Bromley Buzz

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...

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? L...

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 Commu...

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 Broml...

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 toget...

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 Pe...

From 5 year old athletes, to elite international athletes and Paralympians, B lackheath 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...

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, Brom...

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, j...

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 Eac...

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...

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 pup...

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, refle...

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 inter...

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 church...

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...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. We talk about the elves of  Bromley Rotary Club s, 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...

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 Churc...

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...

"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 2...

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 Associat...

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...

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. Ze...

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...

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 Activitie...