Stuart Maconie

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Radio DJ and Television Presenter, Writer, Journalist, and Critic at BBC

Journalist at The New Statesman

Here occasionally for self-promotion. Mainly at @stuartmaconie.bsky.social

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Articles

How a niche Northern music craze conquered the Proms

Apr 16, 2024 | msn.com | Stuart Maconie

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How a niche Northern music craze conquered the Proms

Apr 16, 2024 | msn.com | Stuart Maconie

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How a niche Northern music fetish became the most popular Prom ever

Apr 16, 2024 | msn.com | Stuart Maconie

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How a niche Northern music craze conquered the Proms

Apr 16, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Stuart Maconie

It's in the groove: dancers at a Northern Soul night at The Palais, Nottingham, 1975 Credit: Redferns Sixteen was the minimum age for Wigan Casino’s midweek Northern Soul ‘Early Sessions’ – a kindergarten spin-off of the Weekend All Nighter that had made this old school ballroom a place of pilgrimage and, briefly, the most famous nightclub in the world. And so, armed with a fictitious birthdate, 14-year-old me would have to convince the formidable Mrs Woods on the door to let me pass. I don’t...
The wrinkly musicians still rocking the world - but when will they be dethroned?

Jul 6, 2023 | inkl.com | Stuart Maconie