Bromley Buzz

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 23...

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 .    We are spreading the love!   Do listen...

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 . Th...

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 .   We are spreading the love!   Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our w...

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 re...

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 T...

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. Ce...

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...

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 Brom...

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, Depu...

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...

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 he...

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! 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 ,  Tw...

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...

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 forw...

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 Sp...

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...

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 im...

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 charact...

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...

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 laugh...

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.  We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website  www.bromleybuzz.co.uk , w...

Darren Weale interviews Clive Efford , Member Of Parliament for Eltham and Chislehurst. 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...

Darren Weale , Sarah Marsh-Collings and Zeenat Noorani (live from Dubai) record a Bromley Buzz episode on Zoom. 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...

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...