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Newkey-Burden began his career as a staff writer on ''

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'' and '' Shoot''. He was chief sub editor on '' The Big Issue''. He has been a contributing editor to '' Loaded'' and a columnist for ''

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''. He has interviewed

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, Rachel Stevens and McFly for magazine cover features. In June 2005,

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complained to ''The Big Issue'' about an article Newkey-Burden had written comparing

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to an antelope. Newkey-Burden was also criticised in December 2011 for updating his 2008 biography of Amy Winehouse only a few weeks after her death. To deflect criticism, some of his books are written by "Charlie Burden". In July 2008, ''

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'' reported that he had submitted five comically positive reviews of his own books to the

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website. Burden's boyfriend is Chris Morris, an NLP practitioner (?) He is a Celtic F.C. fan.

Bibliography

Arsenal FC

* ''The Official Arsenal Annual'', 2005 - 2012 * ''Gunners Lists'', Hamlyn, 2009 - * ''The All-New Official Arsenal Miscellany'', Hamlyn, 2007 -

Celebrity biographies

* ''Adele: The Biography'', John Blake, 2011 - * ''Tom Daley: The Unauthorized Biography'', Michael O'Mara, 2011 - * ''Justin Bieber: The Unauthorized Biography'', Michael O'Mara, 2010 - * ''Brad & Angelina'', Penguin, 2010 - * ''Dannii Minogue'', John Blake, 2010 - * ''The Wanted'', Michael O'Mara, 2010 - * ''Simon Cowell: The Unauthorized Biography'', Michael O'Mara, 2009 - * ''Michael Jackson: Legend'', Michael O'Mara, 2009 - * ''Alexandra Burke: A Star is Born'', Metro, 2009 - * ''Heston Blumenthal: The Biography of the World's Most Brilliant Master Chef'', John Blake, 2009 – * ''Stephenie Meyer: Queen of Twilight'', John Blake, 2009 - * ''Amy Winehouse: The Biography'', John Blake, 2008 - * ''Paris Hilton: Life On The Edge'', John Blake, 2007 -

Humour

* ''Help! I'm Turning Into My Dad!'', Prion, 2008 – * ''Great Email Disasters'', Metro, 2007 - * ''The Reduced History of Dogs'', Andre Deutsch, 2007 - * ''The Reduced History of Britain'', Andre Deutsch, 2006 -

Misc

* ''The Dog Directory'', Hamlyn, 2009 – * ''Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy'', Virgin Books, 2008 (co-written with Julie Burchill) - * '' Crap Towns'' and ''Crap Towns II'' (contributor) * ''Loaded's Greatest Ever Englishmen'' (contributor)

References

External links

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