Paul McCartney sits at the piano in his childhood home of 20 Forthlin Road, and stares at pictures of his Dad and brother. What a journey.

Stuart Maconie is in Leeds for Leeds Lit Fest Fest on June 15th, to talk about his book The Full English.

At the beautiful Leeds Minster, tickets are flying, so get one quickly 👉

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Perhaps the single most important piece of writing in the entire history of journalism. Yes I am familiar with Bernstein and Woodward.

This is so sad and unfair. The Book Nook is one of the loveliest bookshops ever. Might be nice to support both the shop and Sophy by grabbing a signed copy of Happy Hills from them

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Freak Zone at 8 on BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Sounds ; Focus Group, Eno, High Llamas plus Portuguese South African house, Irish alt pop, at least three different kinds of jazz and the feat. album is a brillant early work by the Michael Nyman Band.

Angus kindly gave me this at ⁦Hexham Book Festival⁩ yesterday. It is brilliant and horrifying.

Always a glorious arrival at the best looking city in England even if just passing through ⁦Hexham Book Festival⁩

Have suit carrier, will travel. From Northern Soul Orchestrated at Royal Festival Hall to ⁦Hexham Book Festival⁩. See you there I hope

'I had seen a lot of Englands,' said J. B. Priestley, and so has everybody's favourite broadcaster, divining rod for sentiment and meaning, and champion of Northern Soul -- the one true Stuart Maconie. In paperback, 9 May.

For amusement only

It looks like Wolverhampton is ready for us

Chipping Campden Literature Festival will welcome Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Stuart Maconie on Monday 6th May - get your tickets here!
The Full English: Stuart Maconie (ticketsolve.com)
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Rehearsals; it’s the first night of our Northern Soul Orchestrated on the road in Wolverhampton tonight

Next Thursday May 2nd I'll be talking with Stuart Maconie about Delia & my book RE-SISTERS as part of Deliaphonic for the Delia Derbyshire Building Launch event at Coventry University Coventry University Further info deliaphonic.co.uk

For anyone who feels they’re drowning in misinformation about “100 studies” or “Cass rejected anything that wasn’t double-blinded”— thank you, Billy Bragg and Dawn Butler — BBC More or Less just did a great programme:

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Thanks for all replies to this. I was completely wrong.

Okay, I’m looking from on high at ⁦MediaCityUK⁩ over Old Trafford. Is that on the hill on the skyline Stoodley Pike ?

Oh, Mini USB, surely thou art the most weird, fiddly and oddly unsatisfying of all the plugs

Loving the VW Romanza as part of Neville Mariner day on BBC Radio 3 Georgia Mann

Maximalist artpop from AG Cook, two British guitar geniuses Reilly and Davy, Joe Meek's girls, italian prog from Milan, Motorpsycho, Kamasi Washington and a deep dive into High Llamas sprawling, brilliant Hawaii. Freak Zone at 8 on BBC Radio 6 Music