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Bromley Buzz
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!
Episodes
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Episode 191: Halstead and District Horticultural Society Autumn Show
Darren Weale joins the Bromley residents who attend the Halstead and District Horticultural Society Autumn Show in the district of Sevenoaks. He interviews the…
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Episode 190: Chandra Sharma of Start Up Bromley
Zeenat Noorani interviews Chandra Sharma of Start Up Bromley and Elmcroft Business Services. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You…
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Episode 189: Bromley Wheelchair Rugby begins
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…
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Episode 188: Simi Ghuman: Care and Community
Zeenat Noorani interviews Simi Ghuman of Radfield Home Care in Bromley. Simi and her fellow Director Chanice Baugh are positively involved with the community…
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Episode 187: Bromley boundaries and property wishes with IQ Property Services
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…
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Episode 186: Interviews at Bromley Picturehouse cinema, charity squats, and Lush grows
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…
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Episode 185: Mayor of Bromley Cllr Dr David Jefferys - celebrating wonderful achievements by wonderful people
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…
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Episode 184: In the open air with Nuthatch Retreats
Zeenat Noorani interviews Neil and Lisa of Nuthatch Retreats - after experiencing a woodland retreat with them. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and…
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Episode 183: Armed Forces Day - live and with interviews
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…
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Episode 182: Thursday Club at St John's URC, Orpington
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…
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Episode 181: From the Crown & Anchor in Bromley
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…
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Episode 180: Music Relief Foundation
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…
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Episode 179: Orpington Repair Cafe
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…
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Episode 178: Mr Punch at Penge Pride Picnic 2024
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…
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Episode 177: Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley: science and shining a light
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…
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Episode 176: Chislehurst Thrives!
Darren Weale interviews Matt Venner of Chislehurst Fitness and Visit Chislehurst ahead of the Chislehurst Thrives Festival on 30th June. We are spreading the…
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Episode 175: Priory Artists Studios - Hats off to Beci
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…
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Episode 174: From The British Queen, Locksbottom
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…
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Episode 173: Bromley Buzz Up May 2024, with Cllr Mike Botting, Mayor of Bromley
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…
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Episode 172: Creating everlasting memories: the Shampan restaurants
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…
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Episode 171: Bromley Greener and Cleaner Hub fundraiser launch
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…
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Episode 170: Young Entertainers Academy Awards
Zeenat Noorani interviews Sazz Wanogho-Maud, Founder of the Young Entertainers Academy Awards. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You…
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Episode 169: A few words with Holocaust survivor Ziggi Shipper
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…
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Episode 168: Bromley BuzzUp networking events begin
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…
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Episode 167: Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner of Bromley Reform Synagogue
Darren Weale interviews Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner of Bromley Reform Synagogue. We cover matters such as what a Rabbi is, feminism, equality, the synagogue…
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Episode 166: BuzzUps, Shampan restaurants, and local events
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…
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Episode 165: London Landmarks Half Marathon with added Buzz
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…
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Episode 164: Cllr Mike Botting, Mayor of Bromley
Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Cllr Mike Botting, Mayor of Bromley, in the Mayor's Parlour. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the…
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Episode 163: Time Travel: Jo Johnson MP at Newstead Wood School in 2018
Darren Weale presents students from Newstead Wood School interviewing Jo Johnson, then Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington, in 2018. This interview was a…
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Episode 162: Theatre and more with Metamorphoses and Not Such Stuff
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…
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Episode 161: Books In The Park
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…
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Episode 160: Not Such Stuff - play in West Wickham 16 March
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…
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Episode 159: The Primrose Centre
Darren Weale interviews Denise Spencer at the Primrose Centre, which supports people with breast cancer and their families. We are spreading the love! Do…
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Episode 158: Bromley is Quite Happy, really
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…
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Episode 157:Little Big Birthday Buzz
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…
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Episode 156: Ian Wood Property - Orpington meets Bromley and the UK
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…
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Episode 155: Carnival Coffee Roasters and a Roving Rainbow
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…
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Episode 154: Mercedes Yearley and Mindful Theatre for the Soul
Jacqui Weale interviews Mercedes Yearley, whose Quest Soul Theatre has celebrated its first anniversary, providing a special outlet for people in Bromley to…
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Episode 153: Bromley Buzz does Mindset Matters and #iweigh!
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…
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Episode 152: Wellness, coffee, and the return of the Emperor
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…
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Episode 151: Calendar Girls, Carnival Coffee Roasters, and Custard Fish
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…
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Episode 150: Happy New 2024: Keston Collectables and Girls Rugby
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…
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Episode 149: Joëlle’s of Chislehurst, panettone and people
Zeenat Noorani interviews Joelle, owner of Joelle's in Chislehurst, an independent delicatessen and coffee house. As the interview reveals, the establishment…
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Episode 148: Dames, Divas, and Dennis of Penge
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. We…
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Episode 147: Chris Woodley, a writer Back In Bromley
Zeenat Noorani interviews Chris Woodley, a writer with Bromley roots., on the night they visited Bromley Little Theatre. Chris talks about his life, career…
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Episode 146: Zidan Miah of Bromley and Rayo Vallecano - touching grass
Darren Weale interviews Zidan Miah, a Rayo Vallecano footballer with Bromley roots. We interviewed Zidan previously in episode 94. Speaking in Bromley's…
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Episode 145: Bromley Above And Beyond
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…
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Episode 144: Marble Cake - thoughtful theatre
Zeenat Noorani interviews Nathaniel Allen and Olivia Penhallow of the Chequered Theatre Co, co-writers and stars of the theatre production Marble Cake, which…
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Episode 143: Councillor insights: Sam Webber and Graeme Casey, Bromley Town Centre.
Darren Weale interviews Bromley Town Centre Councillors Sam Webber and Graeme Casey. Sam and Graeme reminisce on their journeys leading to becoming…
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Episode 142: Terra Firma Landscapes: Making people’s outdoor dreams a reality
Darren Weale interviews Luke Richards and Luke Russell from Bromley Buzz sponsors Terra Firma Landscapes. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the…
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Episode 141: Bromley Well and Bromley Self-Care Week
Zeenat Noorani interviews Nicola Fishman of Bromley Well, ahead of Bromley Self-Care Week. Details here. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the…
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Episode 140: Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Chislehurst
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…
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Episode 139: A golden period for Bromley?
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…
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Episode 138: Colin Smith, Leader of Bromley Council
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…
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Episode 137: TEDx Beckenham and more life in Bromley
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…
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Episode 136: Sumeet Jalan, BigJalebi, and a starry night in Bromley for Diwali
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…
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Episode 135: Charles Darwin at Down House Part 3 - Darwin’s living landscape laboratory
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…
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Episode 134: Charles Darwin at Down House Part 2 - Inside downstairs, and a slide....
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…
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Episode 133: Charles Darwin at Down House Part 1 - Outside looking in
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…
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Episode 132: Bromley Newsbeat, Merchant of Venice 1936, and Radfield Home Care
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…