Chris Horrie


Chris Horrie is a journalist, author and lecturer specializing in investigative journalism, finance and profiles of major public figures.
As a freelance feature writer his work can be found in the following British newspapers: The Independent, Independent on Sunday, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, The Observer, New Statesman, The Guardian.

Authored Books

Horrie is also the author/co-author of many major books, usually concerning major media figures:
2009: True Blue – Strange Tales from a Tory Nation. Publication in August 2009. Fourth Estate / HarperCollins.
2008: Chapters on Investigative Journalism and the Law; and a practical guide to the Freedom of Information Act for Investigative Journalists in second edition of Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice, Hugo de Burgh ed, London and New York: Routledge.
2008: What is Islam? with first publication in Russian.
2007: Play It Again – tie-in book for the primetime BBC 1 television series of the same name. Harper Collins, March 2007.
2006: What is Islam? commissioned for publication in spring 2007.
2005: ‘Stick it up your Punter’ – Simon & Schuster.
2004: What is Islam? – Virgin Books. Editions in German, Dutch, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian and Persian.
2004: ‘Tabloid Nation’ – from the birth of the Daily Mirror to the death of the tabloid. André Deutsch.
2002: ‘Premiership’. Unauthorised business history of the Premier League. Simon and Schuster.
1999: ‘Stick it up your Punter: the rise and fall of The Sun’. Fully updated new edition. Simon & Schuster. Co-author.
1994: Fuzzy Monsters: fear and loathing at the BBC, Heinemann;
1992: Sick as a Parrot: the inside story of Tottenham Hotspur PLC take-over.
1990: Stick it up your Punter: the rise and fall of The Sun , Heinemann. co written with Peter Chippindale
1990: What is Islam?. Now in third printing with German, French, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew editions.
1988: Disaster - the rise and fall of News on Sunday.

Academic Roles

Chris Horrie was the Head of Department for Film, Media and Journalism at Staffordshire University until April 2018.
He has previously held lecturing roles at the University of Winchester and Salford University.