Holly Rigby

Holly is a writer, Palestine solidarity activist, and lecturer at City, University of London.Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, and Tes, and she has appeared as a political commentator on current affairs programming for the BBC, Sky News, and Channel 4. She holds a Masters in Comparative Literature from University College London, and a Masters in Education Policy from King's College London.Her book Miss: When a Teacher Breaks the Rules, about the nine years she spent as an Inner London English teacher, was due to be published in November 2025 by Repeater Books, an imprint of Watkins Media. Following revelations about the ties of the Watkins CEO to an Israeli AI company working with the IDF, she withdrew the book and is part of the Boycott Watkins campaign.Alongside her writing and teaching, Holly facilitates meditation retreats at The Barn at Sharpham Trust and maintains a committed daily meditation practice. Her practice is primarily influenced by the Plum Village and Insight meditation traditions, and she has also undertaken courses with the Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion. She draws on heart-centred approaches across all her writing, teaching, and activist work.