Talk:Stuart Maconie

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The term 'Britpop'

Did he really coin this term. Our Britpop article attributes it to John Robb in 1989. Admittedly neither Blue nor Oasis existed then, but Robb was discussing similar bands.--MartinUK (talk) 07:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

but are they bands that would later be regarded as britpop pioneers once the term became popular? If you do a search of google books in the 1980s you can see the term was used infrequently over the years to refer to a variety of things. I wonder if Robb was just the one of these that happened to be closest to the later popular use? JMiall ₰ 08:31, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sexuality

Gay?87.113.69.113 00:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC) No, he's married. --Whoosher 21:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ubiquity on TV lists shows

I vote the comment "His career at present consists of appearing as an opinionated talking head on TV list shows" stays (further to the recent edits). I made a sarcastic comment on this a while ago which was rightly deleted but putting it politely like this is acceptable, as it is all he is known to be doing these days. --Thoughtcat 13:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, apart from a Radio 2 show you mean? Oh, and a 6 Music show aswell? --Juux 20:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Thoughtcat" is right. Maconie's boundless and seemingly inexhaustible endowment to these vexatious TV list shows needs to be acknowledged: why not here? This is, after all, his Wikipedia page. Above, Juux rightly states that Maconie also works at Radio 2 and 6 Music (already in the article), but as the list shows are seemingly an immense wedge of Maconie's oeuvre, why are they not included here? Maybe a fan of his (perhaps the man himself?) has removed them as they perhaps create the unwanted impression of Maconie as some kind of media whore.

Clarification re year & place of birth

Stuart's categorised as being a 1960 birth & as a person from Wigan. However in the first para, his DOB is given as 13/8/61 and his place of birth as Whiston. I know Whiston & Wigan are not that far apart but they are separate towns.

Can anyone clarify/correct as necessary? --Whoosher 08:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stuart admits in his book "Pies and Prejudice" that he was born in Whiston Hospital for some unfathomable reason, but he has spent most of his life in Wigan. --138.253.45.182 13:09, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Year of birth was originally given as 1960 as per imdb. Other more reliable sources give 1961, so article and cat have been corrected. Cjc13 (talk) 20:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His DOB is now showing as 13/08/75, which surely can't be correct if he was working as a teacher in 1987. Clarification/correction anyone? GBev1987 (talk) 13:18, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Does he give a date in his autobiography? Online sources suggest 13 August 1961, but none look reliable. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:37, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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