Factory mine & mill Industry toil & grime Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place But more than possibly anywhere else the North has always known how to get dressed up take itself out on the town & have a good time After all working & playing hard is its specialty & Stuart Maconie is in search of what exactly this entails what it tells us about the North today Following tip offs & rumour Stuart takes trip to forgotten corners & locals' haunts From the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchester's curry mile via dog tracks & art galleries dance floors & high fells Stuart compares the new & old North with some surprising results The Pie at Night could be seen as a companion to the bestselling Pies & Prejudice but it is not a sequel After all this is a new decade & the North is changing faster than ever This is a revealing & digressive journey & a State of the North address delivered from barstool terrace dress circle & hillside