North v South

North V South has reached its first birthday, the very existence of which is an utter miracle.

Hello and welcome to 2017. We're a bit late off the mark due to illness and business, so we start the year with an apology. Which is probably apt, given the state of the world at the moment.

The chaps catch up post-Christmas and look forward to what's in store for each of them in 2017. In amongst that is some news about Wacom's new sketchy gadget, tech trends, the new Star Wars film (SPOILER ALERT!) and The KLF.

Chicken pies are served. Only one of them may possibly have been made by Her Majesty. The other one died in vain.

Hello and welcome to 2017. We're a bit late off the mark due to illness and business, so we start the year with an apology. Which is probably apt, given the state of the world at the moment.

It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid. It’s just NVS in its Janus mask. That’s Janus, so stop your sniggering. We look back over the year and try to find positives in a sea of bad ju-ju.

Pies in space: No, not one of Rob’s less grubby fantasies, but a reality thanks to the Wigan World Pie Eating Championships. Who said British endeavour was dead? Other news includes a new skyscraper for London, 2000AD coming to a tabletop near you and a rather expensive bottle of whisky that comes embedded in a tree.

The boys look back over a tumultuous year that tipped the world off course a bit. After a rant from Jon, they decide that they’d like, a, the media to shut up a bit and, b, people to start speaking truthfully. Once that’s cleared up the world should return to its normal axis.

The last week of mince pies pits Aldi’s finest against M&S’s ultimate mince warrior.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners. Thanks for enduring our wittering in 2016. See you on the other side…

The boys look back over a tumultuous year that tipped the world off course a bit. After a rant from Jon, they decide that they’d like, a, the media to shut up a bit and, b, people to start speaking truthfully. Once that’s cleared up the world should return to its normal axis.

The last week of mince pies pits Aldi’s finest against M&S’s ultimate mince warrior.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners. Thanks for enduring our wittering in 2016. See you on the other side…

This week the podcast welcomes its first ever guest: Mr Aled Lewis. Aled is an illustrator and designer based in London. Aled talks about his career so far and how he got started in the creative industry.

There’s not much time for news this week but the boys look at the end of the Pick Me Up show, Jessica Hische’s automated response generator and the BBC program about the graphic designer with Parkinson’s. Is it dusty in here? There’s something in my eye.

Christmas presents: What’s on the wish-list, what not to buy and what the chaps think are great gifts for your loved ones (that deep down you secretly covet for yourself.)

Pies this week came from Betty’s in Yorkshire, courtesy of the very lovely Hannah Wilson. North V South records the world’s (possibly) very first Mince Pie Consumption Simulcast™.

This week the podcast welcomes its first ever guest: Mr Aled Lewis. Aled is an illustrator and designer based in London. Aled talks about his career so far and how he got started in the creative industry.

Rob clings to a glass of port in a stormy week, while Jon sips Early Grey from porcelain, pinky aloft, monocle firmly clenched in his roving eye.

As Pebble plummets into the ocean of redundant tech we wonder if smartwatches are actually not that smart. Jon’s hair is ruffled by Google’s wind-powered server farms, while Rob’s syrup stays in place with a dab of Bostonian molasses.

This week the gents ponder over the pearls of wisdom they would cast upon their younger selves. If only they would just listen…

Pies are mincey. It’s nearly Christmas after all.

Rob clings to a glass of port in a stormy week, while Jon sips Early Grey from porcelain, pinky aloft, monocle firmly clenched in his roving eye.

This week’s episode is filled to the brim with mince. That’s enough about our hosts and, so, on with the show.

News this week includes stuff about Manhattan, Grayson Perry, Wetransfer, The Smiths and Mr Bill Drummond.

The chaps talk about scheduling work, worrying about the cliff and what they do to try to bring order to their work.

It’s December and so begins our intrepid explorers’ hunt for the UK’s best mince pie. Rob’s off to a strong start and Jon had to nip to Co-op because he’d forgotten it was December.