Banger after banger on #RadMac right now, thank you @stuartmaconie.bsky.social sir
Stuart Maconie
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social
Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Only 6 days left to listen to my @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social #freakzone playlist! Dorothy Carter, Mr Fox, Kali Malone & Drew McDowall, Cluster & Brian Eno, Amon Duul II, Glide (Will Sergeant), Veronique Chalot, Dawn Terry & more. @stuartmaconie.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This will be fantastic
JR Moores@spinal-bap.bsky.social · last wk.MACCA GOES WEIRD! Join me on BBC 6Music’s The Freakzone Playlist at midnight, 6th August. I’ve selected plenty of Paul McCartney’s stranger things. Giddy for this to air. Reposts appreciated. Tune in, Paul! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social #6Music #PaulMcCartney
Thank you. It was a special night @bbcsounds.bsky.social @bbciplayer.bsky.social
Mark Braund@markbraund.substack.com · 2w agoSending my latest substack post to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social, who put together a fantastic prom last weekend, which features large in this round-up of six excellent concerts I had the privilege if attending over the last fortnight. markbraund.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
And I’ll be at @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Piccadilly on Sunday if your kids fancy a drawing session! You can get tix here: www.waterstones.com/events/comic...
If the summer holiday boredom has already hit, I am on telly tmoz doing a drawalong. So that’ll be five mins accounted for at least
#OtD 19 Jul 1984 the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began in Dublin, Ireland when Mary Manning was suspended for refusing to check out South African fruit. She and 11 others went on strike for three years until the govt banned SA goods stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9108...
You can make this horror stop by putting the Freak Zone on in 9 mins.
This track from the new #Squarepusher album (which is absolutely fantastic) gave me real Gentle Giant vibes....The Prog Prom this Saturday live on @radio3.bsky.social with TV and more radio to come open.spotify.com/track/5IzMnm...
I know the Clacton poll is a serious matter (🙄)but I am becoming increasingly concerned about the inaccurate use of the “dogs dinner” idiom. It means ‘dressed up fancy’ not ‘ a mess’. That’s a dog’s breakfast.
If you’re in Ledbury, Herefordshire this afternoon and looking for poetry related kicks, I’m talking about some of my favourite poems at the festival at 4 pm
As @stuartmaconie.bsky.social said, if you’re going to write about the north, whatever you do, don’t define it. www.newstatesman.com/uncategorize...
How to write about the north
Try to evoke a vague, slightly chilly sense of up-thereness and isolation. Mention any traffic problems on your journey, failure of lineside equipment near Stockport or any particularly awful baguette...
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I mean, I prefer Humanitarian and Renaissance Man but fine.
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Philippa Perry and Stuart Maconie
Guests talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love and loath, at the Hay Festival 2026.
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At @bbcsounds.bsky.social obvs!
Emma Harding@emmaharding.bsky.social · last mo.Expect lively differences of opinion in A Good Read 3pm Mon 29 Jun @BBCRadio4 when @pperry.bsky.social & @stuartmaconie.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social @hayfestival.bsky.social to discuss favourite books. Producer Maggie Ayre #books #nonfiction #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Love this guys writing, but ‘fear not’ bit arch. Anyway the books great.
Nige Tassell@nigetassell.bsky.social · last mo.@stuartmaconie.bsky.social on the new book: Few bands exert the same mysterious allure as the Sprouts and at last comes the sustained critical and historical appraisal they merit. But if that sounds dry and costive, fear not. This is a book as playful, quirky and engaging as the band themselves.
I’ve loved the Brazilian national anthem since hearing it tons as a football mad primary school kid during Mexico 70. It’s a total banger
Thank you doc! That’s exactly how I wanted people to listen. But whatever space you can find these next few evenings…it is good honest…listen again at @bbcsounds.bsky.social
Dr Alexandra Woodall@alexandrawoodall.bsky.social · last mo.This solstice Freak Zone session from @stuartmaconie.bsky.social is absolutely stunning. Sitting in the garden eating a bowl of cherries with swifts screeching overhead and all these beautiful sounds.
This ITV analysis reminds me…must play the theme from Farmhouse Kitchen as an interstitial this weekend
Bless you Jeff...shucks, it was a good show...and you could still have watched the only interesting moment in the football
Jeff Livingstone@defjeff.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe *could* watch Qatar Switzerland, however, the peerless @stuartmaconie.bsky.social is on funk and soul duties again tonight at six. You know what to do, kids. *frugs whilst preparing a curry*
