The Brentwood Buzz

27/10/2024

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16/10/2024

It's funny how interviews for The Brentwood Buzz come about. A couple of weeks ago in Hey Joe Music having just interviewed Pixie Lott for the podcast, The Brentwood Buzz bumped into Sifu Andy Dennis of Meridian Kung Fu - Brentwood who suggested we pop down to the free self defence classes he runs in town in conjunction with Essex Police and Brentwood Borough Council.
So The Brentwood Buzz, the mild mannered janitor of podcasts, headed to Long Ridings Primary School last week to learn how to be safe. You can hear about the classes on The Brentwood Buzz and sign up for them here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-with-us-self-defence-class-tickets-1010425207997

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14/10/2024

A lovely evening at Chicken & Frog Bookshop browsing without being interrupted by tiny youth. A pile of books bought - Christmas is now partly sorted! Do try to visit for the next one and support the best independent bookshop in town! (And have a look at back episodes of The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify and Amazon Music to hear an interview with the shop’s lovely owner, Natasha!)

10/10/2024

The latest episode of Brentwood's celebratory podcast, The Brentwood Buzz is now available to hear on Spotify and Amazon Music .
This week The Buzz meets Brentwood podiatrist Neil McAllister of Kinetic Podiatry Clinic to find out what brought him to Brentwood and what makes him stay.

This week's Brentwood Buzz takes a look at how looking after your feet can change your life. A big claim, but one Neil McAllister, whose Kinetic Podiatry Clinic is based in the Brentwood Centre, is willing to stand by. The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet Neil to find out why he chose to work his foo...

03/10/2024

Very excited to see The Brentwood Buzz get its first print appearance in the Brentwood Gazette story about Pixie Lott’s appearance at Hey Joe Music last week! Next stop - a full article!

29/09/2024

Brentwood's best known pop star and song writer, Pixie Lott, is back in town and The Brentwood Buzz was lucky enough to have a chat with her when she came to Hey Joe Music, just off Crown Street, Brentwood, to launch her new album, Encino.
The Buzz found out why Pixie loves our Sainsbury's, how she can't believe the youth of today can't remember Blockbuster Video, and corrects a mistake on her Wikipedia page about where she went to school.
The Brentwood Buzz is a podcast celebrating all that's good about the people and places of Brentwood, Essex, You can find it on Spotify or Amazon Music.

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There are moments where asking a cheeky question gets results - and this has been doubly true for The Brentwood Buzz and Brentwood's fabulous independent record shop Hey Joe Music. Hey Joe heard Brentwood's own famous singer/songwrite Pixie Lott was launching her new album, Encino, on 27th September...

05/09/2024

After something of a summer hiatus The Brentwood Buzz is back twice in a week! Today the podcast celebrating all that’s good about the people and places of Brentwood, Essex, has been inspired by Ambitious Women In Essex, organised by Essex County Council, to report on a fab event for business women in Brentwood and had a great time!
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Get a group of loud, inspiring, ambitious women together and amazing things can happen. That's what happened at the Holiday Inn in Brentwood as Ambitious Women in Essex, run by Essex County Council, brought the best of Brentwood's businesswomen together for coffee, cake and conversation. And The Bre...

29/08/2024

After a little summer break, The Brentwood Buzz is back with a people-packed podcast featuring Brentwood's Orchestras for Young Musicians (BOYM to its friends). If you have a youth in your house who plays an instrument and could do with making music outside the house with a bunch of fellow young musicians, this is a great group for them to join.
You can find The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify and Amazon Music or make it easy for yourself click on the link below.

With schools doing less and less music within the curriculum, young musicians in Brentwood are fortunate to have the opportunity to learn to play in an orchestra through Brentwood's Orchestras for Young Musicians. The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet some of the people who play, conduct and stock the...

19/07/2024

The Brentwood Buzz is back with an update on someone we first met just over a year ago at a Make Your Market event at The Baytree Shopping Centre organised by Brentwood Borough Council.

Charlotte Robinson from and her apprentice Elisabeth now run The Creative Hub Brentwood in King George’s Playing Fields just by the skate park with coffee, chat and crafting on offer.

Have a listen to what they do on The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify, Amazon Music or by clicking the link below!

Just over a year ago The Brentwood Buzz met Charlotte Robinson from Minus Cloud Nine at market for small businesses at the Baytree Centre. And now Charlotte has opened her own Creative Hub, offering coffee, craft and counselling in what used to be the Council storage shed by the Skate Park in King G...

15/05/2024

Have you got a young person in the house who could be the next Mo Farah or Paula Radcliffe? Or a child who needs to let off a bit of steam at the weekend? Hutton Recreation Ground junior parkrun could be just the place for them to go on a Sunday morning to do a timed 2k run, meet other children with similar interests and develop their running skills. Oh, and have lots of fun!
Having had a great time at Brentwood parkrun a couple of weeks ago, join Brentwood's most celebratory podcast, The Brentwood Buzz, on a visit to meet the participants, organisers and parents from the Hutton Rec Juniors on Spotify and Amazon Music.

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01/05/2024

If you want to get fit for summer, find some friends to start the Couch to 5k programme, or just have a lovely run in the park in a Saturday morning, you may wish to consider signing up for Brentwood Parkrun.
The Brentwood Buzz headed off to Weald Park last Saturday to meet some of the fabulously friendly and fun people (and Muddy Buddy) who have already discovered the delights of a 5k run.
You can find the podcast on Spotify (link below) and Amazon Music,

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17/04/2024

The Brentwood Buzz, Brentwood's very own celebratory podcast, is back after the Easter break and has been to visit the Anglo European School in Ingatestone to meet its inspirational headteacher, Jody Gee.
Jody found her love for education at her childhood schools - St Mary's Primary School in Shenfield and Shenfield High School - before training to be a teacher and becoming a headteacher.
The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet Jody and talk all things from the national curriculum and enrichment in learning, to the Arctic Monkeys and the Lizzy Line.

You can find the Brentwood Buzz on Spotify (follow the link below) and on Amazon Music (shout at your Alexa)

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The Borough of Brentwood is fortunate to have wonderful primary and secondary schools, and a plethora of enthusiastic, dedicated and patient teacher and support staff to bring the best of education to our children and young people. The Anglo European School in Ingatestone is a secondary school speci...

07/02/2024

It's a well known fact that if you cannot get the technology in your house to work, hand it over to the youngest member of the household and they will have it fixed in seconds.
A new coding club, TechyTots is making sure the admirable youthful skill to absorb new ideas and press buttons without fear, is being nurtured.

Brentwood's own podcast, The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet some children who have been trying out the new club in town, TechyTots Brentwood, to learn some new ideas.


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