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jazzy_daveStuart Maconie "Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North" (Ebury Press)
Maconie is a columnist, radio personality and travel writer from the Northern town of Wigan.
In this book, he travels from his adopted home of London, in the South, to all places in the North. He goes to inland towns and villages along much of the Northern coast, stopping at many apparently ugly places filled with rude people. Still, he does like a couple of places and more importantly, he imparts information, like why people in Newcastle are called "Geordies" and why Liverpool and Manchester put so much effort into football rivalry.
I've read another by Maconie, Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England and liked that one a little more, probably because it included a lot more music history, but this was a good one.
Maconie is a columnist, radio personality and travel writer from the Northern town of Wigan.
In this book, he travels from his adopted home of London, in the South, to all places in the North. He goes to inland towns and villages along much of the Northern coast, stopping at many apparently ugly places filled with rude people. Still, he does like a couple of places and more importantly, he imparts information, like why people in Newcastle are called "Geordies" and why Liverpool and Manchester put so much effort into football rivalry.
I've read another by Maconie, Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England and liked that one a little more, probably because it included a lot more music history, but this was a good one.
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