Adventures on the High Teas
Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. But just where and what is Middle England? Stuart Maconie didn't know either, so he packed his Thermos and sandwiches and set off to find out...
Pies and Prejudice
A Northerner in exile, Stuart Maconie goes on a journey in search of the North. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower and Newcastle's Bigg Market to the Lake District to find his own Northern Soul.
Cider with Roadies
This is the story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. From his four minutes in a leisure centre with MC Hammer to four days in a small van with Napalm Death it's a life-affirming journey through the land where ordinary life and pop come together to make music.
The Wit and Wisdom of the North
Stuart Maconie has written the foreward to Rosemary Jarski's grand collection of northern wit. Likely lads and lippy lasses cast a wry eye on subjects close to the heart of every northerner, including brass, grub, graft, courting, cricket, tittle-tattle and t’weather – adding up to a feast of northern hilarity.
