiction books.

Having been a member of the successful Lucy's Law campaign team, Vanessa can speak confidently about grassroots activism and animal welfare issues.

Vanessa's other areas of specialism include British India, the Profumo Affair and, having written the memoir of a Jewish Hungarian family, the Holocaust and life under Stalin post-war.

If your audience is interested in making societal change and bringing equality, Vanessa is the speaker for you.

Vanessa lives near Reading, and is married with two teenage daughters. She also has a rescue Lurcher and two rescue kittens.

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