Sarah Holmes

Senior Features Writer at Woman/ Woman's Own/ Now

United Kingdom

Bright and adaptable features writer with experience in real life and celebrity journalism. Previously at Woman's Weekly and Woman and Home.

Graduate of City University's Magazine Journalism MA

English Literature BA from the University of Exeter

Portfolio
Completely London
02/23/2015
Ladies Who Punch

A colour piece that I wrote for Completely London magazine about the Bethnal Green boxing club that trained the Kray Twins opening its doors to women for the first time since 1884

Woman's Weekly
06/28/2016
In It To Win It

Sourced and wrote this real life piece about Bernie Stuart, a serial comper who won £20,000 in prizes

Woman's Weekly
07/26/2016
Little Shops Of Wonder

A '4 in 1' I pitched profiling the high street survivors of our nation

Woman's Weekly
06/07/2016
Grape Britain

I pitched, researched and wrote this general feature to coincide with English Wine Week 2016

Woman's Weekly
06/28/2016
Arabian Nights

A travel feature I wrote based off a press trip I took to Dubai in May 2016

Completely London
07/06/2015
Wonderwall: Rediscovering Brixton's Murals

Brixton's murals not only bring a lively lift of colour to SW2, they also tell the story of a rich community heritage that one local resident has made it her mission to preserve

Freemasonry Today
09/07/2015
A Change Of Heart

By completing the first non-beating heart transplant in Europe, consultant surgeon Stephen Large could radically reduce the time for those on the donor waiting list