Stuart Maconie
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social
Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
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Vintage slice of kitchen-sink SF, filmed in and around Todmorden, and a bit weird in a number of ways.
I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
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I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
Watch The Watchers - BFI Player
A Yorkshire teenager begins to see and hear strange things in this unsettling slice of 60s sci-fi.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Sunday evening. Come along !!!
Less than a week until #Wolverhampton litfest and we’re excited about the #blur drummer Dave Roundtree on Friday and @stuartmaconie.bsky.social on Sunday preceded by Francis Dunnery on Thursday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wolverhampton Literature Festival: All you need to know
Plan out which events you will attend during the city's three-day literature festival next weekend.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Sunday evening. Come along !!!
Guys who wear shorts all year round freak me out but no pop group has ever looked better than this.
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Orange Juice
Simply Thrilled Honey
Radcliffe and Maconie
Now Playing
Orange Juice
Simply Thrilled Honey
January 29, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Guys who wear shorts all year round freak me out but no pop group has ever looked better than this.
Go me!
In 2020, @stuartmaconie.bsky.social wrote "When the only limit to what can be invented is what can be imagined, we are left with only ethics and morals to guide us. And I’m not at all convinced about Mark Zuckerberg’s".
Which leaves us now to contemplate the even less ethical Elon Musk, and Grok 🤮
Which leaves us now to contemplate the even less ethical Elon Musk, and Grok 🤮
January 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Go me!
I’ve never been the first down to breakfast in any situation ever so I’m not really sure why they lose their minds over it. It must be an amazing vibe #TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I’ve never been the first down to breakfast in any situation ever so I’m not really sure why they lose their minds over it. It must be an amazing vibe #TheTraitors
I love that Stephen is bringing back the “massive cable knit jumper tucked in your jeans’ look pioneered by @haircut100 and adopted pretty successfully by me I like to think in the mid 1980s #TheTraitors
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I love that Stephen is bringing back the “massive cable knit jumper tucked in your jeans’ look pioneered by @haircut100 and adopted pretty successfully by me I like to think in the mid 1980s #TheTraitors
This is good advice. Listen back to Freak Zone for the start of the Zappa debate. I’ll be rounding up the correspondence in a future show soon
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social - I think the challenge with Zappa is to dissociate him from the tiresome Groovy! brigade and judge his music on its own terms. I find the trick is NOT to picture the moustache. As soon as that comes to mind all is lost: it’s just lava lamps and paisley all the way to hell
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is good advice. Listen back to Freak Zone for the start of the Zappa debate. I’ll be rounding up the correspondence in a future show soon
So wait…in Alvin and The Chipmunks, Alvin IS ….a chipmunk? Thats messed up
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
So wait…in Alvin and The Chipmunks, Alvin IS ….a chipmunk? Thats messed up
Feel bit trivial now
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Feel bit trivial now
Is there a place here where people are talking about Traitors or is that all on the Nazi site?
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Is there a place here where people are talking about Traitors or is that all on the Nazi site?
We’ve had three festive specials so far on Freak Zone; Carol Concert, Ghost Stories, Best of 2025 and with Bowie Curios to come in the New Year. The first three seem to have gone down well and they’re all at @bbcsounds.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We’ve had three festive specials so far on Freak Zone; Carol Concert, Ghost Stories, Best of 2025 and with Bowie Curios to come in the New Year. The first three seem to have gone down well and they’re all at @bbcsounds.bsky.social
Thank you !!!! Available now at @bbcsounds.bsky.social
Always enjoy @stuartmaconie.bsky.social’s Freak Zone on a Sunday, but this year’s spooky Christmas special is truly something to behold. Outstanding listening, do tune in (especially if you’re sitting alone in the dark!). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Ghost Story for Christmas 2025 - BBC Sounds
Stuart brings you spooky stories and creepy music to make you sleep with the lights on.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thank you !!!! Available now at @bbcsounds.bsky.social
Thank you. It’s at @bbcsounds.bsky.social ! Listen tonight
Always enjoy @stuartmaconie.bsky.social’s Freak Zone on a Sunday, but this year’s spooky Christmas special is truly something to behold. Outstanding listening, do tune in (especially if you’re sitting alone in the dark!). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - A Ghost Story for Christmas 2025 - BBC Sounds
Stuart brings you spooky stories and creepy music to make you sleep with the lights on.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you. It’s at @bbcsounds.bsky.social ! Listen tonight
Thanks for all the love for this !! It’s very gratifying ! Listen to it ay @bbcsounds.bsky.social …it’s our Ghost Story For Christmas this Sunday ….
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Folks if you get the chance I cannot recommend this enough. A 'Christmas Carol Concert' special and it's a joy from start to finish. I'm now on my 2nd playthrough...
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Folks if you get the chance I cannot recommend this enough. A 'Christmas Carol Concert' special and it's a joy from start to finish. I'm now on my 2nd playthrough...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone Carol Concert - BBC Sounds
Stuart brings you two hours of alternative, experimental and unusual Christmas carols.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Thanks for all the love for this !! It’s very gratifying ! Listen to it ay @bbcsounds.bsky.social …it’s our Ghost Story For Christmas this Sunday ….
Thank you !!!!
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you !!!!
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I have to say, The Freak Zone Carol Concert, is really fab...🙌
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December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I have to say, The Freak Zone Carol Concert, is really fab...🙌
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social
No not at all Tim….and for the avoidance of doubt that book is With A Little Help From Their Friends which I should have been more brazen about promoting in the piece….
if I read the article will it spoil your book I started today ?
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No not at all Tim….and for the avoidance of doubt that book is With A Little Help From Their Friends which I should have been more brazen about promoting in the piece….
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
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The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Having opened the show with it this morning and given it some thought, I know we’re supposed to dislike Kevin in My Perfect Cousin. But he likes The Human League and University Challenge and proper Subbuteo technique. Apart from the ‘sheepie’, you’d definitely want to hang out with him
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Having opened the show with it this morning and given it some thought, I know we’re supposed to dislike Kevin in My Perfect Cousin. But he likes The Human League and University Challenge and proper Subbuteo technique. Apart from the ‘sheepie’, you’d definitely want to hang out with him
In a few mins, (and then @bbcsounds.bsky.social) it's our Freak Zone Art Time Punks special on the more experimental end of new wave. Expect Wire, This Heat, ATV, Television Personalities, Swell Maps, Patti Smith, Television, Pere Ubu, The Fall and more....
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In a few mins, (and then @bbcsounds.bsky.social) it's our Freak Zone Art Time Punks special on the more experimental end of new wave. Expect Wire, This Heat, ATV, Television Personalities, Swell Maps, Patti Smith, Television, Pere Ubu, The Fall and more....
Thanks Eoghan! This is the US edition out next year by the way
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thanks Eoghan! This is the US edition out next year by the way
Reposted by Stuart Maconie
The perfect mix of facts and fun from three genuine experts @paviliontheatre.bsky.social last night, with plenty of #TeamGeorge vs #TeamPaul rivalry for the fans.
Wonderful to have @beatlespod.bsky.social back in the room again, and lovely to meet @stuartmaconie.bsky.social too.
Wonderful to have @beatlespod.bsky.social back in the room again, and lovely to meet @stuartmaconie.bsky.social too.
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The perfect mix of facts and fun from three genuine experts @paviliontheatre.bsky.social last night, with plenty of #TeamGeorge vs #TeamPaul rivalry for the fans.
Wonderful to have @beatlespod.bsky.social back in the room again, and lovely to meet @stuartmaconie.bsky.social too.
Wonderful to have @beatlespod.bsky.social back in the room again, and lovely to meet @stuartmaconie.bsky.social too.
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Catching up with the 6 musics Forever Dark Looong Halloween Freak Zone takeover. It’s a mighty good listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... @stuartmaconie.bsky.social @bbc6music.bsky.social
6 Music's Forever Dark - Looong Halloween Freak Zone takeover - BBC Sounds
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone takeover with a selection of his darkest favourites.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Catching up with the 6 musics Forever Dark Looong Halloween Freak Zone takeover. It’s a mighty good listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... @stuartmaconie.bsky.social @bbc6music.bsky.social
Next Tuesday !
Stuart Maconie x Nothing Is Real | Tue 4 Nov, 8pm - Pavilion Theatre
Join bestselling writer, broadcaster and BBC Radio 6 DJ Stuart Maconie with Jason Carty and Steven Cockcroft - hosts of the #1 Beatles podcast Nothing Is Real - as they discuss the supporting cast who...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Next Tuesday !
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These two @beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social are very, very good at what they do .. but they don’t like to talk about it. Come along to Dún Laoghaire on 4th November and find out for yourself.
And author @stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be there too.
@paviliontheatre.bsky.social
And author @stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be there too.
@paviliontheatre.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These two @beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social are very, very good at what they do .. but they don’t like to talk about it. Come along to Dún Laoghaire on 4th November and find out for yourself.
And author @stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be there too.
@paviliontheatre.bsky.social
And author @stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be there too.
@paviliontheatre.bsky.social