From “the Star” to being – a Star Speaker!

Suzan Holder (Journalist/Author)

From two weeks work experience at the Express & Star as a would-be reporter to becoming a successful rom-com author and the wife of a Black Country “rock god” - that’s the career path of journalist Suzan Holder, who was guest speaker at the annual Birmingham Press Club Christmas lunch.

Held at Edgbaston Golf Club, and attended by almost 100 guests, the lunch was sponsored by award-winning Tipton-based Let’s Sanify, the manufacturer of organic sanitising liquids.

Halesowen-born Suzan, who has been married for more than 30 years to Slade frontman Noddy Holder, started work as a reporter on the Black Country Bugle after her work experience at the Express & Star. She  entertained guests as she related her journey from being a reporter on various Midland regional newspapers to becoming a television producer and then a rom-com author, publishing two books this year with a third in the pipeline. She is also a magazine columnist  and discusses news and current affairs on radio and TV.

Suzan is seen here with Press Club president, television personality Bob Warman, whose own career started as a journalist working in Walsall.

Music to my ears. Suzan Holder blows her Press Club bugle while Bob Warman looks on.

After becoming an Honorary Life Member of Birmingham Press Club, Suzan received the traditional gift of a bugle crafted in Birmingham’s jewellery quarter by Acme Whistles.

Guests also joined in a rendition of “Happy Birthday” to retired Birmingham Mail journalist Peter Swingler, who was celebrating his 88th birthday.

Arvin Aviation, Hotel du Vin Birmingham, Park Regis Hotel Birmingham, Digbeth Dining Club, Edgbaston Golf Club, Moseley RFC and the National Liberal Club London were among organisations supporting the raffle, which raised more than £770 for The Frontline Club, which aids journalists working in war zones and dangerous places.

Pic Credit:  Ian Tennant