Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden
Born
Charles Philip Newkey Burden

June 1973 (age 51)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)journalist and author

Charles Philip Newkey Burden[1] (born June 1973) is a British journalist and author. He has written 29 books, including one co-written with Julie Burchill. Three of the books have been official publications for Arsenal F.C.

Newkey-Burden began his career as a staff writer on 90 Minutes and Shoot.[2] He was chief sub editor on The Big Issue.[3] He has been a contributing editor to Loaded and a columnist for Time Out, Attitude and The Jewish Chronicle. He has interviewed David Beckham,[4][5] Ricky Gervais,[6] Steve Coogan,[7] Frank Lampard,[8] Alan Shearer,[9] Rachel Stevens[10] and McFly[11] for magazine cover features.

In June 2005, Prince Charles complained to The Big Issue about an article Newkey-Burden had written comparing Prince William to an antelope.[citation needed] Newkey-Burden was also criticised in December 2011 for updating his 2008 biography of Amy Winehouse only a few weeks after her death.[12] To deflect criticism, some of his books are written by "Charlie Burden". In July 2008, Private Eye reported that he had submitted five comically positive reviews of his own books to the Amazon website.[13]

He is a Celtic F.C. fan.[14][15]

  1. ^ "Charles Philip NEWKEY BURDEN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Face from the village", Slough Observer, 3 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Chas Newkey-Burden on Eleanor Levy - Press Gazette". Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  4. ^ Shoot, June 1998.
  5. ^ The Big Issue, UK, 5 June 2006.
  6. ^ The Big Issue, UK, 21 March 2005.
  7. ^ 90 Minutes, 23 November 1996.
  8. ^ FourFourTwo, December 2006.
  9. ^ Shoot, 30 August 1997.
  10. ^ The Big Issue, UK, 28 March 2005.
  11. ^ The Big Issue, UK, November 2005.
  12. ^ Bell, Matthew (11 December 2011). "Memoirs: Once in a quinquennium revelations!!!". The Independent. London.
  13. ^ Bookworm (11 July 2008). "Books and Bookmen". Private Eye (1214). Pressdram Ltd.
  14. ^ "Chas Newkey-Burden with a Celtic State of Mind – How I fell in love with the Hoops - ACSOM". 2 September 2020.
  15. ^ "How I fell in love with Celtic // A Celtic State of Mind with Chas Newkey-Burden // ACSOM" – via www.youtube.com.