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Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. His previous bestsellers have included Cider with Roadies, Pies and Prejudice and Adventures on the High Teas. He hosts a show for BBC Radio 6 Music (with Mark Radcliffe) every weekend morning between 8 and 11am.Based in Birmingham and Manchester, he can also often be spotted on top of a mountain in the Lake District with a Thermos flask and individual pork pie. He is a champion ice skater and once shared a van with Napalm Death.
‘This may be Maconie’s best book yet’ Jake Kerridge ‘[Will] make you want to pack your bags and travel to those places which most appeal in our wonderful country, with all its infinite variety.’ Altrincham Today Praise for Stuart Maconie… ‘As funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell.’ The Observer ‘The best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton.’ Peter Kay ‘He’ll be on the National Treasure list pretty soon’ The Times ‘A fine writer: sharp, funny, tender and thoughtful’ The Spectator ‘An heir to Alan Bennett … stirring and rather wonderful.’ Sunday Times ‘A funny, lyrical writer who prefers to persuade rather than browbeat.’ Mail on Sunday ‘Maconie's engaging, conversational prose is full of telling detail, jokes and deft quotation.’ The Telegraph
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