Sydney Sweeneys Novig advert has become the unofficial icebreaker of the month

The One Topic That Has Quietly Taken Over Every North London Dinner Party

Ask anyone hosting a dinner in North London this month what the conversation eventually turns to and the answer is depressingly consistent, Sydney Sweeneys advert for sports trading app Novig, discussed with more energy than most guests bring to the actual food.

Opinions split neatly along generational lines, roughly, and nobody has yet managed to finish the argument before the next course arrives.

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