by Stuart Maconie · Ebury Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091910235
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«Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North» is Stuart Maconie's travel and humour essay, published by Ebury Press in paperback (354 pages, in English).
Stuart Maconie, a northerner settled in the south, returns to the north of England to explore his own identity and the stereotypes surrounding its inhabitants. Maconie travels from Wigan to Blackpool, from Newcastle to the Lake District, and along the way meets characters who portray the region's culture and contradictions with irony and sympathy.
Published in 2008, the work belongs to travel literature with an autobiographical and humorous tone.
Recommended for readers who enjoy British culture, travel narratives and humorous observations of everyday life.
Stuart John Maconie is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music where, alongside Mark Radcliffe, he hosts its weekend breakfast show which broadcasts from the BBC's MediaCityUK in Salford. The pair previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2 and the weekday afternoon show for BBC Radio 6 Music.
