Tara Cynara Newley (born 12 October 1963) is a British writer, broadcaster, and producer.

Early life

Newley is the daughter of actress

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and actor/composer/singer

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. She is also the sister of Alexander Newley. She lived in

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for two years to study at The American College in Paris, where her poetry and journalism was first publicised. She transferred to

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to study English, French, and Russian literature and poetry with

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Early career

Newley was a television presenter and recording artist in the early 1990s. She was signed to

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's More Protein label with

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, and sang on the E-Zee Possee single " Breathing Is E-Zee", which went to No. 72 on the

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in 1991. She also released the single "Save Me from Myself" in 1993 on

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. Further recordings include a duet with her father on a version of "

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". Shows that she has presented include the music show ''Juice'' (Season 1 & 2), ''Club Vegetarian'', ''The Style Guide'', and ''Celebrity''. As a radio presenter, Newley worked as a presenter for

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with Neil Fox,

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, Radio 5,

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, GLR, France Culture Radio, and Viva! As a columnist, she wrote for the ''

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'' and ''Good Health Magazine'', and had an online column titled "Sex in the Country". As a journalist, she has written for '' OK!'', the ''

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'', and ''

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''. She provided voice-over work for children's shows such as ''The Cubeez'' and ''The Fimbles'', as well as TV shows for Channel 5 and

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Writer/producer

In 2007, Newley and producer John Dale founded Newley Dale Ltd, a content creation company whose clients include Comedy Box and Momedia. It gained the attention of

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for the anarchic sitcom ''Sso!'' As a writer/producer, she has worked for

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and Baby Cow. The screenplay ''Graffiti Boy <3 Guerrilla Girl'' won first place at the

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and second place at the ReelHeART Film and Screenplay Festival in 2018. In 2010, she wrote a screenplay called ''Is Love Therapy?''

Poetry

Her poetry has appeared under her married name Arkle at the Bristol Poetry Festival in 2014 and The Poetry Shed in 2018. She was long listed for the National Poetry Prize in 2019. She is currently poet in residence at

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Personal life

Newley was married to French composer Michael Adam, with whom she has a daughter, who was born in 1998. The couple later divorced. She later had a son, born in 2003. She married writer Nicholas Gilador Arkle in 2016.

References

External links

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