I'm eating retro beef with Pierre Novellie

About this episode

Ian is joined by guest host Pierre Novellie to discuss quirky news headlines and promote their respective shows.

Ian is joined this week by a guest host even more northern than him, Pierre Novellie! Headlines this week include an all you can eat crisp buffet, and some devastating news for the Isle of Man - a small road is closed. Pierre is still touring his brilliant stand-up show You Sit There, I'll Stand Here around the UK. For tickets and dates head to pierrenovellie.com . Check out Pierre's brand new podcast Button Boys with himself, Glenn Moore and Sarah Keyworth. And Ian is bringing his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show Foot Spa Half Empty to London's Soho Theatre from 28 April - 1 May. For tickets head to sohotheatre.com . And we'll be heading up t'North to record a live edition of the pod at Crossed Wires Podcast Festival on Saturday 4 July 2026! For tickets head to crossedwires.live . Want Extra! Extra! content? Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, videos, live show discount codes, BTS clips and more... Got a juicy story from t'North? Email it to northernnewspod@gmail.com. Follow Northern News on Instagram @NorthernNewsPodcast Produced, recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Photography by Jonathan Birch. Hosted on Acast. See…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Smith

Guest: Pierre Novellie

Topics covered

• comedy
• news
• interviews
• stand-up
• podcast promotion

Keywords

• retro beef
• crisp buffet
• stand-up show
• Edinburgh Comedy Award
• live podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Plosive, Button Boys, Soho Theatre

Places: Isle of Man, London, t'North

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