Bromley Buzz

Darren Weale talks with actress and activist Jameela Jamil at her latest Move For Your Mind 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 Shampan Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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! 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 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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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.

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. 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 the Shampan Group of restaurants. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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! 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.

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. 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. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 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. 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 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. 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. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

Darren Weale interviews stars of 2024's pantomime at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 Restaurant Group, and Ian Wood Property. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

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. 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 the Shampan Group of restaurants. #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley