JOURNALIST Stuart Maconie will be telling a social history of modern Britain through pop singles when he comes to Swindon Arts Centre on Saturday.

Spend an evening in the company of this popular and prolific TV and radio presenter, journalist, columnist and author as he talks about his new book and epic radio series, The People’s Songs.

It’s a project that Stuart Maconie is both proud of and passionate about.

In it, he tells the story of modern Britain through the records that we listened to and loved during the dramatic and kaleidoscopic period from the Second World War to the present day.

Stuart Maconie is one of the UK’s best-selling travel writers.

His book Adventures on the High Teas was the top selling travel book of 2009 and Pies and Prejudice was one of 2008’s top selling paperbacks.

His work has been compared with Bill Bryson, Alan Bennett and John Peel and described by The Times as a ‘national treasure’.

He co-hosts the Radcliffe and Maconie Show on BBC Radio 6Music, as well as The Freak Zone and The Freakier Zone on 6Music, and has written and presents dozens of other shows on BBC Radio.

His TV work includes presenting the BBC’s On Trial shows, Pop on Trial and Style on Trial, as well as Stuart Maconie’s TV Towns, a popular gazeteer of major British cities and their roles in modern cultural life for ITV 4 and The Cinema Show/The DVD Collection on BBC 4.

His other books include Adventures on the High Teas and the acclaimed official biographies of pop bands Blur and James.

He can name GQ Man of the Year and Sony Awards Radio Broadcaster of the Year amongst his accolades.

  • Tickets to see Stuart Maconie at the Arts Centre are £15. To book, call 01793 524481 or visit swindontheatres.co.uk. The show starts at 8pm.