Bromley Buzz: Recent Episodes
Darren Weale
The Bromley Buzz is an entertaining, informative weekly show with stories, interviews, news and chat about the London borough of Bromley and what a great place it is to live and work. We cover the arts, sport, entertainment, leisure, events, the diverse people here, business, charities, and more. We talk about anything, anywhere that‘s relevant to Bromley. We want to inspire people and to provide a voice for Bromley. We are sharing the Buzz!
Darren Weale talks with Ludwig, the Founder of Bromley's new Bromley Pride Community, which can be found on Instagram and Facebook. The community has started running face to face events for LGBTQ+ people and allies in Bromley. Apologies for the occasional sound problem on what was a remote Zoom recording. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.ttps://www.instagram.com/bromleypridecommunity/
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani time travel to 2026 from 2021 to complete the 300th episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast, released on its 5th anniversary. This show contains the whole first episode of the podcast, then regarded as a Pilot episode before we were so encouraged that the show has been running ever since. Sarah Marsh-Collings is referred to, for it was Sarah who came up with the Bromley Buzz name. We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale and Simi Ghuman of Radfield Homecare, Bromley Orpington, and Beckenham talk about goings on in Bromley. From Dinosaur Boots at the preview event of the Best Of, FFS at Bromley Little Theatre to Bromley Pride Community, local bands Fvoxy and The Spicy Notes, the upcoming Inclusivity Festival and more, a lot of Bromley ground is covered. Simi also talks about care and and Connections Cafe events. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Mary, Jan and Dale from the Growing Network speaks from the stage of Bromley Little Theatre at the first preview event of the Best Of, FFS project on 17 July 2026. The event was sponsored by Radfield Home Care of Bromley, Orpington and Beckenham. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale speaks from the stage of Bromley Little Theatre at the first preview event of the Best Of, FFS project on 17 July 2026. The event was sponsored by Radfield Home Care of Bromley, Orpington and Beckenham. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Zeenat Noorani talks with Darren Weale, Founder of the Bromley Buzz podcast, as its 5th year anniversary approaches at Newman Flexible Workspace. In this part of a longer interview, Darren talks about the Best Of, FFS project, a new initiative based on the premise that 'if we think better of people and things, better things can happen'. That will bring a series of events to Bromley in September, and a first preview event is on 17th July at Bromley Little Theatre. Tickets here. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Dr David Jefferys, former Mayor Of Bromley, and now Master Apothecary, at the Apothecary Hall in London. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Dawn from the Friends of Bromley Palace Park about how the Friends are progressing their great work of making the historic parkland in the centre of Bromley a valuable place for people, flora and fauna alike. Recorded in May at Bromley's Pedro Lounge, this is a reminder of just what good determined volunteers can achieve, even if the foxes, frogs, newts, tawny owls, random egg-laying ducks and resident heron Henry are unaware of the efforts made on their behalf. Dawn uses the words 'abundance of' twice to describe how well several species are doing, which is a delight for the volunteers and visitors to the park, young and old alike. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Sabrina from Pathwaze at an event run in conjunction with the Department of Work and Pensions. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani meet at Newman Flexible Workspace and talk about goings on in Bromley including Black Condor (coffee by Carnival Coffee Roasters in Penge), a Viking encounter, and plans for a Speed Dating night. Plus, the 'Best Of, FFS' project, and the support it has received from Salt and Slate Catering and Radfield Home Care. And more.... We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Zeenat Noorani talks with Sunesh and Claire from Walfinch Home Care Bromley, Dulwich, Sevenoaks and Croydon. The conversation includes content about the Bromley Dementia Friendly Community. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Dr David Jefferys, former Mayor Of Bromley, and now Master Apothecary, at the Apothecary Hall in London. This was a short recording touching on the Bromley Youth Music Trust, which has performers appearing at the Hall for the Masters charity Dinner on 3rd July. More here. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Nick Bryant of Brilliant Businesses about the Bromley Business Show on 30th September at Oakley House. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Ella Roche ahead of the debut event by Relay Crystal Palace, set up to build a community for young people (typically aged 18-24) in Crystal Palace learn, build new skills and make meaningful business connections to support their career aspirations and fight youth unemployment. On 3rd June Relay presents its first free event, designed to help attendees learn career building skills, make genuine connections and build confidence. The speakers on the event panel are:* Susan Patterson-Smith, Head of Pathways and Learning at Palace for Life Foundation (part of Crystal Palace Football Club) * Niyadre, an award winning Director who recently directed Jade's 'Before You Break My Heart' music video * Joe Faulkner, Director at Profiles Creative, a leading international Creative, Marketing and Digital talent consultancy
The event is being held at The Jackdaw, "a real hidden gem in the heart of Crystal Palace. There'll be food and soft drinks provided. Come and join us, make some friends and boost your career." Event tickets here.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Zeenat Noorani talks with Lauren at the Paws Cat Café in Tonbridge. Just as when we went beyond Bromley to focus on the lovely Hemsley Conservation Centre (episode here), we have again gone to a fascinating place within a reasonable distance of our borough. While Hemsley has Geoffroy's Cats, Lauren's cat cafe has 15 rescue cats in what is definitely 'not your usual coffee shop'. While it certainly has cats, coffee, cake and connection. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks again with Cllr Jonathan Andrews, the Mayor Of Bromley, even as his annual term of office comes to a close in May. He shares a tribute to his mother. Theresa is Mayoress, and Jonathan also thanks the whole team around the Mayor that makes this office of optimism such a positive part of the borough. Jonathan reflects on his event-filled term and, after the closing credits of the podcast, there is a bonus section, his speech from the recent Let's Talk Better CiC event, in which he is introduced by Co-Founder Zeenat Noorani. From meeting Drag artiste Lola Facetious to attending the Community Iftar at the Al-Emaan Centre, and progress with fundraising for his chosen Mayoral charities CASPA and the Maypole Project, Jonathan covers a lot of ground - as Mayors do. Variety is very much a feature of Mayoral life, as this interview shows. We are spreading the love!Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport..
Darren Weale talks with actor James Bradwell ahead of his appearance as Sergeant Troy in Midsomer Murders - The Killings At Badgers Drift, which is on at the Churchill Theatre from 12-16 May. Tickets here. James is appearing together with Daniel Casey, who created the role of Sergeant Troy, and who is in this production playing Inspector Tom Barnaby. James talks about the classic whodunnit, with its 'eccentric villagers, shocking twists and an unforgettable reveal', but also his Bromley family roots and his career, with its variety, including video game work. He ponders his role in such as well-established and long-running institution as Midsomer Murders, and the 'really really lovely experience' of the show. He shares his pleasure in being part of a show which is an draw to people far and wide, including many who come from other countries to see it. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale announces the Best Of Project and the Best Of Bromley, which will run during and before September 2026. The announcement was made at English Heritage's Down House, the former home of Charles Darwin. Speaking at the 21st April Bromley BuzzUp networking event, attended by the Mayor Of Bromley, Cllr Jonathan Andrews, Darren outlines the thinking and intentions behind the Best Of Bromley. This new project is separate from the Bromley Buzz. It aims to draw attention to Bromley in a new and exciting way and to encourage pride, positivity, and change. The speech can also be read here. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Bromley's Ripley Arts Centre - home of the Bromley Arts Trust - recently hosted a double celebration.
First, a milestone: showing off its rooms after a refresh so that they can again host music and other activities against a fresh, well-decorated backdrop. Second, sharing the launch of a new exhibition, 'Bowie Unlimited', featuring artwork by Sara Captain depicting the iconic musician David Bowie. We interviewed Sara in episode 280 of the Bromley Buzz podcast. This episode features Myra Kinghorn and Cllr Gemma Turrell, Deputy Mayor of Bromley, speaking on stage at the celebration event.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by London Biggin Hill Airport and the Shampan restaurant Group.
Zeenat Noorani talks with Simi Ghuman of Radfield Homecare, Bromley Orpington, and Beckenham. Simi talks about care and the care business locally, and contributing through Connections Cafe events and sponsoring Let's Talk Better campaign events including one on 27th April. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Graham Orr, Chair of Bromley Football Club Community Trust, and Cllr Mike Botting, Armed Forces Champion and Loneliness Champion for Bromley, and formerly a regular on the podcast when Mayor. The growing work of the Trust, particularly with veterans living in Bromley, is covered, acknowledging the pivotal help of Charlotte Ryan from Bromley Council. A wide range of ongoing and planned activities involving veterans are described, including Ravens Chat, and the Veterans Hub. That includes the club having signed up for the Armed Forces Covenant, and what that means. More information for veterans and their families can be found www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale attends the opening of 'Bowie Universal' - Sara Captain's David Bowie art exhibition at Ripley Arts Centre, and talks with Sara about David Bowie, her art, and David Bowie's significance for Bromley and culture more widely.
From the late Bromley-grown superstar's early career onwards, Sara captures in various formats his growing popularity, influence, and influences. Visitors can buy artworks, prints and more from the exhibition, which runs until at least 15th April. The exhibition also contains a small, but helpful selection of Bowie memorabilia.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale talks with Sarah Newsom and Liz Bromfield from Parkinson's UK Bromley and District Branch ahead of World Parkinson's Day on 11th April, when they will have a stand in Bromley Town Centre outside The Glades shopping centre. A wide-ranging conversations covers numerous topics including the many things the branch does with and for people with Parkinson's, their families, carers, and those around them in Bromley. 'It isn't just a one person thing.' Parkinson's is a very complex conditions with profound impacts on peoples lives, but once diagnosed and prescribed, that 'can change your life'. Sarah talks about her own Parkinson's story, including 'the camaraderie of it all',
symptoms, treatment, and enjoying Bromley Football Club Community Trusts Strongher gym programme, being part of the Parkinson's Bromley football team, and relaxation sessions, coffee, cake and conversation.
We talk about upcoming events and support Bromley Parkinson's has received, including from Kyn Bickley, who have made it their nominated charity this year. In the midst of talking about such a serious topic we reflect on joy and laughter and that aspects of how people help restores their faith in people. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Zeenat Noorani talks with Martin of the newly award-winning Crown & Anchor pub in Bromley, the award having been presented by Bromley Member of Parliament Peter Fortune. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale catches up with previous Bromley Buzz podcast guest (episode 143) Cllr Graeme Casey outside the Lopeto Cafe in Orpington's Priory Gardens, with vocal accompaniment from a Robin, geese, and passing park and cafe users. While enjoying Basque cheesecake and coffee, and ahead of the May 7th local elections, as usual we steer clear of politics, while encouraging listeners to vote, and refer to how the year is going for Graeme and his enjoyment of being on the Council planning sub-committees. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk with Cllr Gemma Turrell, Deputy Mayor of Bromley. Gemma comes up with a great tagline for the borough - 'London living with a Kent lifestyle' and talks about her personal journey, her cats, boardgames, and her cool experiences as Deputy Mayor. She also reveals that the Bromley Buzz is her "number one podcast on Spotify"!
The discussion ranges from Pokémon to Mount Everest, and Narnia to Florence. We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale visits Bromley's Greener Cleaner Hub in The Glades shopping centre during the Spark Festival and speaks with Amber and Michaela from In Common, John Breech from the Hub's energy team - supported by UK Power Networks, and Charlotte from the Hub, who talks about the Hub's current and future activities that people can take part in.
From a player coming on stage in a coffin, to coming away with awards, and many a mishap along the way, we hear about the Society, which is over 75 years old, and features members from 18 years of age to 'as old as you like'. With alumni including Nicholas Gasson from TV's Merlin, several members have gone on to professional careers.
Local pub The Woodman is given due credit for its warmth and helpfulness and allowing items to disappear onto the FDS stage as props from time to time.
In between telling many a story from the decades, the three refer to the benefits of taking part in a theatre society, such as being in a long-established community, learning, and confidence. As Wendy says, 'No one will believe now I was really shy', and refers to being Bubbles Laverne and covered in balloons for a production!
We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk about the latest news and events in Bromley, and as we look to share one or two items from our archive, we include an interview with Cllr Thomas Turrell - also London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley - and Cllr Will Rowlands, when Thomas was walking for charity and to celebrate the Green Belt last spring (2025). That was recorded at Scadbury Manor. Thank you to BBC Radio London's Eddie Nestor MBE for his contribution to the opening of the show. We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale speaks with Henry, Operations Manager at Hemsley Conservation Centre in Kent.
From the beautiful, rare Golden Conures which can be heard at the start of the episode, to Tayra, Lemurs, Maned Wolves and Jaguarundi (one of only 2 pairs in the UK), Hemsley Conservation Centre is a publicly-open refuge for many animal species that are rare both in the wild and even in zoos.
The Centre loves its animals, and their personality and attitude, providing a range of direct experiences with some of the species, such as lemurs, sloths, bugs, porcupines, and spider monkeys. It has options for visitors including a 'junior zookeeper' experience.
Hemsley Conservation Centre enables people to see and learn about rare animals, keeping the species alive, and educating people on how to preserve environments. There is a lot to be seen and understood when visiting the Centre. The Centre is also part of the Small Zoo Network.
Do enjoy the episode and Henry's animal stories and the quirks and habits that he shares. Better still, go to Hemsley Conservation Centre and see for yourself.
We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale speaks with Wendy, Robin, and Nick from the Farnborough Dramatic Society in the dressing room.
From a player coming on stage in a coffin, to coming away with awards, and many a mishap along the way, we hear about the Society, which is over 75 years old, and features members from 18 years of age to 'as old as you like'. With alumni including Nicholas Gasson from TV's Merlin, several members have gone on to professional careers.
Local pub The Woodman is given due credit for its warmth and helpfulness and allowing items to disappear onto the FDS stage as props from time to time.
In between telling many a story from the decades, the three refer to the benefits of taking part in a theatre society, such as being in a long-established community, learning, and confidence. As Wendy says, 'No one will believe now I was really shy', and refers to being Bubbles Laverne and covered in balloons for a production!
We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants and London Biggin Hill Airport.
Darren Weale speaks with Wendy, Robin, and Nick from the Farnborough Dramatic Society in the dressing room ahead of their next production, Murder At Checkmate Manor, which runs between 19th and 21st February. Tickets here.
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Jacqui Weale speaks with author Kerry Barrett.
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Darren Weale speaks with Victoria Nightingale, Manager of Petts Wood Library.
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Darren Weale speaks with Christina Carty of Bromley Tuneless Choir.
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Darren Weale speaks with Peter Dunn, Mayor's Attendant.
We have interviewed several Mayor's - and Deputy Mayor's - of Bromley, but Peter has been full-time Attendant about 10 years, and shares some of his experiences and insights, as well as a bit about himself.
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In 2022, Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interviewed Bromley Football Club's Manager Andy Woodman ahead of what was Bromley's first victory at Wembley in the FA Trophy final. Since then, Andy has taken the club, via a second Wembley victory in the play-off's, to compete in the Football League for the first time. As 2026 begins, we re-visit that interview and re-share Andy's thoughts on how he would celebrate if they won that first, crucial victory. This brief, thoughtful excerpt in which Andy gives his answer, from episode 54, is one of the most memorable highlights in the history of the Bromley Buzz podcast. We thank Andy for his words and for making history, twice so far.
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Darren Weale talks with Dave Griffiths of The Belldrinkers about their latest Christmas song, 'Cross Me Off Your Christmas List', newly released on You Tube and music streaming channels such as Spotify.
Created by Dave and Lester, with numerous others with Chelsfield links, most of all the Five Bells pub, the songs have become a highlight of the year and a bit of a Santa Dash to get completed in time for Christmas every year, as Dave explains.
The Belldrinkers can be found on channels including You Tube, Spotify, Apple Music, Facebook, and more.
Chester Zoo, Vulcan bombers, The Belldrinkers Philharmonic Chorus, and Truro Cathedral's organ all form part of this 'Ska revival with slightly mad sounding brass' and a singer, now aged 16, who was 5 when their first song was recorded 11 years ago.
Dave pays tribute on the podcast and in the video to a late Belldrinker, Paul Skinner, who sadly passed this year.
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Darren Weale , Zeenat Noorani and Jacqui Weale greatly enjoyed the pantomime The Beauty and the Beast at the Churchill Theatre, and spoke with stars Su Pollard (playing Mrs Potty), Ben Stock (Betty Boufant), and Tom Mussell (Flash Harry).
The interviews also include a show sponsor from The Landing Hotel at London Biggin Hill Airport, and one of our fellow media watching the show, Katie Rose of Rose Reviews, who called it a 'fantastic pantomime'.
Tickets here.
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On 22nd June, Darren Weale was up almost as early as the participants in the Biggin Hill Airport Sunrise Challenge to join them on the runway before and after their 5K run.
The Challenge raised money for the airport's corporate charity partners: Aerobility, the RAF Benevolent Fund, and Scotty’s Little Soldiers. Over 400 people undertook a 5K run along the runway at 6:30am. We speak with people from the RAF Benevolent Fund, Petts Wood Runners, Bromley Rugby Club Girls, and the Viking and Spitfire who wheeled and ran the challenge!
Official video here.
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Darren Weale talks to some of the destinations in Bromley town centre,
We hear from three people in shops in The Glades shopping centre: Charmaine of the All The Trimmings Christmas Pop Up shop and the all-year round shop Everything Hunky Dory; ; author Harriet Fox at her book signing in Waterstones in The Glades; and Downtown Retro, which has brought 'a bit of Camden to Bromley'.
And we-revisit Lolli’s sweet shop on the High Street.
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Darren Weale talks with Neil Peters of Nuthatch Retreats about nature and mental health and how he and Nuthatch Retreats and its consultancy help people and organisations. One of their getting closer to nature and to each other activities are campfire outings. This wasn't recorded at one - but we may do that in the future. This was recorded at Newman Flexible Workspace in Bromley.
This is Neil's second appearance on the podcast.
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Darren Weale talks with Rumel and Sadek from the Shampan Restaurants. Sadek is the Executive Chef who dreams about the food and experience enjoyed by diners at the Shampan restaurants in Bromley, Westerham, and Welling.
We have also reviewed the play in this blog post.
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Darren Weale talks with Ellie Ward and Becky Lumb about the production of The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield which is being presented until 15th November 2025 at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge. The production is a joy, and the interview with writer, Director and actress Ellie and her fellow actress Becky Lumb goes into the production, the author and her significance, and plans for the future. The novel is available from Persephone Books.
We have also reviewed the play in this blog post.
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Darren Weale talks with Dr Puja Patel, GP and Clinical Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care in Bromley. Puja talks about the changes in the ways people can access local NHS health services, how they can prevent ill health, and a lot more.
Under the doctor's stethoscope on this episode, health options are discussed, including pharmacists, Bromley Well, Simply Connect Bromley, and Wellness Cafe's. The status of vaccinations on offer, the impact of the 1st October General Practitioners (GP) contract changes, and when and when not to call 999 are covered.
Puja describes the 'Neighbourhood Health Service', and Darren refers to the new Talk Club at Contingent Works in Bromley. Then there is the One Bromley Wellbeing Hub on the 1st floor of The Glades Shopping Centre, and finally the use of triage in general practice
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Darren Weale talks with Ray Dickens of Bromley Borough Foodbank.
From tinned meats to sweets, and helpful connections to help with housing, Bromley Borough Foodbank is a vital community resource.
As the interview shows, the Foodbank provides easy essentials, Christmas hampers for the hard up, savoury extras, supermarket top ups with Sainsbury's, and dignity of choice.
Ray mentions Joe from Sevenoaks, who is also well worth checking out. See his Instagram here.
Ray concludes with the thought that, "While people need us we'll be here."
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Darren Weale talks with Dr Puja Patel, GP and Clinical Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care in Bromley. This episode is a trailer for further episodes in which Puja talks about the changes in the ways people can access local NHS health services, how they can prevent ill health, and more. In this episode, Puja describes what she loves about her work.
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Darren Weale talks with Aden Lane, volunteer and talk presenter at RAF Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and Chapel.
The interview covers the considerable history of the former military air base, which has importance in both world wars, research, and now commemorating the people who lived and died as that history unfolded. We talk about the numerous opportunities to learn that the Museum and Chapel offer now, both off and on site. We will be covering more topics that are explored and presented by the Museum in future episodes of the Bromley Buzz podcast.
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Darren Weale talks author Graham Whitlock ahead of the publication of his latest novel, Bertie and the Invisible Menace.
The episode refers to a historic radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds from 1938, which can be heard here.
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Darren Weale talks with Billy Walton of The Billy Walton Band when they played The Beaverwood Club in Chislehurst during their most recent tour.
The short interview underlines what it means to touring musicians - and the people of South London - to have such music venues alive and well. The band is back at The Beaverwood Club on 22nd March 2026. We have also added a snippet of Billy's introduction to the crowd on the night.
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Darren Weale talks with some attendees at the end of the Bromley BuzzUp free, all-sector networking meeting on 17 September at the Shampan at the Spinning Wheel restaurant near Westerham.
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Sarah Marsh-Collings interviews Saif Zahran Founder of Art-Tech Space, from London Biggin Hill Airport. Anoop Singh Bamrah of Falcon Flying Group is an Advisor to the Board of the company and was interviewed previously buy the Bromley Buzz podcast here. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani meet up at the Newman Flexible Workspace to record the historic 250th episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast. The podcast was named by Sarah Marsh-Collings from when we started with a pilot episode recorded in the Start Up Bromley facilities at Bromley Central Library on 4th August 2021. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale talks with Andrea Ellis, Head of Women and Girls at Bromley Football Club Community Trust. Andrea shares the rise of girls and womens and girls football at the club, which she has done so much to bring about.
This interview comes ahead of their free-entry 'Project 1000' home match on 28th September against Herne Bay, tickets here. And, on 11th October, an Octoberfest celebration at the clubs Broomfields venue, tickets here.
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Darren Weale talks with people enjoying the recent opening of the new Free Little Library in Bromley Palace Park- Facebook page here and Instagram here.
The location is one of the few in our list of the Hidden gems of Bromley on the Bromley Buzz website. Darren talks with:
- Dawn Adamson, a Friend Of Bromley Palace Park
- Tony Banfield of the Bromley Civic Society and former Chairman of the Friends of Bromley Parks
- Children's author Allison Parkinson
- Volunteer builder and woodworker Andrew - apologies for inaccurately referring to 3 Little Libraries, there are currently 2, both of them lovely!
We previously shared Cllr Jonathan Andrews, Mayor Of Bromley, speech recorded on the day, which can be heard here.
Listen to hear about St Blaise's Well; Penelope Pigstop; biodiversity; the moat and lake - once the property of the Bishop of Rochester; the Boathouse that could be restored; birds such as coots, geese, ducks, herons, egret, little grebes, and bats to be found there and on the Merlin App; The Cascade; the Pulhamite Rockery rediscovered; the
ha-ha; and the formal lawn. Above all the, wonderful people renewing this hidden gem.
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Darren Weale talks with Mark Goldberg and Jon Yantin from the Belle Collective, who are turning Bromley's historic hostelry The Royal Bell into a boutique hotel, community hub and hospitality venue, with bars, dining venues, co-working spaces, a members’ club, and event facilities.
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We hear Cllr Jonathan Andrews, Mayor Of Bromley, recorded when opening the new Free Little Library in Bromley Palace Park, after he is introduced by Dawn Adamson, a Friend Of Bromley Palace Park - Facebook page here and Instagram here - and Peter Lindford, Mayoral Attendant.
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Zeenat Noorani talks with Brydon Duncan, Bromley-grown athlete and mental health advocate. Having been to Langley Park School For Boys, Brydon recently returned to the school to premiere his documentary film, Breaking The Circle, which was attended by the Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Jonathan Andrews. Brydon talks about his 'second home', Blackheath and Bromley Harriers, and how he hopes to be influential in helping to reduce the male suicide rate, alongside progressing his athletics career.
You can hear more from Brydon in Zeenat's own podcast, Let's Talk Clarity.
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This is a recording of some of the opening section of the Bromley BuzzUp free, all-sector networking event held at VR3NXT in The Mall in Bromley town centre on 23rd July 2025. Bromley Buzz podcast Founder Darren Weale speaks, then Cllr Gemma Turrell, Mayoress of Bromley, Atiya from the venue, Shampan restaurants, and finally Conor McGibney, Dungeon Master of Quest Soul Theatre's Bromley Dungeons & Dragons sessions, is introduced. The event continued after this point with that very exciting Dungeons & Dragons section.
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talks with Davide Wheller of ASBO magazine and the ASBO Foundation. ASBO, "Set aight by youth culture", is at the the leading edge of youth content created with purpose, and a youth-driven leading music and fashion title whose beautiful, substantial magazine is cherished by lovers of the arts.
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Darren Weale talks with Davide Wheller of ASBO magazine and the ASBO Foundation. ASBO, "Set aight by youth culture", is at the the leading edge of youth content created with purpose, and a youth-driven leading music and fashion title whose beautiful, substantial magazine is cherished by lovers of the arts.
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Darren Weale talks with Anoop Singh Bamrah of Falcon Flying Group at London Biggin Hill Airport.
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Darren Weale talks again with Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament for Orpington from his office in Portcullis House on the Parliamentary estate in Westminster.
As Parliamentary recess approaches, Gareth reflects on his 6 years in Parliament, the demands of the job, meeting over 140 organisations already in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, and "meeting good people doing good things for other people". Those include Sumeet Jalan, whose Big Jalebi Diwali celebration takes place in October, and Lauretta Wright, whose 'ABBBA' awards are also upcoming. More positives covered include Positive News magazine and the Smartphone Free Childhood initiative.
Big Ben chimes in a timely manner during the recording.
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Darren Weale talks with Frank Sisley and Eve Cartwright about Bromley Little Theatre's Youth Group.
The interview was recorded on the stage of the theatre and Tony Jenner adds a few words late on while taking a short break from scene building!
From dancing backstage, to being professional onstage, Eve and Frank talk about some amazing experiences that build confidence and provide memories for life.
They talk about and perform extracts from the play The Radium Girls, crediting the support and brilliance behind the scenes at the theatre, and the kindness to be found there.
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Darren Weale talks with Frank Sisley and Eve Cartwright about Bromley Little Theatre's Youth Group, as a trailer for the full interview. This excerpt captures the essence of what Bromley Little Theatre means to those involved, of all ages.
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Darren Weale talks with Thomas and Henning, the Co-Founders of Rhino Boulder, the climbing centre located in The Mall in Bromley town centre. These "two guys with a dream" have come a long way with this project which began in Bromley. Rhino Boulder is evolving, with community at its heart, but also with people climbing from 4 to 75 years of age, people who are going on to competitive climbing, and more facilities beyond the climbing space including gym, cafe, and co-working space. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale is, for the first time on the podcast he founded, interviewed.
The interviewer/interviewee seats were unexpectedly swapped with Jaya and Aimee at the Newman Flexible Workspace ahead of their Hats, Horses and Handshakes networking event on 17 June.
The full recording will be published separately. This episode follows an extract from that interview session which was used, as episode 236, to share the event in advance.
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Darren Weale talks with Jaya and Aimee at the Newman Flexible Workspace ahead of their Hats, Horses and Handshakes networking event on 17 June.
This is a special 'interim episode' taken from a longer recording which will be published in separately, and which also contains an interview with the Founder of the Bromley Buzz podcast - Darren.
Event link here.
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Darren Weale talks with Conor organiser and Dungeon Master of Bromley's new Dungeons & Dragons community, which is being run in collaboration with Quest Soul Theatre. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale talks with Cllr Jonathan Andrews, Mayor of Bromley in Bromley Civic Centre. Jonathan describes his transition from the robes of Deputy Mayor to Mayor, his inauguration and his early days in the role. That includes assisting his chosen Mayoral charities for the year, CASPA and the Maypole Project.
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Darren Weale talks with Tyler Smith, Manager of Orpington's Business Improvement District (BID), known as Orpington 1st. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale talks with Dinta Madlani of Madlani Cancer Support. The charity helps people with all kinds of cancer, and their families and friends, from its base in Orpington. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale talks with Cecilia Evans, Petts Wood May Queen for 2025. Cecilia talks about the deep history, traditions, customs and experience of May Queens. She describes the value of the May Queen organisations to people, including both boys and girls, and shares the charity she is fundraising for as May Queen, namely the 5th Petts Wood Scouts, whose sadly stolen bus needs to be replaced. Cecilia also refers to three outstanding local people who have been a big help to her and others through what they do for the community. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale talks with Helen Marsh, NHS Head of Communications & Engagement for the South East London Integrated Care System and One Bromley. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
Darren Weale talks with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in Bromley Civic Centre. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here, here, here, and here. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.
For this episode, we share a recording from one of our live events in Bromley. The Bromley BuzzUp events are free, all-sector networking gatherings with short talks and activities which being people together. In June 2024, David Winstanley, CEO of London Biggin Hill Airport, was Special Guest at a Bromley BuzzUp held at the Shampan restaurant in Bromley, also attended by Jonathan Andrews, Deputy Mayor of Bromley, and Theresa Andrews, the Deputy Mayoress. Listening note: this talk was recorded in a working restaurant amongst a sizeable group of people. So these is more background noise and music than there is in our studio recordings. In his speech, David talked about the past, present, and future of the airport.
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Jacqui Weale interviews Bromley-based bestselling author Annie Lyons (latest book A Girls' Guide to Winning the War). Annie talks about her writing journey from long-deferred New Year's Resolutions to bestselling status in the US, offers advice to aspiring writers, and refers to her upcoming events. These include Putting Pen To Paper at Bromley Library on 23rd April, Books In The Park on 26th April, and her writing course at Beckenham Place Park. Details to follow, here. Annie thanks people locally including Beckenham Bookshop and Waterstones in Bromley Town Centre. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale interviews Olivia Penhallow of the Chequered Theatre Co. Olivia and Nathaniel Allen are co-writers and stars of the theatre production Marble Cake. The theatre company is fundraising to take the show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, with 'Chequered Cabaret' at the Churchill Theatre on 4th May, tickets here, then a return for Marble Cake itself on 24th-25th May, tickets here. We interviewed Olivia and Nathaniel previously in episode 144.
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Darren Weale interviews Peter Fortune, the new Member Of Parliament for Bromley and Biggin Hill, who we had formerly interviewed in his previous role as London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale talks with actor, writer, and producer Mark Farrelly, who on the 29th of March appears at Bromley Little Theatre as the iconic Quentin Crisp in 'Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope'. Tickets here. We are spreading the love!Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and Ian Wood Property.
Quentin Crisp – Naked Hope – MARK FARRELLY
Darren Weale talks with Ian Rowe, CEO and Head Of Service at Bromley Youth Music Trust. Ian talks about the Trust, its work with numerous schools including Langley Park School for Boys, Highfield Junior School, and with partners such as Monkey Music. The Trust supports age groups from pre-school to Year 13 and adults. Ian mentions collaborations such as the Churchill Theatre, and looks forward to the Bromley Schools Prom at Croydon's Fairfield Halls from 24-26th March. Ian talks about how the Trust can be sponsored and supported and about the importance of the Young Musicians Bursary, which helps provide free musical opportunities for young people unable to afford them. Ian refers to the long-established excellence of the musicians produced by the Trust, with Jazz, Rock, musical theatre, and more added to the genres and opportunities enabled by the Trust, and Ian describes the work of the South East London Music Hub. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale talks with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here, here, and here. David talks about the commemoration of the borough's 60th anniversary and the extensive walking this has entailed! Much more is covered, including tiny forests, the Mottingham health and wellbeing launch on 31st March, the International Space Station, the 5th anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, tons of de-silting, and the value of libraries.
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Darren Weale interviews Mercedes Yearley of Quest Soul Theatre and participants in the Creative Arts Cafe currently running at Mountview Community Hub in St Mary's Cray, managed by Play Place and held in a building owned by Clarion Housing Association.
Mercedes and Quest Soul Theatre has previously featured on the Bromley Buzz podcast, and here we also hear from local people who are enjoying the Cafe.
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Darren Weale interviews Liam Conlon, Member Of Parliament for Beckenham and Penge.
From his 'Ramblin Irishman' musical father Bill, to Liam's maiden speech in Parliament, the topics of mental health and disability, helping Living Well in Penge, and Smartphone Free Childhood, and some fun constituency facts, we cover a lot of ground and find out what it is like to be elected as an MP with an immediate avalanche of emails and a new office to set up.
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Darren Weale interviews Jane Lobb, Director of The Man Of Mode at Bromley Little Theatre which plays between 7th and 15th March, and actors Lucy White and Jimi Finn.
Set in a London seen as "a playground for the rich, where indulgence, wit, and hedonism are celebrated", they talk about the story in the play and the story of the creation of the play, and Lucy and Jimi act out an excerpt in character as Mrs Loveit and Dorimant respectively. They also respond, with enthusiasm, when asked what contemporary dating App their characters might be on if they were seeking intimate company now....
Tickets here.
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Darren Weale interviews Dermot McKibbin, Chair of Bromley Community Land Trust, part of the Community Land Trust Network. This is a new organisation in the borough, but part of a wider initiative that has helped residents in other locations to find new homes. Dermot is also a member of South East London Community Energy, an organisation helping the community to access green energy, which we have previously featured on the Bromley Buzz podcast.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interviewed actor and Eastenders legend Adam Woodyatt when he was due to appear in the play 'Looking Good Dead' at Bromley's Churchill Theatre. We are releasing this memorable interview as a standalone episode as Eastenders celebrates its 40th year of broadcasting. Adam continues as Ian Beale, the longest-serving main character in the show. We had lots of laughs talking with Adam, and we look forward to him continuing to entertain people on stage and TV into the future. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale interviews Sam Karim about The Brothers Arms at the Westow House pub in SE19, where a series of events set up by Androlabs are taking place to bring together men (but not only men) to talk about men's issues around health and to help men to live better, longer lives.
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Darren Weale interviews Clive Efford, Member Of Parliament for Eltham and Chislehurst.
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Darren Weale, Sarah Marsh-Collings and Zeenat Noorani (live from Dubai) record a Bromley Buzz episode on Zoom.
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Sarah Marsh-Collings is joined by Nolene Harris of Rotary Bromley Game Changers catch up with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here and here and here. From baking to commemorations, some very serious, and celebrations, the interview takes in Bromley Football Clubs fans early, freezing start to the FA Cup in Newcastle, VE Day, the 60th anniversary of West Wickham's pantomime, a 79 kilometre walk around the perimeter of the borough, baking, and more!
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Darren Weale talks with actress and activist Jameela Jamil at her latest Move For Your Mind event.
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Darren Weale interviews Darren Springer, owner of Lolli's Sweet Shop in Bromley town centre. An independent retailer, Lolli's has an impressive variety of stock and it is a joy to listen to this insight into a world of confectionary. There is much more to Lolli's than sweets alone, including fundraising for charities such as Natasha's.
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This episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast is an extract from the Bromley BuzzUp all-sector networking meeting held at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge in 2024. Here, Luke and Joe from the theatre, with the help of Dusty the theatre dog, talk about their journey.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings interview Thomas Turrell, Councillor for Hayes and Coney Hall and London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley.
The discussion covers public transport, Thomas's work as Councillor and London Assembly member, local police bases, Kelsey Park, Superloop, herons, pet judging, a memorable Christmas tree, Monopoly, Masterpiece, and much more.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings catch up with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here, here, and here. We are spreading the love!
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Darren Weale interviews Dave Griffiths, one of the instigators and producers of the annual Christmas single by The Belldrinkers, a group of Chelsfield folk who enjoy getting together in The Five Bells pub to have fun making a song (or two) every year. Previously featured on BBC's The One Show, their latest song, 'Another Year, Another Christmas', has been featured by The New York Post, and we have added it to the Bromley Buzz podcast YouTube Community page. Dave describes how the songs began, the lengthy assembly of performers and video, and the sheer fun of the journey each year.
Check out the Belldrinkers Facebook here. The new song is also on their Spotify channel.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk about good things in Bromley from two the Newman Flexible Workspace in Bromley town centre. We discuss lots of Bromley news and goings on, including the pantomimes at the Churchill Theatre and the Bridge House Theatre.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Dr Puja Patel, a GP Partner in Bromley and NHS Clinical Care Professional Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care. How do we stay well in winter? Listen to Dr Patel's thoughts and tips on how to get helpful information, and how to use doctors and pharmacists effectively.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington, in his office at Parliament. Gareth talks about being an MP and life in his two offices, with his former Ministers red despatch box, books including one that made him want to enter politics, his roles as
Shadow Minister for London and Shadow Transport Secretary, and having Big Ben as an office clock. Among several other themes, Gareth refers to speaking in local schools and offering work experience to young people. We are spreading the love!
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On 23rd November, Zeenat Noorani chaired the Start Up Bromley panel event 'Health & Wellbeing - Entrepreneur's Energy Essentials to Business Success'. This is an excerpt of the audio from the event, with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor Of Bromley, speaking, followed by Chandra Sharma (the winner of an Above And Beyond Bromley Business Award as Community Hero) presenting Sushma Raval, with an award as Community Star.
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Darren Weale interviews Nolene Harris, Founder of Rotary Bromley Game Changers. The club brings together local people who are community-minded to help charities and good causes to raise money and deliver events and projects, and is part of Rotary in the UK and internationally. The club - and its fellow 7 other Rotary clubs in different parts of Bromley - would love to speak to more people who might be interested in volunteering and helping out.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk about good things in Bromley, this time from two locations, the Newman Flexible Workspace in Bromley town centre, and the Bo Peep pub near Chelsfield. We discuss the new Bromley florists, Minells, to Beckenham Book Shop and its new Queer Book Club, a reprise of some show introductions we're fond of, our upcoming interview with Beckenham and Penge Member of Parliament Liam Conlon, the Young Entertainers Awards, Maple Road Market, the Pineapple Club in Anerley, Pengetout, and the Let's Talk Better event on 29th November, and more.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani catch up with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here and here. David reflects on his many commitments and enjoyable meetings and appearances at events in Bromley and beyond, including upcoming events into 2025. The group also talk about the history and stories to be found across the borough.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk from Newman Flexible Workspace about the goings-on, people and places in Bromley, from the recent BigJalebi Diwali celebration to local greengrocers Porters Produce and Larder London butchers in Plaistow, and Orpington Repair Cafe. Plus we speak with Jane Knight, Founder of the Successful Mums Career Academy.
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Darren Weale interviews Joyce Fraser OBE, Founder of the Black Heroes Foundation, just before Bromley celebrates Black History Month on 19th October. Joyce refers to her collaboration with Your Bromley and Start Up Bromley on 19th October, and her writing and presenting a play on 25th October - details here - about the life of the late Flip Fraser, Founder of The Voice.
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Darren Weale interviews Maple Preston-Ellis, a writer and actress starring in the new musical 'Idle Women', based on the experiences of women who took on the role of moving goods by barge across England in World War Two. The show is playing at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge until 19th October and is a joy, with great acting, music, singing, and characters whose lives you are rapidly immersed in. Tickets here.
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Darren Weale interviews stars of 2024's pantomime at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tickets here.
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Darren Weale interviews actress Zoë Tapper (Grace, Stage Beauty, Mr Selfridge and more). Zoë speaks with passion, offering insights into her career and her latest role in Grace, and in particular the magic, wonder, and learning she encountered when starting out at Bromley Little Theatre. She encourages people to help the theatre by contributing to its funds and fundraising, volunteering, and enjoying becoming part of the acting and behind the scenes staff.
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Darren Weale interviews Cllr Roddy Hogarth of Sevenoaks District Council. We talk about the interaction between Bromley and Sevenoaks, and notable places and people, including the Meeting Point in Swanley, Squerryes Vineyard, Swanley Park, Biggin Hill Airport and careers in aviation, and more.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Eliyo Ajiboye of the Wisdom Tree Community, which aims to empower parents with the knowledge and tools to navigate the education system and steer their child towards academic success.
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Sarah Marsh-Collings and Zeenat Noorani catch up with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here and here. David reflects on his many commitments and enjoyable meetings and appearances at events in Bromley and beyond. The group also talk about the history and stories to be found across the borough.
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Darren Weale joins the Bromley residents who attend the Halstead and District Horticultural Society Autumn Show in the district of Sevenoaks. He interviews the Chair Michelle and Vice-Chair Sally at the show, beside the hall of flowers and produce, and near several stalls, event organiser Simon, and the Sounds Familiar Big Band. Learn about the art of pleasing a lemon drizzle cake judge, the community, and other events across the year.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Chandra Sharma of Start Up Bromley and Elmcroft Business Services.
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Darren Weale attends a wheelchair rugby night at The Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington and talks with Rob Wright and Lorna Maggs about the new Bromley Wheelchair Rugby Club, before he joins in and learns first hand how easy it is to start playing, but also how hard it could be to be really good at this friendly, rough and tumble sport which, unusually, has men and women playing in teams together. The club meets at The Walnuts every Thursday night at 8pm, and, courtesy of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, has on loan 8 of the specialised wheelchairs used in the sport.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Simi Ghuman of Radfield Home Care in Bromley. Simi and her fellow Director Chanice Baugh are positively involved with the community in Bromley, including with the monthly Connections Cafe at Community House with Quest Soul Theatre, and the Let's Talk Better campaign.
Simi also had an earlier appearance in Episode 132.
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Darren Weale chats with Tony Cheeseman of IQ Property Services, a company that helps clients design and build their own homes or renovate them. With a shout-out to the "wonderful Zoe and Jane" in the company office, we talk about the old borders of Bromley, Bromley BuzzUp events including the next one on 10th September, the meaning of business, the Community Infrastructure Levy, and the Business Bunker broadcast and podcast.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk about goings-on in Bromley, and interview people at the (probably) last show at Bromley's Picturehouse cinema, including mention of the friendly cinema ghost. With news including the growth of Lush Bromley, words on the latest #BromleyBuzzUp event at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, an outing to the #BexleyLinkUp, the Five Bells Dog Show, and more, it is another packed episode.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley, for the second time, again in the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor's earlier interview is here.
From the Tiny Forest, to Bromley FC, to Foal Farm, and more, the Mayor takes us through an array of wonderful achievements by wonderful people in Bromley.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Neil and Lisa of Nuthatch Retreats - after experiencing a woodland retreat with them.
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Zeenat Noorani records at Armed Forces Day, 26th June, from the Civic Centre in Bromley.
The opening of the episode features some background and aircraft noise. Content includes the then Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Mike Botting; Mayor's Chaplain the Reverend Roger Bristow; Mayoress Cllr Kim Botting; the minute's silence; and the playing of the Last Post and the National Anthem.
Zeenat interviews Chris Conlan, the Pearly King of Bromley; a Sea Cadet; and Flight Lieutenant Simon Ettinghausen, the Officer Commanding of 228 Squadron, Bromley Air Training Corps.
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Darren Weale visits the Thursday Club at St John's United Reform Church in Orpington.
The club offers a weekly place for people to meet, enjoy listening to musical entertainment and talks during term time.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani meet at the Crown & Anchor in Bromley and talk about local events and news, and Zeenat interviews Martin, who explains what running a good pub means to him.
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Darren Weale interviews Magdalene Adenaike, Founder and CEO of the Music Relief Foundation. Based in Croydon, the charity has events ahead and aims to work more widely, including in Bromley.
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Darren Weale interviews Billy Murdoch about the Orpington Repair Cafe, which is held at St Mary's Church in Green Street Green on the 3rd Saturday of every month. The resident repair specialists fix a range of electrical, mechanical, and other items for a donation (and payment for parts, if required) on the spot. In that way, they prolong the life of many items and people are less likely to buy replacements. The Cafe welcomes both the pubic with items which need to be repaired, and volunteers who may be able to assist with repairs.
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Darren Weale interviews the man in the box, to be precise the Punch and Judy box, at Pride Picnic in the Park 2024. We talk about how James Arnott got into Punch and Judy, progressed it into a career, and the history and nature of this very traditional, British children's entertainment.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley, in the Mayor's Parlour. We talk about topics including David's background, his priorities for his term in office, and the charities he is supporting: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Bromley Youth Music Trust, and Welcare in Bromley. Plus achievements in the borough in the fields of science and medicine, fields in which David has a distinguished career.
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Darren Weale interviews Matt Venner of Chislehurst Fitness and Visit Chislehurst ahead of the Chislehurst Thrives Festival on 30th June.
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Darren Weale visits the Orpington Priory and Old Library and talks with artist Beci Ward, who organised the Open Day, and one of the studio holders, Rebecca Gray of Rebecca Gray Millinery, whose hats (including one under construction for Ascot) were on display.
As you can hear, there are opportunities to engage in activities in the building, and to take studios, when available.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley, shortly before enjoying Maddie's Great Shakes, as we are calling their espresso martinis, and Basque cheesecake at The British Queen in Locksbottom, Calvin the sewing machine from Bromley's Library Of Things, upcoming events including Let's Talk Better on 28 June, Zeenat's interview with the creators of the film Dark Revival, and more.
We preview the next two debut Bromley BuzzUp events on 11 June and 9 July, the latter with Special Guest Rosie Wilby, award-winning comedian, podcaster, and author of The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak.
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On 14th May 2024, the second Bromley BuzzUp, a monthly, free, all-sector networking meeting, took place at Westcombe Park rugby club in Orpington.
This episode captures the opening of the meeting with Bromley Buzz Founder Darren Weale speaking before Cllr Mike Botting, on his last full day as Mayor of Bromley, talks about the borough and his ongoing roles as borough Armed Forces Champion and Loneliness Champion.
The next Bromley BuzzUp is on 11 June at Shampan restaurant Bromley, with Cllr Jonathan Andrews, the new Deputy Mayor of Bromley, Special Guest David Winstanley, CEO of Biggin Hill Airport, and more. Details and tickets here.
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Darren Weale interviews Sufian Miah of the Shampan Group, which has restaurants in Bromley, Westerham, and Welling.
We talk about the history of the three restaurants, the experience, cuisine and cocktails, the new Shampan Selfie Wall mural at the Shampan Spinning Wheel in Westerham, the red sauce of Shampan, plans for the future, and more.
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Darren Weale interviews Parisa Wright, Founder of Bromley's Greener and Cleaner Hub as their new fundraiser to carry on their great, green, community work in the borough and beyond. You can view the fundraising page, including a video explaining what the Hub means to people, and donate here.
Donations to the campaign are being matched by Aviva up to £250 per person.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Sazz Wanogho-Maud, Founder of the Young Entertainers Academy Awards.
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In this episode of the Bromley Buzz, at the request of Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner of Bromley Reform Synagogue, who we interviewed in Episode 167, we return to when we spoke with Holocaust survivor, the late Ziggi Shipper, and share a few of his words, especially his 'Don't hate' message.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the debut Bromley BuzzUp event held recently, and the next one on 14 May at Westcombe Park RFC with the Mayor of Bromley and special guest Janet Lewis OBE, Founder of English Youth Ballet. Tickets here.
Cinema, theatre, ladies rugby, and much more including a Start Up Bromley workshop on 17 May are all covered, and a Spa facelift!
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Darren Weale interviews Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner of Bromley Reform Synagogue.
We cover matters such as what a Rabbi is, feminism, equality, the synagogue, and being a peoplehood. Laura talks about the importance of 'being a real Rabbi' and what the role means to her, recounts some of her life so far, and describes her love of the musician Lady Ga Ga.
We close on a clip of the late Holocaust survivor Ziggi Shipper, who we had the honour of speaking to previously.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the upcoming local events, including our own new Bromley BuzzUps, our new sponsor the Shampan Group of restaurants, and many more goings on in Bromley.
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Bromley Buzz team member Sarah Marsh-Collings and friend Lorraine talk from a noisy Leicester Square Bar after completing the London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money the the RSPCA. If you'd like to add to the £864 Sarah raised when this episode is published, please use this link. Apologies for the sound quality, due to the background and absence of our usual full recording equipment.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Cllr Mike Botting, Mayor of Bromley, in the Mayor's Parlour.
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Darren Weale presents students from Newstead Wood School interviewing Jo Johnson, then Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington, in 2018.
This interview was a debut podcast for the then Bromley Radio, which later closed down. Now there is a new Bromley Radio, which carries our shows. Several Prime Minsters after that 2018 interview, it can be shared again as an insight into the past, and into the value of politics and why people should vote and stand for elected office. You can find interviews with all of Bromley's current MP's in earlier episodes of the Bromley Buzz podcast. Our latest interview with Orpington's current MP, Gareth Bacon, is here.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the latest Bromley Buzz column in County Chronicle magazine, and many more goings on in Bromley.
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Darren Weale interviews Frances Fuller, a Director of the Arts in the Park Community Interest Company, who present Books In The Park at Beckenham Place Park on 13th April. Plenty will be going on, including for children, in this nature-themed event, also featuring local author Annie Lyons and several other celebrated authors.
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Darren Weale interviews Lorraine Spenceley of the Creative Curve Theatre Company ahead of the performance of the play NOT SUCH STUFF at the Wickham Theatre Trust, West Wickham (aka Theatre 62) on 16th March. Tickets here for the show and the Question and Answer session afterwards.
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Darren Weale interviews Denise Spencer at the Primrose Centre, which supports people with breast cancer and their families.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the latest Bromley Buzz column in County Chronicle magazine , the recent Let's Talk Better event, the Chelsfield Players show Steaming in our What's On, the South London Film Festival, and much more.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the latest Bromley Buzz column in County Chronicle magazine , Life In magazines editor Lauretta Wright's Little Big Show on Bromley Radio, Dominic King's show on BBC Radio Kent, Chislehurst Caves, and much more.
We close with a Happy Birthday Buzz for Zeenat.
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Darren Weale interviews Ian Wood of Ian Wood Property, an Orpington-based estate agent who sponsors the Bromley Buzz podcast. We interviewed Ian at Westcombe Park Rugby Club, which he also sponsors. Ian's company works across residential property and commercial property, including helping franchises and businesses equip, fit out, and launch new commercial, retail, or warehouse premises. We met rather early on a Thursday after Ian attended a local networking group, BNI Lightning, also based at the rugby club.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley, and are joined by Jacqui Weale.
The episode is rather coffee-dominated, with an interview with Jane from Carnival Coffee Roasters in Penge, talks about Roving Rainbow, a new emblem of positivity, and the upcoming Let's Talk Better event on 22nd February, theme 'Celebrating Positivity', and sponsored by Radfield Home Care. We cover lots more Bromley goodness, including Penge's lovely magazine, Tales From The Glass Asylum.
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Jacqui Weale interviews Mercedes Yearley, whose Quest Soul Theatre has celebrated its first anniversary, providing a special outlet for people in Bromley to meet and express themselves through the medium of theatre. She also co-runs the inclusive, dementia-friendly Connections Cafe monthly in Bromley in partnership with Radfield Home Care.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about health, mental health and wellbeing at length following Darren's attending a terrific debut UK iweigh 'Move for your mind' event. Plus local news and events, including Bromley Little Theatre's fundraising campaign, and the Let's Talk Better event on 22nd February, theme 'Celebrating Positivity', and sponsored by Radfield Home Care.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about aspects of wellness including iweigh, and Owen O'Kane's new book on self-therapy, how to get bonus coffee, local events, and briefly reprise panto roles from 2023.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We review Calendar Girls, now on at the Churchill Theatre until 13 January, tickets here, and as ever talk about local positive news and events, and upcoming interviews, such as canine expert, broadcaster and celebrity Anna Webb, Carnival Coffee Roasters, and actor Zoe Tapper.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We welcome 2024 and reflect on recent Bromley events and upcoming ones, added to our website What's On page, from Keston's Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fairs to Bromley Rugby Club's girls taster sessions and more, including Zeenat's new 30-day Mindfulness Challenge.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Joelle, owner of Joelle's in Chislehurst, an independent delicatessen and coffee house. As the interview reveals, the establishment is a favourite of Zeenat's and co-Bromley Buzz presenter, Darren Weale. Take a listen, and find out why,
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley. For this episode at a pantomime time of year, Dames and Divas come under discussion.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Chris Woodley, a writer with Bromley roots., on the night they visited Bromley Little Theatre. Chris talks about his life, career, sexuality, and, of course, Bromley.
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Darren Weale interviews Zidan Miah, a Rayo Vallecano footballer with Bromley roots. We interviewed Zidan previously in episode 94. Speaking in Bromley's Shampan restaurant, Zidan talks about various aspects of his life, and in particular his experience of injuries and recovery, and how keen he is to 'touch grass' again.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk, along with Buzz colleague Sarah Marsh-Collings, about our night at the inaugural Above and Beyond Bromley Business Awards (ABBBA's), and we hear from Founder Lauretta Wright; MC Paul Andrews; award-winners the Bromley Children and Families Voluntary Sector Forum's Sammy Baldwin; and Mike Smith of Bromley Radio.
We cover lots of other stories and publish words from an audience member who saw The Merchant Of Venice 1936 when it appeared in the Churchill Theatre in Bromley recently.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Nathaniel Allen and Olivia Penhallow of the Chequered Theatre Co, co-writers and stars of the theatre production Marble Cake, which they recently performed at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley's Studio, and which was co-produced with Creative Learning, creating something that is "bigger than us" and baring their souls in doing so. You can read our review here.
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Darren Weale interviews Bromley Town Centre Councillors Sam Webber and Graeme Casey.
Sam and Graeme reminisce on their journeys leading to becoming Councillors, and what they now do as a result. From volunteering to committee work, and to sleeping out, there is a lot for them to do.
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Darren Weale interviews Luke Richards and Luke Russell from Bromley Buzz sponsors Terra Firma Landscapes.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Nicola Fishman of Bromley Well, ahead of Bromley Self-Care Week. Details here.
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Darren Weale interviews Emily Jane Ashford of Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Chislehurst.
There is a lot of healthy talk! From the Aqua Ladies to Nuffield as a health charity, the
Joint pain and Move together programmes, research, tackling stigma, community and physical and mental health, a lot of ground is covered.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley. We reflect on the BigJalebi Diwali Charity Ball and Auction, Quest Soul Theatre's 'Murder At Fat Stan's, and the House Of Hounds in Petts Wood.
Plus, Paws in the Park, double rainbows, and Delphine of Caredogs. We talk about seeing 'Marble Cake' in the Churchill Theatre studio, and Merchant of Venice 1936.
Zeenat celebrates her wellbeing event in Clockwise, and we mull over the benefits of coworking spaces to people in business, from Islandworks in Sheerness to Newman and Derbyshire Houses, Contingent Works, Clockwise, Desk Team, and more.
Not overlooking Community House, and the Start Up Bromley market in Bromley Library. We mention the upcoming interview with Cllrs Casey and Webber, and Zeenat delivers her regular Affirmation, before we talk about Bromley FC and their Manager, Andy Woodman.
We Buzz out to the Strictly Come Dancing theme!
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview the Leader of Bromley Council, Cllr Colin Smith.
We talk about topics including what the Council does, being a Councillor, and what Colin does in his down time. We ask about his roots and life, and becoming a Councillor. He shares what he considers is special about Bromley and how residents can help the Council. The Council HQ relocation is discussed, as is Bromley's tree-planting, the Council Loneliness Strategy, TEDx Beckenham, and Darren suggests a place Colin can get a really good sandwich, Mustard in Bickley!
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley, including an interview with Ronke Kokoruwe and Richard Jones, recorded on the day they co-hosted the debut TEDx Beckenham event.
We range across many more topics and events in Bromley and beyond, from BBC Radio London to Love Da Beat Radio in Penge, BNI Lightning, Mercedes Yearley of Quest Soul Theatre and the Connections Cafe with Radfield Home Care, dogs and the Shortlands Tavern, and Zeenat's Wellbeing Workshop in Clockwise.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Darren Weale interviews Sumeet Jalan of BigJalebi, ahead of the BigJalebi Diwali Charity Ball and Auction on 29th October at Oakley House on Bromley Common.
Sumeet talks about why he created this event, featuring a 15-course menu by a Michelin-starred chef, the Bollywood Dancers, and the Britain's Got Talent winning illusionist, Richard Jones, and just what a 'jalebi' is. He also thanks sponsors, such as Radfield Home Care and (our sponsor, too) Terra Firma Landscapes.
Tickets here.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings visit the former home of Charles Darwin in Bromley, Down House.
This episode is recorded in the gardens, Darwin's 'living landscape laboratory', home to Darwin's experiments and observations in biodiversity and his 'genius earthworm theory', and, now, cream teas!
We are with Tessa Kilgariff, Collections Curator for South London for English Heritage, and Antony O'Rourke, Head Gardener.
From the orchard, we go to the rear lawn, with its walking mulberry tree, Darwin's glasshouse in the walled garden, carnivorous plants, orchids in the Tropical section, onto the Climbing section, and the Kitchen garden.
Down House is open to the public.
This episode was preceded by a short trailer extract from the full interview with Antony, here. The previous episode featuring the introductory conversation outside the house is here, and an episode recorded in the house is here.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings visit the former home of Charles Darwin in Bromley, Down House.
This episode is recorded inside the home with Tessa Kilgariff, Collections Curator for South London for English Heritage, and Antony O'Rourke, Head Gardener.
It begins by the staircase in the inner hallway, and we talk about the slide Charles Darwin commissioned for his children to use to go down the stairs, and go on to speak in his study, and the billiard room.
Down House is open to the public.
This episode was preceded by a short trailer extract from the full interview with Antony, here. The previous episode featuring the introductory conversation outside the house is here, and an episode recorded in the gardens will follow.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings visit the former home of Charles Darwin in Bromley, Down House.
This episode is recorded outside the home with Tessa Kilgariff, Collections Curator for South London for English Heritage, and Antony O'Rourke, Head Gardener.
The conversation ranges across their roles and backgrounds, an introduction to Charles Darwin and Down House, Darwin's wife, Emma, and the greenhouses, orchids, carnivorous and sensitive plants.
Down House is open to the public.
This episode was preceded by a short trailer extract from the full interview with Antony - here - and episodes of the conversation indoors and in the gardens will follow.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley, with guest Simi Ghuman of Radfield Home Care.
We have a 'Newsbeat' theme this week, drawing on fellow media channels in the borough, and cover local news and events, including from our website What's On page.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings recently visited the former home of Charles Darwin in Bromley, Down House.
When we interviewed Head Gardener Antony O'Rourke, one particular extract from the interview with him best captured the joy of the visit and the very special place, curated by English Heritage and open to the public. This audio is of those few words.
We will release the other output from what was a memorable trip soon.
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Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We cover the recent Let's Talk Better event, the upcoming BigJalebi Charity Ball and Auction - tickets here, and cover even more local news and events than usual, including from our website What's On page. In particular, December's Aladdin pantomime - tickets here.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation, this time guest created by Darren and referring to the phoenix.
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Darren Weale interviews Jamie Richardson of Bromley Court Hotel.
We talk about the past and present of the hotel, what it offers, and past appearances by David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix. Afternoon teas, facilities, waffles, family ownership, and the value of smiling are among the topics that come up.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Debra Weekes, Partnerships Manager with Mytime Active in Bromley.
The interview covers lots of topics including Mytime Active's wellbeing improvement mission, something recently recognised by its winning the Health and Wellbeing Award at the London Sports Awards for the Active Lifestyles programme in Bromley.
Other highlights include the Prime Time programme for older residents, how people are uplifted, the London Youth Games, Arts Train, future plans, and more.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We have interviews with fire fighters at the Orpington Fire Brigade Open Day, and as usual cover lots of local news and events, including from our website What's On page.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation, this time guest created by Darren and referring to the phoenix.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews Lauretta Wright of Bromley's Life In magazines and the ABBBA (going Above and Beyond) awards. Entries to the awards close at midnight on 8th September, ahead of the award ceremony on 9th November at The Warren in Hayes.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We feature the Open Day at Orpington Fire Station and talk to Jerome, who uses British Sign Language in his role. We look back on the Women In Business Big Show in Kent and interview Deb Turner, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Lead for Women in Enterprise. That and much more, including the Five Bells Dog Show in Chelsfield - won by Olive the Staffie.
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Darren Weale welcomes back to the Bromley Buzz Councillors Alison Stammers and Mike Jack, this time catching up in the Marlborough Bakery in Chislehurst. They appeared previously when they were running to be Councillors, in episode 52.
We hear about their day to day work as Councillors, along with Cllr Mark Smith, the power and frustrations of a Councillor, local events and the value of volunteers.
Chislehurst as a community and its carved bears are discussed, along with local sports and wellness activities, and Mike shares publicly for the first time a sporting day for 2024 being held in conjunction with Chislehurst Lawn Tennis Club that will appear in due course on the Visit Chislehurst website.
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Darren Weale interviews Tim Lees of Chislehurst Life magazine and its related titles around Bromley, London, and beyond.
We talk outdoors at the Bo Peep pub in Chelsfield, with some noise from happy diners in the background, and the occasional gust of wind interfering with sound. Tim talks about magazine content such as the Independent Schools Guide, eating disorder intervention organisation Jenup in the August issue, Hever Castle, and Chartwell National Trust. We talk about various advertisers such as Radfield Home Care, Kyn Bickley, and cover story Terra Firma Landscapes, and new restaurants in Bromley.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about a recent BR1 Lates wellbeing event, and interview Mercedes Yearley of Quest Soul Theatre, sample her show at the event, and talk with an organiser, Steven Smith of Community Links Bromley. Zeenat mentions seeing Neurodiversity 2023 umbrellas, and we celebrate the new Our Bromley magazine, and lots of local news and events from our website What's On page, including the upcoming Produce Show in Chelsfield, and at Hayes Cricket Club, and other sporting occasions.
We welcome the new Zaika Restaurant in Orpington, and pair pole dancing and firemen when talking about the Orpington Fire Station Open Day at the end of August.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation, read for the first time (twice!) by Darren.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament for Orpington, in our second full interview with Gareth, and published on the second anniversary of the podcast.
We cover lots of ground, including ULEZ, farms in Bromley, Gareth's day and postbag, young people taking work experience with his office, and seeing politicians as people. Gareth tells us about the Orpington Childrens Business Fair, and his annual plant buying tradition. The Let's Talk Better campaign and the suicide prevention campaign the Baton Of Hope are mentioned. Rugby, Westcombe Park RFC, and the Priory Live and Petts Wood Calling festivals are discussed.
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Darren Weale interviews the Bexley and Bromley London Assembly Member Peter Fortune, in a catch up around a year after his first Bromley Buzz interview in Episode 61.
Sitting outdoors at a pub in Hayes, we talk about Peter's role in the London Assembly - with the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) a very hot topic, his love of cricket and an upcoming expedition to Hayes Cricket Club, the new movie Oppenheimer - Peter's review is that it is 'a cracking film', the Churchill Theatre, his being a Crystal Palace FC fan, and training at the Crystal Palace gym, former Prime Minister John Major, visiting Down House, former home of Charles Darwin, and Bromley's Pitts - Pitt The Younger and Pitt The Elder.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We cover a recent day at nearby National Trust location, Chartwell House, the Community House Open Day, where we met MP Sir Bob Neill, Gentleman Jack at Bromley Little Theatre, Rugby Munchkins at Westcombe Park RFC, and more.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale take a back seat as Jaya and Aimee from the Newman and Devonshire Flexible Workspaces in Bromley mount a take over of this week's show. They bring with them their own unique bubbliness and such topics as where the expressions red-handed and cold feet come from, before they interview Zeenat about her carrying the Baton Of Hope a few days before. The duo mention local events including by Your Bromley and at the Churchill Theatre, and refer to Flin's Fitness, who has a family member in Newman Centre's reception.... They also share the item they forgot to bring to the recording!
As a result, Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation appears as usual!
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We look forward to the Newman Bromley Buzz Take Over, talk about the self-employed business mindset, bubble tea and barley wine, local events, Carnival Coffee Roasters, the County Chronicle, Bromley Floral Fest, Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Churchill Theatre in October, the Community House Open Day on 15th July, and more.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
Fresh from presenting the Team of the Year award at the Bromley Volunteer Awards 2023, we talk to Cllr Kim Botting, Mayoress of Bromley, and Young Volunteer award winner Kohanna Spence. Plus KestFest, local networking events including the Bromley Business Network and Business Networking International (BNI) Prince Imperial, and local businessman Chandra Sharma earning an award of his own from the EEL network. Plus Swingers (golf), pot hole art, Chislehurst Rocks, and more.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Ian Wood Property and Terra Firma Landscapes.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the Alexandra Nurseries in Penge, the opening in Penge of the Living Well Bromley charity shop, discuss who we intend to talk to for the Bromley Buzz in upcoming episodes, and more.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Ian Wood Property and Terra Firma Landscapes.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about seeing Amy's View at the Matchbox Theatre and Ten Men: the Lives of John Bindon at the Bridge House Theatre, and St Martins Church Fete in Chelsfield, which featured Orpington's Maypole Dancers, with May Queen Lola Brooks. Bromley Little Theatre's upcoming bar show feat. paisley underpants, and Blackadder in December are mentioned. Peppa Pig makes a surprise appearance and we cover lots of upcoming events, the new Orpington 1st magazine with Gareth Bacon MP, Beckenham Cricket Club, Priory Live 2023, comedy at the Bridge House Theatre and St Francis Church in West Wickham, and, on 6 July, Zeenat taking part in the Baton of Hope tour.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
Including an interview with Engineer Steve Webb, of Webb Yates Engineers, on the Craft Not Carbon installation in Crystal Palaxce Park as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Ian Wood Property and Terra Firma Landscapes.
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Darren Weale interviews Ned McWhirter, Project Manager with Bromley-based youth charity JusB. We also hear from Jake, a 15-year old volunteer.
As Ned points out, "Being a young person is difficult". The company, advice, music recording opportunities, social activities, cooking, and chance to get homework done, for young people with a range of needs, including some excluded from school, means this is a very important service.
JustB has to raise £75,000 by the end of June or face closure. It has, as of when this episode is published, raised £40,000 of this sum. Please contribute if you can. A donation link is here.
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Darren Weale interviews Jake, a 15-year old volunteer with Bromley-based youth charity JusB. Jake explains what the charity means to him and that it has been his 'second home for 5 years'.
JustB has to raise £75,000 by the end of June or face closure. It has, as of when this episode is published, raised £40,000 of this sum. Please contribute if you can. A donation link is here.
A full interview also featuring Project Manager Ned McWhirter will be published soon.
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Darren Weale interviews Sue Spike, owner and Editor of the County Chronicle magazine, which serves Biggin Hill and areas near Bromley, including Westerham, Sevenoaks, Oxted, Edenbridge, Godstone, and Lingfield.
Sue talks about her career, launching the County Chronicle in 2020, though the magazine does have earlier roots. She talks about the editorial content, which includes a regular Bromley Buzz column, and insights and 'antics' from Biggin Hill Councillors Melanie Stevens and Sophie Dunbar, how the magazine is prepared each month, and more.
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Zeenat Noorani and Sarah Marsh-Collings interview Mayor of Bromley Cllr Hannah Gray, as her second term as Mayor of Bromley draws to a close.
Hannah reflects on the most meaningful, funny, and curious moments and events of her year and looks forward to the first thing that she'll do when she hands over the chain(s) of office. You can also hear our earlier interview with Hannah, recorded on her first full day in office, here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
With thanks to Bromley Buzz sponsor, Ian Wood Property, we talk about lots of Bromley positives, including Mercedes Yearley of Quest Soul Theatre, and having brunch (along with our Buzz colleague Sarah Marsh-Collings) with Cllr Hannah Gray, Mayor of Bromley. We share an excerpt from our interview with Hannah, which will be our next full episode. We cover West Wickham Village Day and Bromley High Street Day, networking chocolate and wine, the Norman Park Community Sports Centre, our double page Bromley Buzz spread in the new County Chronicle magazine, and the uplifting story of @betsiatthemarsden, plus Sarah and Zeenat going to see Bodyguard at the Churchill Theatre, which runs from 15 to 20 May. We also share Ian Wood's exclusive about the Chelsfield Village Fair, from Chelsfield Village Voice magazine.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation, on loving our bodies inside and out.
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Darren Weale interviews poet Richard Bowdery at the Orpington Record Store and Cafe,
ahead of the Orpington Literary Festival which runs from 15th to 21st May.
We talk about poetry, poetry therapy, and Richard reads two poems from his book 'Let Sleeping Dogs Stand', plus one from Darren (written on the day), and another by Nikita Gill. Richard talks about his 'poetry for those who don't read poetry', mental health, Barney the spaniel, many poets (Theresa Lola, Pam Ayres, TS Elliott, Ezra Pound, Edward Lear, Dylan Thomas , Thomas Hardy, and Wordsworth), and Richard offers tips for someone contemplating writing poetry. He refers to fellow poet - and part of the Orpington Literary Festival - Jerry Dowlen and his Cray 150 Publications, the Croft Poetry Group, Cleo Felstead's monthly poetry sessions at Fitology in Chielshurst, and the Shortlands Poetry Circle. Richard closes with another original poem, Anarchist.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the new sponsor of the Bromley Buzz, Ian Wood Property, and earlier and current support from Lee Thomas of the Newman Flexible Workspace, the CASPA event at Theatre 62 in West Wickham with Mercedes Yearley of Quest Soul Theatre, and hear singing from performaers Jamie and Izzie. We share our Victoria sponge controversy, and Zeenat's Let's Talk Better presentation at Community Links Bromley's Volunteers Assembly. We again share the new 'ABBBA' awards.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
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Darren Weale interviews Flavia Bertram, Outreach and Communications Officer for the South East London Community Energy co-operative (Selce).
We talk about the cooperative status of Selce, its history, and purpose. A very active organisation that is keen to do more in Bromley, and partnering with Community Links Bromley, Selce is rolling out energy cafes here, recruiting volunteers as energy advisors, and creating solar arrays, a community share offer, and providing consultancy services for greening homes, called 'future fit homes'. All that as well as offering advice and support to businesses, schools, and those running community buildings on energy consumption through lighting ,including helping with their fundraising needs.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We feature the recent Bromley Voluntary Sector Assembly held at Community House by Community Links Bromley. The excerpt from the event is of Zeenat and Darren talking about their #LetsTalkBetter campaign, which was launched in Bromley on 24th February 2023. The campaign is supporting locally-based charity CASPA, and the Let's Talk Better website is here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview the News Shopper newspaper's Digital Editor, Immy Share.
Immy covers a lot of ground, from her career to date, her ambitions, positive news, to the value of newspaper advertising. We love how passionate Immy is about her job, as she says, "there's nothing better than making a difference", and presenting 'Trusted local news'. We hear the rustle of a new issue of the newspaper, and the story of Bromley's Disney Peter Pan.
Immy reflects on her love of Bromley's Churchill Theatre, recent good stories about the award-winning Copper Ceylon restaurant, and herself being a conveyor belt of good stories, supported by advertisers. We announce Ian Wood Property as the new supporter of the Bromley Buzz podcast, and look at the sheer good chaos of Immy's email Inbox, and she provides tips on submitting stories.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley, with a little help from Sarah Marsh-Collings.
It's been busy in Bromley. In a packed show, we cover an outing with Sarah and friend of the show Chandra Sharma. to the EEL Kent networking event at the Shampan restaurant in Westerham. Our third regular column in the County Chronicle magazine comes up, with reference to the Let's Talk Better campaign launch, and Westcombe Park RFC's recent championship triumph, and Sarah and Zeenat taking in Titanic The Musical at the Churchill Theatre, and meeting Jemima from the team there. Darren recounts experiences from recent BNI networking meetings, and we look forward to Oliver Anderson releasing his moving song, 'Aftershock', on 7th April.
We have Zeenat's regular weekly affirmation.
We share news of the new 'ABBBA' awards, eating disorder/body image workshops in local schools coming from Jenup, and more. We offer an article in Chislehurst Life magazine our first in-show 'buzz of approval', talk about Good Gym, and Joshysheartofgold Fun Run on 15th April.
Note: we apologise for two brief sound glitches in the show.
Finally, does Sarah help us with the story of Lesnes Abbey? Listen to the end of the show to find out.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews actor Abi Hudson, who plays the Maid and other parts in Titanic The Musical which is at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 16-18 March.
Abi talks about growing up in Bromley and being inspired by shows at the Churchill Theatre to take up acting, and what it is like to be 'on the other side of the stage' now she has graduated from the Royal Academy Of Music with a Masters degree in Musical Theatre. The show, literally, launches its tour in Bromley, and Abi talks about this "beautiful... informative... heart-wrenching", and "visually spectacular" take on the story of the Titanic. Abi's love of "the beauty of live theatre" comes through strongly.
Tickets to the show are here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley, in our 100th episode!
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the launch of our Let's Talk Better campaign on 24th February in Bromley's Copper Ceylon restaurant, the shows Blood Brothers and Titanic: The Musical at the Churchill Theatre. Zeenat gives a fabulous explanation of the value of journaling, with a mention for local enterprise Journalise, and we talk about the news that Jenup will be providing eating disorder workshops in some Bromley schools.
In Spotted on Social we talk about cats, prompted by the Mottingham Gossip Facebook page.
We share more news and events and have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Darren Weale visits the Vibe Arts Theatre School Bromley centre at Bickley Park School and interviews the founders of Vibe Arts, Matthew and Alex, and students Willow, age 14, Amelia, 10, and Samuel, 11. Darren would like to add here, "I loved the whole experience! Willow, Amelia and Samuel were especially great to talk to."
Matthew and Alex share their pride and emotional involvement in what they are doing, and, with a class in progress in the background, talk about numerous topics, from their 'tiny tiny classes' for the very young that lead on to 'Junior Vibe', to the "incredible support" they have had from Bickley Park School, their staff, and more. They cover their students progression after school, taking forward their dancing, acting and singing. Willow, Amelia, and Samuel offer their thoughts on the school, and talk about their aspirations.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
With one day left, we talk again about our current food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder (ending 17th February). There is a short excerpt from interviews at the Vibe Arts Musical Theatre School in Bickley, with students Willow, 14, Amelia, 10, and Samuel, 11. A special, full episode will follow.
We cover the Love Bromley art installation by Your Bromley for Valentine's Day, the Let's Talk Better launch on 24th February at the Copper Ceylon restaurant, the show Rock of Ages recently at the Churchill Theatre - and Wodehouse In Wonderland coming between 9th and 11th March, and the launch of a partnership between Ravens Chat at Bromley FC and Bromley Rotary Club. More here.
We touch upon the next Bromley Buzz column in the County Chronicle magazine, and the SE20 Community magazine Pride of Penge Awards and a winner, Murray Bros butchers in Penge.
In Spotted on Social we celebrate Beckenham bookshop cat Stella and their book signing by Alexis Keir @alexismontekeir, author of Windward Family.
We throw in more news and events and reveal Zeenat's secret desire to run a particular kind of cafe.... and we have her regular Affirmation.
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Darren Weale interviews the actor Robert Daws, who appears in a new show, Wodehouse In Wonderland, which runs at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 9th and11th March. Tickets here.
Robert has acted in many, many roles, but clearly Wodehouse is dear to his heart, and as he says, he had a big hand in creating this show, which will go on to run in the US and India in future. This will be a return to the Churchill Theatre for Robert (where he was last seen, murdered (!), in an Agatha Christie play). Robert talks about the importance of Wodehouse as a writer and lyricist, how he came to read his humorous fiction for the first time, the joys of Blandings, Jeeves and Wooster, Mulliner, the Golf Stories, and more.
Robert shares aspects of the show itself and how it came about, playing Tuppy Glossop in TV's Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (and why Tuppy ate so much!), and playing the trumpet in the last episode of Fry and Laurie.
Darren invites Robert to suggest how Jeeves and Wooster respectively would react to the show, and his response, towards the end of the interview, is well worth listening to by itself.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk with Joe at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge about their upcoming shows; journalist Susan Elkin about her new book, The Alzheimer's Diaries, and Courtney from the Signature Care Home in Beckenham. We reflect on our current food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder (ending 17th February), and cover, as ever, lots of news and events around Bromley.
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani interviews former Bromley resident and ex-Bromley FC footballer Zidan Miah, now with Rayo Vellecano.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk with former Bromley resident and footballer Zidan Miah, now with Rayo Vellecano, our food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder, and cover, as ever, lots of news and events around Bromley for the New Year. Moving outside Bromley, we touch upon visiting the lovely Hemsley Conservation Centre in Kent, and meeting their meerkats, squirrel monkeys, ocelot, lemurs, tapirs and more.
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview Parisa Wright, Founder of the Bromley Greener and Cleaner Hub. Parisa shares the wide range of green activities and services provided by the hub, and the journey from passion project to its presence in The Glades shopping centre and charity status, providing a home in Bromley for a Library of Things (karaoke machine, hedge trimmer or carpet cleaner, anyone?), and the opportunities to help it grow further.
Please note: the interview was recorded over a week before this publication and dates re. events and vacancies may have passed.
You can listen to our earlier episode with recordings from the day of the launch of the hub, here, including words from then Mayor Of Bromley, Cllr Russell Mellor, and Claire and Maria from the Hub.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk with Parisa Wright from the Bromley Greener and Cleaner Hub and cover, as ever, lots of news and events around Bromley for the New Year.
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Darren Weale interviews David Walker, Chief Executive of Bromley Third Sector Enterprise (BTSE).
David talks about the work BTSE and its partners are doing to help people in general and especially during the current cost of living crisis. He mentions local warm centres and the interactive map of them on the Bromley Well website and the Together Through Winter leaflet. More topical subjects include supporting carers of all ages and needs, local foodbanks, and volunteering.
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Darren Weale interviews Oliver Anderson, singer-songwriter winner of Bromley's Got Talent 2022.
This episode is published on the day of release of his new single 'Surrender'. Oliver talks about his upbringing and influences, performing at Priory Live, the Bromley music scene, and more. Mentions are made of fellow acts Hell On Tap and Iamcoffee, and venues such as The Barrel and Horn and The Swan.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale discuss the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk with artist Leon Bailey about the Bethlem Art Fair 2022 recently launched with the Beckenham Business Association, and with David Walker, Chief Executive of Bromley Third Sector Enterprise about Bromley Well and local help for those most affected by the cost of living crisis. Zeenat reflects on the milestone of 100 episodes of her Mindset Matters show due live on 16th December. We cover lots of local content from Darren's first meal at the newly opened Dorothy & Marshall restaurant in Bromley, to the upcoming meeting of Chelsfield Knit and Natter Club at the Five Bells in Chelsfield on 9th January.
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale discuss the latest buzz about Bromley.
From Jack and the Beanstalk at the Churchill Theatre to Toast at Bromley Little Theatre, events at Start Up Bromley, Life In Bromley magazine's star letter about a random act of kindness for Bromley's Hygiene Bank, we talk, as usual, about a lot of what is going on in Bromley.
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk with professional dancer, singer, actor and Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke ahead of his appearances at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley in the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime which runs 4th to 31st December 2022.
Tickets here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale discuss the latest buzz about Bromley, over a glass of wine or two.
Much gets talked about from chili paneer at the Copper Ceylon restaurant; a charity sweepstake by Community Links Bromley; Darren and Zeenat in Life In Bromley magazine, with Darren being grilled about what he wrote, by Zeenat! We refer to the panto at the Churchill Theatre (and its 45th anniversary display) and our interview with Lloyd Hollett, and also to Bromley Little Theatre, and kebabs from Plaistow.This week's Affirmation comes from Michelle Obama.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview 'The Comedy Wordsmith', Lloyd Hollett, actor in and co-writer of the panto Jack and the Beanstalk, which runs at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 4th and 23rd December, tickets here. How he will weave 75 Bromley shops from The Glades shopping centre into the script is something we are very curious to see! Lloyd also treats us to a sample of voices from comedy and the stage, including the comedy language Unwinese, or Gobbledygook.
You can listen to our interviews with Lloyd's fellow Jack and the Beanstalk stars Anton Du Beke here and Rhianne Drummond here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from Zeenat's Bromley home.
We talk about loads of events and local activities, from Christmas lights to the Everybreath fundraiser on 3rd December, the Mayor of Bromley's Ball, and more.
Plus, we share Zeenat's regular affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview actor our first Princess! We talk with actor Rhiane Drummond who appears in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 4th and 31st December 2022.
We talk outfits, acting at a venue not far from Rhiane's home, nervousness, her inspiration, appearing in Dreamgirls, and constant wig and costume changes.
You can hear our interview with Rhiane's fellow cast member, Anton Du Beke, in episode 42 of the Bromley Buzz podcast here.
Tickets here.
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Darren Weale interviews actor Oliver Boot ahead of the play The Mirror Crack'd, playing at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 22nd to 26th November. Oliver plays Inspector Craddock, who will be investigating together with the iconic Miss Marple in this murder mystery from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
Oliver talks about the role of Detective Inspector Craddock, the set, Agatha Christie's legacy, and shares a lovely thought, "I could do this forever, it's such a great play."
Tickets here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview Ellie Reeves, Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and Penge, from the Bridge House Theatre in Penge.
The discussion covers numerous topics from Pengemas to the Penge Festival, the 'brilliant sense of community' in Penge, the local Foodbank, and Ellie's casework as an MP. She relates her journey to becoming an MP, which gives her 'never a dull moment', and her role as shadow Justice Minister. With that workload, it is hardly surprising that we talk about Ellie's work-life balance, and about her being a woman in parliament.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from a Bromley home.
We talk about loads of events and local activities, interview Cllr Simon Jeal, also Chair of the Penge Festival, visit Revolution Records, a lovely record shop in Penge, and meet with shop dog Pepsi, while Kraftwerk plays in the background.
Plus, we share Zeenat's regular affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace.
Along with lots of news, and introducing Bromley to our Let's Talk campaign, we talk with The Octopus Lady!
Plus we have Zeenat's regular affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace.
We hear about window cleaning at Biggin Hill airport on site from Jason Murrell of Jade Window Cleaning and Support Services, interview Rula Lenska ahead of her starring in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at the Churchill Theatre (18-22 October), talk about dog parties, hiring a hedge trimmer from Bromley's Library of Things in The Glades shopping Centre, and many more things happening in Bromley. As the show closes, Zeenat comes over very Transylvanian as Dracula is coming in November to the Bridge House Theatre in Penge. Plus, we have Zeenat's regular affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace, aided by breakfast bought at Laura's Larder in Petts Wood (and Grace 40 in Bromley's East Street!).
We hear from Cllr Simon Jeal, Chair of Penge Festival and Millie Knight, Chair of the Friends of Cator and Alexander Park. It is Black History Month, and we interview Bromley-resident and Founder of the Black Heroes Foundation, Joyce Fraser OBE. She talks about their upcoming play, The Story of Claudia Jones, at the Canada Water Theatre on 15th October. Tickets here. We have Zeenat's regular affirmation, and, ahead of the Bromley Volunteering Fair on 11th October, we share a brief interview with Don Burford, Vice-Chair of Bromley, Lewisham, and Greenwich MIND, when he received an award at the Bromley Volunteering Awards earlier this year. Among other events, we mention the Jenup cycling crowdfunding event on 29th October, and the Mayor of Bromley's Charity Appeal Dinner for Ukraine at the Copper Ceylon restaurant in Bromley on 20th October. Tickets here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace, aided by breakfast bought at Laura's Larder in Petts Wood.
We start with a theatrical scream from Theatre 62 and talk about their upcoming shows and hear from two actors in previous show Dangerous Corner. One of them, Mercedes Yearley, has started Quest Soul Theatre, a non-performance group to boost mental health, based in West Wickham. We hear from Joe at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, discuss what to choose from the Library of Things in The Glades shopping centre, and talk about upcoming events from The Billy Walton Band (US) at the Beaverwood Club in Chislehurst on 4th October to Beckenham Business Day on 2nd November and chamber music, Pilates, and other events at the Ripley Arts Centre, and we have Zeenat's regular affirmation. We reflect on the Bowie week at Bromley Picturehouse cinema and the showing of the new Bowie film, Moonage Daydream.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace, following their coffee and cake (a lot of them) event fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Aimee and Jaya join us from the Workspace, and as our guests they sparkle as they read out Zeenat's regular affirmation. and provide the closing 'buzz for the episode', as well as starting rumours of their doing another charity run.... Fellow guest Chandra Sharma of Elmcroft Business Services talks about his own upcoming Macmillan coffee morning - in Swanley on Wednesday 28th September. Aimee and Jaya refer to the numerous donations received for their event from local businesses including Wells Flowers, Dr Paw Paw; The Orpington Record Store and Cafe; Bromley Picturehouse cinema; Zeenat herself; and the Shampan restaurant.
Bromley Arts Festival and artwork at the Ripley Arts Centre are mentioned, as are Community Links Bromley and the CASPA Cafe. Naturally we mention a recent football result, Bromley FC 3-0 Maidstone Utd, and we refer to an exclusive upcoming competition for a food and drink hamper courtesy of Laura's Larder in Petts Wood, who have just won a national award!
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace.
We interview dancer and Strictly Come Dancing Judge Anton Du Beke ahead of his run in the Churchill Theatre's annual pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. Zeenat goes up in the world and gets soaked with Jade Window Cleaning at Biggin Hill airport, and we catch up with diners and Haran, owner, on the 2nd anniversary of the Copper Ceylon restaurant. We have content from the Start Up Bromley Introduction To Podcasting session - run by us! - including an interview involving attendees Natasha Bailey and Esther Jacob, and we talk about how happy The Baker Girl was to win the book Start With Why.
We cover lots of upcoming local events from our website What's On page and more, plus Zeenat provides her regular affirmation.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, from the Newman Flexible Workspace (and wish Jaya there a happy 21st birthday). We cover lots of upcoming local events from our website What's On page (and some things not yet added). We hear from Delphine, Founder of the Caredogs Charity, at Paws in the Park, talk about Strictly Come Dancing, the Rev. Richard Coles 'Audience With' at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley FC and their manager Andy Woodman, recently on the Mindset Matters show, Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, and Blackadder and other new season shows coming to Bromley Little Theatre.
We cover all this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Darren Weale interviews the man behind London Calling and the street art phenomenon that is Penge, from one of the street art hubs there, the, now, visually stunning upper floors of the Blenheim Centre car park. He explains how this 'unconventional gallery' and London Calling came about and grew to being the biggest artistic endeavour of its kind in the UK. This particular installation (a side project!) is delivered with Clarion Housing Group and Hadley Housing Group.
Read more on London Calling's street art work in Penge and Anerley in 2021 here. It was good to learn that the local Penge people and the High Street Business Improvement District - who were holding an event in the streets below on the day we were there - are so helpful in this initiative. One of those local people who was passing chipped in a few helpful thoughts to the interview as well. Even more here - and the art on display has changed since. Open events like this are shared via the Penge Tourist Board's Facebook page.
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Zeenat Noorani (with a word or two from Darren Weale) present interviews with staff from the recent launch of Orpington Wellbeing Cafe, an initiative that is the first of its kind in England!
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Darren Weale talks with Philip Tagoe, Head of School of Bromley Beacon Academy, on their students and in particular work being done on repairing and sending bicycles and motorcycles to Africa.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, in the company of some small dogs in West Wickham. We talk a lot about the Magpie Dance Global Moves and Grooves - A Festival of Dance and Culture, and hear from Artistic Director Alison Ferrao.
We interview Philip Tagoe, Head of School of Bromley Beacon Academy, on their students and in particular work being done on repairing and sending bicycles and motorcycles to Africa.
We hear Theresa Lola's introduction to the Young Poets of London recent day of poetry readings and workshops (and skateboarding).
We cover all this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Darren Weale talks with Alison Ferrao, Artistic Director of Magpie Dance ahead of their show 'Global Moves and Grooves - A Festival of Dance and Culture' on 31st July - see their upcoming performances here.
The show also marks the closing night of the Bromley Arts Festival for 2022. We talk about the history and growth of Magpie Dance, the value of volunteering, Alison having started with Magpie Dance as a volunteer, and much more. It was particularly apt that we recently saw Magpie Dance perform at the Community Links Bromley Volunteer Awards. Alison has gone from making the tea to making many of the decisions, and Magpie Dance is keen to attract new Trustees.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. It begins with an introduction by Jim Brown at the launch of Bromley Football Club's new club shop, which is named after him. Interviews with Jim and club Chairman Robin Stanton-Gleaves follow. More here.
This episode was recorded at Orpington Methodist Church, on the day of the launch of the Orpington Wellbeing Cafe, which offers fortnightly entertainment, social interaction and a hub to access health advice and services for people in Orpington and beyond. Interviews from the event will be released as a separate episode. It was great to see regular Bromley Buzz podcast guest Gareth Bacon MP opening the Cafe.
We have a brief interview with comedian Sara Barron after she performed at Three Hounds Beer in Beckenham, part of the Bromley Arts Festival, and ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe. We talk with two (!) David Bowie's from the Ziggy Stardust Family Funday in Beckenham, plus the man behind the Bromley Bowie Facebook page. There is lots of What's On this week including a Pride Showcase on 26th July at Bromley Picturehouse as part of the South London Film Festival. Plus the Young Poets of London day of poetry readings and workshops (and skateboarding) at Church House Gardens, Bromley Town Centre, 11:30am-9pm on Saturday 30th July.
We reflect on the recent Orpington Children's Business Fair and talk about the 'curry in a hurry' offered by the Copper Ceylon restaurant, We share a sponsorship appeal by the lovely Chelsfield Village Voice magazine which needs funds for its print copies to continue to be published.
We cover all this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
There is so much on this summer! We cover, or preview, as much as we can, from Beckenham's Taste of the Caribbean Festival where we met author of History Through The Black Experience, Simon Hudson, to the latest Beckenham Business Association event with Chair Jane Rogers at BAU Studios. Zeenat gave a great talk about confidence for business people, and we told attendees all about the Bromley Buzz. There is more on the Bromley Arts Festival and a thank you to the County Chronicle for covering it. We have interviews with business coach Lee Lam ahead of the Orpington Children's Business Fair on 16th July and with "big foodie" Haran Thurairajah of the newly award-winning Copper Ceylon restaurant, crochet and knitting at Orpington Library, and the usual array of diverse content about our lovely, diverse borough.
All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Darren Weale talks with actor-musician Chloe Edwards-Wood who appears in Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 12th-16th July. Tickets here.
We speak with actor Ollie Slee, who plays David Bowie in the Bowie Experience which comes to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on 24th July. On the first day of the Bromley Arts Festival, which runs throughout July, we love publishing an interview with the man picking up the mantle of Bromley's greatest cultural icon. As Ollie says, Bromley was for Bowie 'the foundation of everything he went on to do'.
Listen to what Glam Rock fan Ollie's dad makes of the show, Ollie's favourite costume, the seven changes of outfit with 'trousers flying off', and what it is like being a man who was 'effortlessly cool', and performing backed by a great live band.
This is the anniversary year of Bowie's creation Ziggy Stardust, and just in the last few days the song Life On Mars was discussed on BBC Radio 4.
We present a rather lengthy interview (as he was entertaining!) with Peter Fortune, London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
We introduce the new 'Briefcase full of Bromley' which contains things we talk about in the episode, and, for this episode, a harmonica.
We interview Jane Rogers, Chair of the Beckenham Business Association, and discuss recent and future events in the borough.
All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question....
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Darren Weale interviews interviews Miss Janet Lewis, MBE, Founder and Director of the English National Ballet, and a resident of Bromley, from The Orpington Record Store and Cafe in Orpington. Miss Lewis talks about her life and career, becoming an MBE, including dancing with some of the greats of ballet, such as her idol Margot Fonteyne, and the founding of the 'unique' English Youth Ballet in 1998 and what makes it special. The company tours the UK, but it is about to come home to its Bromley base once more.
The English Youth Ballet presents A Gala Evening of Ballet and Music on 19th June at the Churchill Theatre, which Janet describes as 'extremely exciting', and a 'wonderful expressive experience', with live music, 35 children from Bromley taking part, along with a number of professional youth dancers, and two Royal Ballet dancers. Tickets are available here.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
This episode reminisces about Bromley FC winning the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium - and has crowd noise from when the winning goal was scored by Michael Cheek, and a recap on our interview with Manager Andy Woodman.
We review the 'triumph' (yes, we said that) that is The Jersey Boys at the Churchill Theatre and talk with audience members and use an excerpt of our interview with Michael Pickering who plays Frankie Valli. Christopher Evans, Chief Executive of Community Links Bromley, explains what the organisation does.
All this and much more, not forgetting the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question....
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Sarah Marsh-Collings interviews Michael Pickering, who plays Frankie Valli in The Jersey Boys, which appears at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 7th and 11th June 2022. Michael talks about the show, his dyslexia, playing in Wicked and Starlight Express, and Frankie Valli and the changing eras of music. The talents of the ladies in the cast - including fast changing backstage - are covered, and the 'slick, smooth show... that can be mayhem' backstage. Michael celebrates the value of the arts, and describes the challenges of packing and unpacking the show, and taking to stages of different sizes and sound characteristics.
Sarah is already a big Jersey Boys fan, having loved the show when she saw it in 2021, and as Michael says, "It is a great night out... you will be shocked and awed!"
Tickets for the show are available here.
Dr Sam Parrett CBE is Group Principal and CEO of London & South Education Group, which comprises London South East Colleges with eight campuses across the region and London South East Academies Trust with eight schools across Bromley, Bexley and Surrey.
She joins Bromley Buzz podcast co-presenters Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale on Zoom for a very full interview covering the provision of vocational adult and higher education for over 13,000 students, and offering industry standard facilities and teachers – serving the LSEC ethos of preparing people for working lives.
Sam talks about serving young people starting in life and older people retraining, and seeing both often going on to start their own businesses.
Sam's background is covered and the growth of LSEC and its becoming a social enterprise seeking to deliver a Career Advantage to its students by making their experience in the college more than an education. She refers to working with primary schools, Special Educational Needs provision, mental health, and college recruitment and its new 4 day working week offer.
Look out for the Bromley Campus Open Event on 29th June. Sam refers to another, recruitment, event, but the date for this passed before this podcast was published.
We also cover more diverse topics including hairdressing, the BR6 restaurant, and Sam's proudest time at LSEC.
The new Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Hannah Grey, talks on her first full day in office to Bromley Buzz podcast co-presenters Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale.
Hannah shares her love of the people of the borough, and introduces her chosen Mayoral charities, Everybreath and Bromley Care Leavers Come Dine with Us Project. She talks about her upcoming Ukrainian event, the Mayor's Ball on 19th November at Oakley House, the Volunteers Day, her team including Deputy Mayor Cllr Christine Harris, and Chaplain Major Angela Strickland of the Salvation Army’s Bromley Temple. People, passion and progress - her inaugural speech themes - come up, as does her podcast, the Spitfire experience prize draw, the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Bromley, mental health, sparkly shoes, Bromley Arts Festival, and her own background. You can look out for a separate interview with Hannah in Life in Bromley magazine soon too.
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The Mayor of Bromley's website is here, her Twitter @MayorofBromley0, her Instagram here, her Facebook here, and her You Tube here.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
This episode features interviews with Andy Woodman, Manager of Bromley FC ahead of the FA Trophy final, drag artist That Girl from the monthly Drag Bingo at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, and Dr Brian Philp at the Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington.
All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question....
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Bromley is on its way to Wembley! Bromley Football Club to be precise.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk with Ravens' Manager Andy Woodman ahead of the FA Trophy Final at Wembley on Sunday 22nd May, in one of the most significant games in the one hundred and thirty year history of the club.
Thanks to the club and to Head of Marketing, Charlotte Richardson, who also speaks in the interview.
Also, we wished Andy and the club the very best of luck on Sunday. Go to the game if you can: tickets available through the club website here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
This episode features interviews with Alex Thomas of Metro Charity which provides services and get togethers, sometimes with guest dog, for eligible LGBTQ+ people in Bromley, and ours and audience views of A Murder Is Announced at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, on until 14th May. We visited the Bethlem Museum of the Mind and Bethlem Art Gallery and talk at length about that profound experience, and we reflect on the recent Council elections, U3A in Bromley, a visit to the Farmers Market at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum, Bromley's viral TikTok video, and much more. We record once again from the Newman Flexible Workspace and say just how much we loved seeing Shakespeare In Love at Bromley Little Theatre (on 6th-14th May).
All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question, or, in fact, two of them....
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
This episode features interviews from the Steering Committee of the Bromley Arts Festival (1st-31st July) and with 'serial volunteers' Alison Stammers and Michael Jack of the Chislehurst Matters party ahead of the 5th May local elections. Rather than talk about what they're campaigning on, we talk about their background, their community, and how to start a political party! Plus we discover their favourite dishes at Ginger Spices.
We accidentally welcome Sophie of the Newman Flexible Workspace (where we recorded) to the show, learn where Zeenat's favourite ever sausage roll can be found, and look forward to Shakespeare In Love at Bromley Little Theatre (on 6th-14th May).
All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question, and a bonus Affirmation....
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk exclusively with Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament for Orpington - who also joined us as guest co-presenter in episode 31 of the Bromley Buzz podcast here and is interviewed at Orpington Football Club in episode 28 here.
We learn about Gareth's life and career, his interest in politics and sport, and his journey to becoming MP for Orpington via being a member of the Greater London Authority, and now, newly, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jacob Rees-Mogg. We ask what an MP does, and what is dominating Gareth's 300 emails-a-day postbag from his constituents. Gareth talks about 'Orpington Heroes' and other local stories including Orpington's Children Business Fair, which returns on 16th July.
You can listen to earlier interviews with Gareth's fellow local MP's: Sir Bob Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) here, and Bob Stewart (Beckenham) here. We look forward to talking with Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge) soon.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
What did a member of the audience and the Bromley Buzz presenting duo think of Looking Good Dead at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley (on until 23rd April)? What was the Community Iftar at the Al-Emaan Centre in Keston? What did local artist Beci Ward have to say about her new mural at the GPO Orpington? Listen to the answers to these questions in the new episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast, and hear Lauretta Wright, Editor of Life In Bromley magazine, read out her editorial introduction to the new May issue.
All this and much more as we record from the GPO Orpington and elsewhere for the new episode.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, with special guest co-presenter Gareth Bacon MP, in an episode recorded in his Orpington constituency office.
This week's Bromley Buzzes include the Rocky Horror Show on at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley until Saturday 16th April, and we present two audience reviews. We talk with a Charles Darwin school teacher about a student showcase at Bromley Picturehouse, and the Chairman of Westcombe Park Rugby Club. All this plus What's On, News from the News Shopper and South London Press selected by Gareth, micro breweries, Drag Bingo at Penge's Bridge House Theatre, Bromley's Greener and Cleaner Hub, and news from Life In Orpington magazine.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
What do actor Adam Woodyatt - appearing 18-23 April in Looking Good Dead at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley - and musician Rag 'n' Bone Man have in common? What did Darren say which completely threw Adam? What did we learn from dancer Oti Mabuse ahead of her I Am Here show there on 15th June, in just 7 minutes? We interview both and have answers to these questions in the new episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast.
The show also features Holocaust survivor Ziggi Shipper, interviews with young boys who created a plant business for Orpington's Children's Business Fair organised with Orpington 1st - and a proud mum, Gary from the Hope Church which hosted the event, local business person Hannah from Start Up Bromley's recent week-long event in which Lauretta Wright of Life In Bromley magazine, was one of the business pitch competition winners, and actor Stephen Webb from the Rocky Horror Show (at the Churchill Theatre 11th-16th April), and our congratulations to Bromley Football Club on booking a date at Wembley!
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Darren Weale talks with actor Stephen Webb, who plays the role of Frank N Furter ahead of the Rocky Horror Show's run at Bromley's Churchill Theatre between 11th and 16th April. He talks about the iconic story, the impact of wearing heels, feeling like Mick Jagger, and how his fiancee reacted to his new stage outfit. Stephen says, "It is the best thing I have done in my life... the audience are another character in the show."
Stephen describes meeting show creator Richard O'Brien and offers advice on outfits for any Frank N Furter imitators, and he encourages Darren to get his legs out!
Frank N Furter's life advice? "Don't dream it, be it, and just give yourself over to absolute pleasure... leave your inhibitions at the door and have a good time with us."
Tickets to the show, which also features Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba, are here.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
In a show introduced in Polish by Joanna of the Polo Market in Bromley, We cover the launch of the Community Green Hub in The Glades in Bromley, visit Love Da Beat Radio in Penge, and regret the absence of prosecco when recording the show. We cover lots of What’s On, including at West Wickham’s Theatre 62.
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We recently interviewed Joseph and Luke, the actor-masterminds behind the Bridge House Theatre in Penge and the multi-talented Dusty, the Executive Director at the theatre. They talk about the highly varied output of the theatre, taking it over as an 'empty black box' and throwing themselves 'heart soul and mortgage' into it. They talk about the latest and upcoming productions, the latest at time of posting being Under Electric Candlelight. Lots of ground is covered including their contribution to the community, mental health, and good causes, and hiring out space for rehearsals and such diverse activities as yoga classes.
Colonel Bob Stewart, DSO, is the Member of Parliament for Beckenham. He said to us, "Give a politician a platform and he just goes on." It was a pleasure to give Bob a platform, as he is a fascinating interviewee.
In a candid and at times touching interview via Zoom with Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings, Bob talked about his military career including some of its most harrowing moments, his interest in the welfare of ex soldiers and he tells "stories I wish people would hear", touches on the 106th Royal Artillery at Grove Park (interview with Warrant Office Mark Cain here), what Remembrance Day means to him, and the war in the Ukraine.
He talks about friendships across political boundaries and fellow Bromley MP Ellie Reeves, his in at the deep end introduction to political selection, helping people and intervening for them as an MP, middle class poverty, property ownership and the young, the care of the elderly, and the NHS.
This is an episode in which it is particularly recommended you listen right up to the end.
You can also find Bob Stewart on Facebook.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
Beckenham member of parliament Bob Stewart tells us about his love of Bromley and Beckenham in an excerpt from a full interview to be published soon, and we go pitch side to Orpington Football Club (more in episode 15) to interview 'sports fanatic' Gareth Bacon, MP for Orpington, and speak with new club sponsor Surinder Manak of Manak's solicitors, new Trustee Neil, and Simon Morris on the club's SEN team.
Other show content includes Start Up Bromley, Blackheath and Bromley Harriers, the British Blues Exhibition and Bromley Court Hotel, Dancing on Ice/Brendan Cole, Mindset Matters - Cllr Aisha Cuthbert (more here and here), Monica Cruz, Life In Bromley magazine, interviews from the 2nd anniversary of Laura's Larder in Petts Wood, and news via Orpington 1st all come up.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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In this episode we talk about theatre in Bromley, from Bromley's 'West End' - the Churchill Theatre - to amateur dramatics in the village halls of the borough. We talk with Pauline Armour, Artistic Director of Bromley Little Theatre. She is also directing the upcoming show Taken at Midnight, playing between 11th and 19th March. We also review The Addams Family at the Churchill Theatre, which runs until Saturday 5th March, and have a few words from members of the audience who saw the show.
Enjoy local theatre! Not forgetting Beckenham Theatre, Bromley Community Arts Theatre, the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, the Chelsfield Players, and the Farnborough Dramatic Society.
Johannes Radebe is an iconic dancer who appeared on TV's The Graham Norton Show on the same day he was interviewed by Darren and Zeenat of the Bromley Buzz! As he says ahead of his Freedom tour coming to Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 30th March, "I feel like the audiences here in the UK has an opportunity to see Johannes and experience Johannes and see what Johannes can do... I want to meet them more than they want to meet me, and I want to say thank you and then I will dance... there's just beautiful dancing and I want to do something that's true to me and authentic to me." Tickets here, tour website here, and don't forget other Strictly Come Dancing stars are heading to Bromley's Churchill Theatre: Joanne Clifton, Craig Revel-Horwood, Giovanni Pernice, Ore Oduba, Anton Du Beke, and Oti Mabuse. You can listen to our earlier interview with Kevin Clifton here. Interviewing Johannes was a delight and a Mega Buzz!
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
We talk about two exciting nights at the Churchill Theatre including, in Stop Press! at the end of the show, audience members take on the musical Waitress, which runs until Saturday 26th February (tickets here), and we talk with actor Paul Hutton who appeared in Hairspray, which is now touring elsewhere in the UK. Before that, we get very excited talking exclusively with dancer Johannes Radebe before his Freedom show tours the UK and lands in Bromley on 30th March (tickets here). We speak with people at the book launch of Michelle Elman's 'The Importance of Being Selfish' at Waterstones in Bromley where she talked with Megan Jayne Crabbe, have a speech and interview from the Rotary Youth Awards, a snippet of advice from Nancy James at a Start Up Bromley workshop on branding. And we talk bubble tea, bubble tea espresso martinis, poetry at the Al-Emaan Centre, review a Farnborough Dramatic Society production, and much more.
We cover some local News and What's On, including the Rotary Youth Awards, and Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Sir Bob Neill is the Member of Parliament for Bromley and Chislehurst. Appropriately as Sir Bob is a supporter of the Arts, Darren Weale and Sarah Marsh-Collings interview him at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley when the Churchill Singers are rehearsing nearby.
We talk about his life including his career as a barrister – “a tidied up version of Rumpole of the Bailey” – when he discovered that a famous crime was plotted in Chislehurst. Sir Bob talks about what an MP does, how he became one, and then becoming a Minister of State. He describes the value of MP’s, his joy and relief of being first elected, and then his first steps as a new MP, which was a “pretty frantic time… the first couple of years were absolutely manic”. We ask about his local and national work that has made him proud, his role in organising the 2012 Olympics, and about his priorities for the future. Sir Bob tells us what he loves about Bromley, and the importance to him personally of support services for people who have suffered a stroke. We also bring a moment or two of parliamentary banter to life from the Churchill Theatre.
'Start Up Bromley' is a selection of free services that has been helping people starting and growing businesses in Bromley. In our conversation with Martin Stone and Loretta Awuah, Martin confirms the service is to confirm beyond its initial March 2022 end. We talk about what is on offer at the three libraries involved - Bromley central, Biggin Hill, and Orpington - including workshops, a members directory, and the imminent 'March Madness' schedule including a conference, a business pitch competition with cash prizes, a video featuring participating businesses, and the already established coaching sessions. We go into how the service began, and its value to the libraries themselves.
Check out Start Up Bromley here: www.better.org.uk/library/london/bromley/bromley-central-library/start-up-bromley.
The Bromley Buzz wants the high streets in Bromley to be thriving and happy, so we can buzz about them! The Your Bromley people, who brought you themed book benches and random snowmen in the town centre, today launch a new look and new content for their website. It helps people wanting to enjoy Bromley's shops and services and adds more buzz to the borough. There is a new brand, better reflecting the people in the town centre, a "gem" of a members portal for 527 local businesses, information and contacts for businesses wanting to set up in the town centre, volunteering information, and more.
The website? https://yourbromley.com
Your Bromley are also known as the 'Bromley BID'. We interview Andy Bawn and Zoe Griffiths from the Bromley BID team. You can find out what that means, too! Happy feet are involved, that's what we said, anyway.... Also covered in the interview are some of Bromley's best-kept secrets, dog-friendly beer, David Bowie (sung badly), turtle repairs, upcoming events, and elfies. Not Selfies. That wasn't a typo. Enjoy the episode.
Your Bromley are on social media too - Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and Instagram .
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
We talk about two exciting nights at the Churchill Theatre including Hairspray, which runs until Saturday 12th February, with help from audience members who we talk to after the show, on their way to... buy tickets to see it again. Seriously.
What does Sir Bob Neill, MP for Bromley and Chislehurst, love about Bromley? Listen to him talk on that topic in an excerpt from the full interview to follow separately. We also talk with staff from the charity CASPA, which provides support to autistic children and young people, and also to their families.
We cover some local News and What's On, and Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Darren Weale interviews Councillor Aisha Cuthbert about Bromley's Tackling Loneliness Strategy.
Corrections from the audio - Aisha is Tackling Loneliness Champion, not Loneliness Champion, and the late MP involved in the initiative nationally was Jo Cox, not Jo Good.
Aisha explains her personal reasons for taking up this role, the importance of mental health, and talks about plans including Community Champions, a new directory, the Tackling Loneliness page, and the importance of Community Links Bromley. Bromley Well, Age UK Bromley and Greenwich, and the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Bromley are also discussed. As she says, though, "Loneliness is everybody's business."
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley.
Hear an interview sample with Martin and Loretta from the Start Up Bromley team, in which they talk about their business coaching programme and and 'March Madness' which brings with it a conference, a business pitch competition (open for entries until 9th February), a spring marketplace event, and a film about Start Up Bromley.
We feature part of an interview to be fully released soon with Bromley's Tackling Loneliness Champion, Cllr Aisha Cuthbert, on the Council's Tackling Loneliness Strategy. We review the Cluedo show at the Churchill Theatre, which runs until Saturday 5th February, with help from audience members who we talk to after the show and we conclude it is, 'Bouyant... yowzer... and a Masterpiece'.
We deliver a 'Petts Wood Super Buzz' covering Laura's Larder; Fancies; Owens Imaging and getting a passport photo in 2022.
News includes cocaine (!), a grant scheme across Lewisham/Bromley, Pixie Lott's bling in the Daily Mail, and we have our regular Spotted On Social section, plus an alarming discussion of annoying bathroom habits.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question, and Darren adds an affirmation this week.
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In this episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast, Darren Weale interviews Omar, a Trustee of the Al-Emaan Centre, or Mosque, in Keston, from within the building. Omar explains the meaning of the name of the centre, talks about the call to prayer, and reflects on the history and design of the mosque.
A local doctor, Omar provides an insight into his own upbringing and how local Muslim people came together before the centre officially opened in 2016, as it approaches its 6th anniversary in 2022.
We take in other topics such as prophetic remedies, the sisters circle, socks, and the importance of cake in the life of the mosque, notably in the Bromley Three Faiths Group, and in Peace of Cake walks. Omar describes charity work undertaken with a community centre in Penge and with a local church in Hayes. He also talks about the outreach undertaken with local schools and scout groups, the covid vaccination clinic, and he invites listeners to email and visit the centre.
The Al-Emaan website is here, Facebook here, Twitter here, and Instagram here.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show starts with the beautiful sounds of part of the Muslim call to prayer recorded live in Bromley - and the show ends with it played in full. That was recorded when we interviewed Trustee Omar from inside the Al-Emaan Centre, or Mosque, in Keston (the full interview to follow in a Special episode) and Norwegians Per Pedersen and Fredrik Bjernaes of the HITIO gym on the opening day of the HITIO gym in Orpington.
Along with plenty of other content, we preview another interview that will be published soon, one with Bromley's Tackling Loneliness Champion, Cllr Aisha Cuthbert, on the Council's Tackling Loneliness Strategy. We, typically, enthuse about local food and drink, and talk about the recent Rotary Youth Awards ceremony. We have a stab (!) at the solution to 'whodunnit' at the Cluedo show at Bromley's Churchill theatre coming soon, and celebrate local charity work and share the Bromley Little Theatre's upcoming eco-production of Wind in the Willows.
We mention the Mayor of Bromley appearing on the Mindset Matters show on 28th January, and The Joy of Being Selfish, for the second week running - but for different reasons....
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From 5 year old athletes, to elite international athletes and Paralympians, Blackheath and Bromley Harriers athletics club is a crucible of talent in the heart of Bromley.
Bromley Buzz co-presenter Darren Weale interviews club President Nic Corry and Trustee Chris Hilditch trackside at the Norman Park athletics ground, on a sunny winters day. Nic talks about their new community centre, a project seven years in the making and due to open later in 2022, and that only after the site was scanned for unexploded wartime bombs.
Among the sporting highlights, the pole vault team earn a mention, along with anticipation for the Channel Islands match in April, and the history of the club, which was created in 1869 and has had its Bromley base now for 150 years. Many an athlete is talked about, from the wonderfully nicknamed Sydney 'The Mighty Atom' Wooderson, to Adam Gemili, Dina Asher-Smith, Daisy Snell, parathletes Hollie Arnold and Prince Reid, and veterans such as Helen Godsell and Ken Daniel.
Reference is made to young athletes including the Bees Academy for ages 5 to 11 years old, and their personal development and academic progress, and the great value to the club of its volunteers, and the Kent Young Athletes League - which brings 2,500 visitors to the track four times a year. Local schools and sports days at the ground are mentioned, as is race walking.
It is quite a special place, with a unique atmosphere. And here, as Nic said, "You can run on the same track as one of the fastest women in the world."
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes a trackside interview with Nic Corry and Chris Hilditch from Blackheath and Bromley Harriers athletics club, a little more of our chat with dancer Kevin Clifton, and talk of local Indian food. We also discuss Dancing on Ice, Show Racism the Red Card, The Apprentice, Blue Monday, Chislehurst Rotary Club, Bromley snowmen, The Mighty Atom, Life In Bromley magazine, The Orpington Local magazine's local football round up, The Mayor of Bromley appearing on the Mindset Matters show on 28th January, and The Joy of Being Selfish. And we quote Mae West....
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An exclusive Bromley Buzz interview by Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani with dancer Kevin Clifton as he looks forward to performing in Burn the Floor at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 6th February 2022.
Kevin explains why the show, which he co-produces and stars in, means so much to him since he first joined it in 2008, talking about the brilliant costumes and live band and "two hours of, for me, just the best ballroom and Latin dancing in the world with some of the most insane dancers who are constantly striving to push the boundaries as much as possible". He talks about growing up in a ballroom competition family, confidence, anxiety, the constraints of competition, pre-show changes, and his love of Paso.
We (unsurprisingly) ask Kevin about his time in Strictly Come Dancing, from his early days as assistant choreographer to joining the ranks of the show's professionals and finally winning with partner Stacey Dooley, with a little help from Peaky Blinders, what it is like teaching novice dancers for a TV show, and just who his favourite Strictly partner is. We find out how Kevin would fare on Dancing on Ice - here is a clue from Kevin's Instagram - and Kevin consults a book in which he'd just been writing lists of achievements by Burn the Floor dancers, talking about the fact that it has featured other Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars professional dancers, such as Johannes Radebe, Janette Manrara, Aljaž Škorjanec, Artem Chigvintsev, Nancy Xu, and many more, a group who have clocked up 36 Glitter Balls between them - and his counting isn't completed! Kevin talks about plans for the future and Burn Nation's online dance classes.
Tickets here: https://churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-burn-the-floor-bromley-2020
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, featuring Kevin Clifton, the Strictly Come Dancing star who will be appearing at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on Sunday 6th February in the 'Burn the Floor' show.
We talk about lots more, including U Tea; Alpaca Annie in Burmarsh, Kent; GPO Orpington; the 1st Anniversary of Zeenat's Mindset Matters Radio Show; the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington; whether Newman Flexible Workspace has an ice bath!; the Mayor of Bromley's newsletter and The Odyssey of General Anders Army; Enterprise Nation's new Bromley group; Nanny Smith's Deli Farnborough; a biathlete from St Olave's grammar school; and Dame Eileen Atkins upcoming appearance at Bromley Little Theatre.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes several interviews from Biggin Hill during the Bromley Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh Collections, and interviews from Bromley Football Club recorded during their Boxing Day game with Southend United. In a very full episode, we talk about Emma Raducanu's MBE, bonding with cats, a 100-year old Bromley resident, Bromley's Street Sweeper of the Year, Kevin Clifton's Burn the Floor show at the Churchill Theatre, the Islamic Centre in Keston, and an 8-year old Shortlands schoolboy who has raised £2000 for Bromley Foodbank.
This week we close the show buzzing to the tune (just about) of Olivia Newton-John's song, 'Physical', in tribute to the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes an interview with Ann-Marie of Fused Glass by Ann-Marie in Bromley market, reflections on our interview with actor Danny John-Jules ahead of his appearance in The Da Vinci Code at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 10th to 15th January, the launch of Bromley Council's Loneliness Strategy, achievements by pupils at Chislehurst School for Girls and Ravensbourne School, and Emma Raducanu's becoming BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Zeenat and Darren talk about lots more, including bubble tea, a Christmas detox, Bromley Valley Gymnastic Centre, Bromley Business Hub, an Emergency Christmas Disco, Three Hounds Beer in Beckenham, and free business coaching sessions with Start Up Bromley.
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In this exclusive interview with Darren Weale of the Bromley Buzz podcast, actor and comedian Danny John-Jules looks forward to performing in the Da Vinci Code production which makes its tour debut in Bromley's Churchill Theatre between 10th and 15th January 2022.
Danny plays Sir Leigh Teabing. He shares how tour preparations are going, talks about the value of theatres and their volunteers, reflects on just how hot detective and crime thrillers are, what it is like being in 'the greatest thriller of the last 2000 years', and the production experience - "everything about it is brave". Danny relishes being in the phenomenon of the Da Vinci Code, and he talks about the preview video trailer, reveals his favourite role in his career to date, and what it is like being a famous son of 'The Nature Island of the Caribbean' Dominica. Danny looks forward to coffee and scones and meeting Bromwellians in Bromley! Tickets here.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes a sample of an interview with actor Danny John-Jules ahead of his appearance in The Da Vinci Code at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 10th to 15th January, and he speculates about whether Sir Ian McKellen could be The Cat in Red Dwarf... the full interview will be in our next 'special' episode. We also interview the Editor-In-Chief of Startups magazine, Anna Flockett, talking about the Hustle Awards and mental health. Zeenat and Darren talk about lots more, including spray tan, burrata, knitting, the Gingham Goose Christmas Fair in Hayes, the Vu Vu Club, the footballing 'Ravens' sowing the seeds of a promotion push, Bromley Valley Gymnastic Centre, and Start Up Bromley.
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Councillor Tony Owen of the Petts Wood and Knoll ward is also Bromley's Deputy Mayor. Here, in the full version of an interview first sampled in episode 12, Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Tony at length about his two stints as Deputy Mayor, and his life and career. Tony explains what a Deputy Mayor does, touches on cream teas, and on visits to locations including local Methodist churches. He talks about Petts Wood as a garden suburb, and being a councillor who has helped change national law. We cover planning, bridge, Tony's postbag as councillor, Emma Raducanu, Dina Asher-Smith and the turning on of the Petts Wood Christmas lights, Yes Minister, why it's crunch time for Bromley, and more.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. We record while taking part, dressed as Father Christmas's, in Orpington's Santa Dash and talk with organiser Sharon Baldwin of Orpington 1st, Orpington Councillor William Huntingdon-Thresher, and lots of Santa's (and elves). We talk about Start Up Bromley, the Bethlem Art Gallery, Southey beer in Penge, local police dogs, groundbreaking new homes, Olympian Joseph Choong, comedy in Chislehurst, and more. Plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. We talk about the elves of Bromley Rotary Clubs, the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and its vampires in What We Do In The Shadows, and a 'Gold' lecture by the Arts Society Bromley on 6th December. Cray Valley East Councillor Yvonne Bear is interviewed, we discuss Bromley's deli's and coffee shops as they gear up for Christmas, mention the Bromley Little Theatre and the cast of their 'It's A Wonderful Life' show cast, and cover Life In Orpington magazine and their 12 days of Giftmas giveaway with £500 worth of prizes for one reader. We preview the Santa Dash on 5th December in Orpington, talk about mindset and the Lift Each Other Studio, with reference to Olivia Newton-John, and we reveal much more including Penge panto Sleeping Booty, the Bethlem Art Fair (somewhat inaccurately, for the precise details click here!), the Startup Bromley Winter Showcase on 9th December, and in Marvel style, just when you think we're finished, for Small Business Saturday on 4th December, we end interviewing Geoff Wilkinson of Wilkinson Construction Consultants. Plus Zeenat provides her regular empowering question,
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. We talk about all sorts of things from pugs to Startup Bromley, and we have interviews with Louis from the Croft Tea Room in St Mary Cray, Victoria from Visit Chislehurst during the Chislehurst Christmas Market, and we have a short, but powerful, extract from our recent interview with Darren Day, appearing at Bromley's Churchill Theatre in Chicago. We enjoy the company of Chandra Sharma of Tangent Office Resources. Zeenat provides her regular affirmation, We 'buzz out' to another Christmas tune, as we get into the Christmas spirit.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. We talk with Julie Covill from Orpington Football Club about many topics including plans for a new community pavillion, help received from local MP Gareth Bacon, and, on Remembrance Sunday, Zeenat interviews the leader of the XBY Concert Band, Dennis Mycroft. Zeenat provides her regular affirmation, Darren complains about his man 'flu and new haircut, we discuss the Rotary Quiz and Bingo night in Orpington, Destination Star Trek with a nod to Sci-fi Bromley, 'post toppers' in Beckenham, and Darren pays tribute to a local lady and to the Chartwell Cancer Trust. We reflect on the local Business Continuity Support networking meeting in D’Angelo, Orpington, where "incredible man" Chandra Sharma of Tangent Office Resources kindly made a presentation to the Bromley Buzz team, our delight that we can talk about Bromley in Startups magazine online, and we share Burnt Ash Drama Association's new production of Peter Pan. We 'buzz out' to (roughly) the tune of Jingle Bells.
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"Welcome. Ladies and Gentlemen, you are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery - all those things we all hold near and dear to our hearts. Thank you."
In this special episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast, Darren Weale interviews actor and singer Darren Day before his appearance in Chicago at Bromley's Churchill Theatre, between 22nd and 27th November 2021. Darren Day sings part of a song from the show and recites that hair-raising introductory line which begins every show, shares his own heartfelt show ritual, and the importance to him of the song Razzle Dazzle. He recounts memories of the Churchill Theatre as performer and audience member, and his favourite roles and big break in Joseph. Darren Day shares his love of Chicago and says, "It's great to be part of and I genuinely, genuinely can't wait to come to Bromley'.
Do go and see the show and support your local Arts scene - and feel better for it. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, with chat about and interviews from Beckenham Business Day at Kent's Beckenham cricket ground. We talk with with Councillor Peter Morgan; Apprentice winner and Dough Artisan Bakehouse founder Carina Lepore; Sophie Leighton from Bethlem Art Gallery and Museum of the Mind; and Jane Rogers, Chair of Beckenham Business Association. We wander as usual between topics including cricket, alpacas, Guerrilla Knitting in Orpington - taken from Chelsfield Village Voice magazine, Xmas Tree Farm, Brazilian food and drink in Bromley, Perry Hall Primary School's help for the Diagrama home/charity, Remembrance Sunday, Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts, the Lightopia Festival at Crystal Palace Park, the Chelsfield Players production of The Last Quiz Show On Earth, a contemporary Biggin Hill ration book, Zeenat's regular affirmation, and more.
We also make a potentially risky request for our listeners to tweet or otherwise share with us images of themselves and what they do while they listen to our podcast! #bromleybuzz
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, recorded in Newman Flexible Workspace in Bromley. From Remembrance Day to the Halloween takeover of Shortlands Station, to guest interviews with people at the station including Beckenham Rotary Club, and with Warrant Officer Cain of the 106th Regiment, Royal Artillery, the new episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast once more covers a lot of ground. Also reflecting on the recent swimathon in West Wickham in aid of the London Air Ambulance, in which Bromley Buzz co-presenter Zeenat Noorani took part while Darren Weale was enjoying himself at a launch of new food and drink outlets in Bromley's Royal Bell building (!).
Amongst other content, Zeenat offers her Affirmation of the week, we mention Bromley Council business grants, the Chislehurst Society, Chartwell Cancer Trust and Dame Gloria Hunniford, Mottingham's Community and Learning Shop, and the Mayor of Bromley.
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, recorded in Newman Flexible Workspace in Bromley. Today's guest is the Deputy Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Tony Owen. In an excerpt from a longer, separate interview, we cover Tony's professional background and career as a Councillor. His stories touch on matters including cassette tapes, cream teas, and Bromley Morris Dancers. Zeenat and Darren discuss musicals at the Churchill Theatre, the new CASPA Life With Autism podcast, Bromley and neanderthals in Doctor Who, actor Michael York - President of Bromley Little Theatre, showmances, the new Life In Orpington magazine, the Priory Gardens Wildlife Foundation, bears in Scadbury Park and Bromley Rotary Club. Along with other content, Zeenat offers her Affirmation of the week .
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Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, recorded in The Orpington Restaurant and Record Store. We talk about the upcoming Remembrance Day commemoration with a special recording from the Orpington Royal British Legion Club, discuss a prize winning student from Newstead Wood School For Girls and a community award-winning Premier Store in Orpington. We cover toilets, coffee shops and gouda sausages, ice rinks and bum cushions! We interview 7-year old Jess from one of the 40 (!) teams at Orpington Football Club. Harry Potter, Bromley Picturehouse and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley feature in our What's On and we cover a couple more of Bromley's Best Kept Secrets. Zeenat draws on the Dalai Lama for her Affirmation of the week and we talk about our outing to the Mayor of Bromley's Charity Ball at The Warren in Hayes, featuring the Force 10 Big Band. We look forward to interviewing Bromley's Deputy Mayor, Councillor Tony Owen, on 25th October, and we talk about much more besides. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, recorded in the Startup Bromley rooms at Bromley Library. Topics range from James Bond to Magpie Dance, to Strictly Come Dancing, the band Anabolic Steroids and the Priory Live Festival 2022. We have a spooky outdoor vox pops about 'best kept secret' Bromley Amphitheatre, and cover the Bromley High Street Cultural Activities Day. We play interviews with people we met there from Bromley Art Society, the South London Singers, the Arts Society Bromley (adding their 1st November talk on London Underground as an Art Gallery to our What's On section), the Bromley Arts Trust and the Workers Educational Association, Bromley Little Theatre, Reverend Agnita from the Bromley Chaplaincy, and the Bromley Civic Society, ending on a chat about the Royal Bell (listen to the interview with Gary Hillman in our previous episode) and Bromley sci-fi author HG Wells. We cover lots more Bromley ground, and we look forward to interviewing Bromley's Deputy Mayor, Councillor Tony Owen, on 25th October. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, recorded remotely (petrol crisis, don't ask). Which member of Bromley Council was called 'darling' on BBC Radio London in the last few days? What were several Mayors of Bromley doing at Biggin Hill airport recently? What is the latest Buzz about Bromley? All this and more is revealed in this latest barely edited episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast. Gary Hillman, who has revived The Royal Bell in Bromley Town centre, is interviewed and talks about family ties and future plans. As Strictly Come Dancing 2021 continues on TV, we share a Strictly-related show at the Churchill Theatre on in 2022, and refer to a 'Buzzing' show on 7th and 8th October this year at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge. Zeenat provides her regular Affirmation of the Week. We also interview the Chislehurst Rotary Club members comprising the Human Fruit Machine at a Macmillan Coffee Morning, and share exciting news of our upcoming interview with Member of Parliament for Orpington, Gareth Bacon. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
In this special episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast, Darren Weale interviews actor Debbie Bird about her one-person show, Buzzing, at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, ahead of her two night run there on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th October.
We discover Debbie's past teaching at Bromley at Biggin Hill's Charles Darwin school, talk about the value of smaller theatres and the Bridge House in particular, Debbie's career pivot (before the term was even widely used), and her 'Buzzing' character Julie - 'Newly divorced. 50. Lost. Julie's search for her sex life is on.' We wrap up with some impromptu improv with Darren as dating suitor 'Gerald' meeting Julie for a first dinner date.... Does it go well? Is he the one? Listen to the episode to find out.
Do go and see the show and support your local Arts scene - and feel better for it. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley recorded in the Tangent Office Resources shop in Orpington with the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning run by owner Chandra Sharma going on in the background. A bitesize interview with the Mayoress of Bromley precedes a longer interview with Neil and Emily from the new Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington, which has an impressive range of equipment including a punchbag used 'live' during the interview, and a team of coaches, and the ambition that "...if everybody lifts everybody, eventually we will change the world." A final interview is with Jules Serkin of the Business Bunker show and podcast on Channel Radio (Tuesdays 1-3pm). We talk about the things that have made us buzz lately including resuming face to face networking, the prizes donated to the coffee morning, holidays, and family.
Zeenat provides her Affirmation of the Week which leads to recognition for several people who 'lift up' Zeenat and Darren, and What's On locally. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, together with Sarah Marsh-Collings, digital marketing expert and the person who coined the name 'Bromley Buzz' (thank you, Sarah!). In this lively episode Darren discovers a regrettable penchant for using the words 'head honcho', Sarah talks mad scientists, and the Reverend Andy Coyne of the Temple United Reform Church in St Mary Cray offers a Thought for the Day, Singing, eyelash talk and spaniels and parks and ice cream vans precede a lovely interview with Keith and Alice of the Bromley Little Theatre (from the dressing room) which shows what an inspiring place at the heart of the community the theatre has. We touch on Bromley's agricultural and equine dimension and the Jack Frost Pet & Country store. We talk about just why it is that we love Bromley (yes, we do), Zeenat provides her Affirmation of the Week, and reflect on impressive deadlifting, and What's On locally. The show wraps up with a Bonus Buzz from Zeenat. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
We loved visiting Bromley Little Theatre so much that we have made it our first special, single topic episode of the Bromley Buzz podcast. Listen as Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk from a dressing room full of costumes, hair products and theatrical paraphenalia with Alice Foster and Keith Jeremiah about the 80-year plus history of the theatre, its importance to the community and about future plans and productions. Actor Alice reads a little from the script of the current production, and we touch upon topics such as the theatres work with local schools and CASPA, the friendships and positive mental health impact of the theatre, and the sheer love it inspires. Do go and see the shows, and if you can, support the theatre in other ways via donations and advertising. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk from a residence in the heart of Bromley about what's buzzing locally, from new US Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu to Bromley Little Theatre and its latest production, to the new Bromley Business Hub and onto a poem specially crafted for listeners Trevor and Sandra in Ireland! We have an interview with former Mayor of Bromley and current Small Business Champion, Hannah Gray, and mentions including for the Beckenham Comedy Cabaret, Perry Hall School - where the words 'Be the best you can be' are important and they were echoed by Hannah in her interview -, the People Skills Course, Telecoms World, and a live recording of a sandwich purchase at Mustard in Southborough! We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk from a sunny Bromley garden, and during a roadtrip to Queensway in Petts Wood, about what's buzzing in Bromley, from Emma Radecanu at the US Open, to the Mayors Ball on 16th October, the Lift Each Other Studio open day in Orpington, Mumbai Central in Hayes, Mindset Matters this week on Channel Radio with Jet of Buster Shuffle, the Chislehurst Rotary Club, Streetpin and Jade Window Cleaning Services, the weekly affirmation, and the Hear Today event on 18th September at Orpington Methodist Church. Plus much more, including more of Petts Wood, including Divas and Dudes Hair Boutique, nail bars galore, Petts Wood DIY, Life In Orpington magazine, Smartypants Bespoke Alterations and Dry Cleaning, Elliotts Cafe (dog friendly!), the Royal British Legion, St Christophers Hospice charity shop, the Cafe and Art Gallery (hi, Shakia!), Queensway Autos, the Petts Wood Mandarin pre-school, Petts Wood Methodist Church and amateur dramatics, the Fired Up Pottery Painting Studio, Pet Perfection, Samson and Kiwi the budgies. And with special sounds provided by Crows and the budgies of Pet Perfection. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk from Newman Flexible Workspace about what's buzzing in Bromley, from the Costa Del Orpington and Sex In The Walnuts to the whopping sandwiches of Southborough, and DJ Steve Anthony on the Boat That Rocked. Hear from our guest Lauretta Wright of Life In Orpington magazine and her exclusive news about a new Bromley magazine title. Also our own exclusive news as our show goes onto the regular Channel Radio roster. There are updates on events including at the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington, the Open House at the Royal Bell, and, as ever, the impact of Bromley people outside Bromley, plus spinning chairs, The Cockpit where beer meets flowers in Chislehurst, and more. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale talk from Newman Flexible Workspace about what's buzzing in Bromley. Hear about Tom Cruise In Biggin Hill, the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington, Buster Shuffle, children and beer, grape cake, an interview with Bromley resident Denise Meade-Hill of Transitions Career Management and Training Limited, Affirmations, wet T-shirts, ParkBathe, Bob Hokum, Paul Andrews/Jules Serkin's Business Bunker show, George the Legendary waiter, Saiichi Sugiyama, Bromley Business Champion Hannah Gray, Scouting For Girls, Weyfest, Crystal Palace Park, trains, Dr Who, Life In Orpington, multiple birthday wishes, a Tony Romero serenade, Jade Window Cleaning Specialists, Rotary Club Bromley, Bromley Rotary Passport Club, polygamy, the impact of Bromley people outside Bromley, what happens to ex-boyfriends, and more. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Darren Weale and Green Hat Girl Zeenat Noorani talk about what's buzzing in Bromley, with content about West Wickham, Orpington, central Bromley, and Penge. One of the co-presenters is sacked during the show, and there's an interview with Chandra Sharma of Tangent Office Resources at the Priory Live Festival, ahead of his Macmillan coffee morning in Orpington on 25th September 2021. Hear the latest of mindset coach Zeenat's Affirmations, what to do with duct tape, where you can find Thor's hammer in Bromley, and listen to our weekly maelstrom of alcohol. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz.
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk about Bromley, and particularly the Priory Live music festival. Zeenat was up on stage as MC and talked about mental health with musicians, and we interviewed musician Tizane. Like the festival, we are spreading the love! Don't miss our first and quite possibly last rap and our now trademark barely edited, 'as it happened' discussion.
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani talk Bromley and anything else that comes along in this ground-breaking, experimental trial, pilot concept-proving (or not) first episode of Bromley Buzz.