The Brentwood Buzz

29/12/2023

We are an specialist children's bookshop, with a tuition centre on site. However, we have a new section for adults too! We pride ourselves on stocking an eclectic mix of diverse books to suit all tastes and interests. We have a real passion for children’s books and are committed to providing a com...

02/12/2023

Saturday evening TV is back where it should be with the BBC celebrating 60 years of sci-fi favourite, Doctor Who, and broadcasting three anniversary specials starring the marvellous David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
Last week saw the Doctor and Donna find each other again, and they have two more adventures to have before the sonic screwdriver is handed over the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa.
Overseeing the production of the specials and the new series is Series Producer, Vicki Delow, who used to run Cafe Amore in Brentwood, UK and now lives in the town with her family. So, of course, we've asked her for some behind the scenes gossip, and put questions from fans to her for this week's episode of The Brentwood Buzz!




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29/11/2023

Great idea. And hear more about all the theatre offers the town on this week’s The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify.

Here at Brentwood Theatre, we believe that everyone should have access to theatre. Therefore, we're thrilled to be able to support two special 'Pay What You Can' performances of our Christmas family musical Let It Snow! ❄️

These performances will be on Friday 15th and Monday 18th December at 6pm; booking details below 👇

❄️ Let it Snow, an original family Christmas musical by Brentwood Theatre.

🎟 Tickets for Friday 15th at 6pm: https://brentwood-theatre.co.uk/event/let-it-snow/2023-12-15/3/

🎟 Tickets for Monday 18th at 6pm: https://brentwood-theatre.co.uk/event/let-it-snow-4/2023-12-18/2/

📅 Pay what you can only available on Friday 15th and Monday 18th, 6pm performances.

📍Brentwood Theatre, 15 Shenfield Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8AG.

22/11/2023

Another great independent Crown Street, Brentwood shop features on The Brentwood Buzz this week. Taylor Wines Essex is a post-pandemic addition to Crown Street, with owner Edwin Taylor providing great advice on drinks to buy for yourself or as a gift, and a new destination venue for wine-tastings.
You can catch this latest episode of The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-brentwood-buzz

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11/11/2023

The Brentwood Buzz is back on Crown Street, Brentwood for its latest podcast celebrating all that's good about the people and places of Brentwood Essex.

This week The Buzz is at Chantilly Brentwood after hearing they are due to start serving afternoon teas suitable for people with Type 2 diabetes. If that sounds like just the thing for you and your family and friends, take a listen to this week's Brentwood Buzz and then book in to Chantilly for some tasty treats in Brentwood's pinkest tea room.

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04/11/2023

The latest podcast from Brentwood's own The Brentwood Buzz is ready and waiting for you to hear.
This week the Buzz is hearing from Essex Police's District Commander for policing in Brentwood and Epping, Chief Inspector Tina Cooper, about tackling crime, keeping people safe, and supporting women and girls.
You can find the podcast on Spotify here https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/e2bbnqa
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01/11/2023

Just to remind Brentwood theatre-goers this is on at the Brentwood Theatre this week until Saturday. A beautiful and well-written play celebrating female friendships - what's not to like!



There will be another podcast available from The Brentwood Buzz this week so keep an ear out for news of who's taking part.

Listen to this episode from The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify. A locally written play celebrating female friendship through a lifetime is coming to Brentwood Theatre at the beginning of November. Local Girls, a company of women aged from 7 to 80+, has created 'Sometime Soon' - a play with music - based....

18/10/2023

The strength of female friendships from childhood to old age is being celebrated in a new play from 'Local Girls, a company of women drawn from some of Brentwood's best local drama groups.

'Sometime Soon' is based on a monologue written by a member of the cast about what her mum did in the war. You can see the show at Brentwood Theatre from 3rd to 5th November - tickets are available from the theatre.

The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet the cast, director and the woman on whose mother's life the play is based.

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Listen to this episode from The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify. A locally written play celebrating female friendship through a lifetime is coming to Brentwood Theatre at the beginning of November. Local Girls, a company of women aged from 7 to 80+, has created 'Sometime Soon' - a play with music - based....

27/09/2023

Brentwood's most celebratory podcast, The Brentwood Buzz is back after a summer break, bringing news of a new shop which will delight comic book nerds and Manga fiends alike.
Comic Book Villains is Jason Rutland's second shop - the first being Comic Book Heroes.co.uk in Romford - and it's already attracting a lot of support from those of all ages who just love Marvel, DC, Dr Who and anime.

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02/08/2023

Have a listen to The Brentwood Buzz this week to find out why one of Brentwood's favourite curates is leaving for pastures new, and why he won't miss some of the more imaginative parking in the town centre.
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29/07/2023

The Brentwood Buzz has had a day out in one of the smaller villages in the Borough of Brentwood, at the NAVESTOCK VILLAGE SHOW & COUNTRY FAIR. Hundreds of people have enjoyed the stalls, entertainment and food at the Fair and The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet some of them.

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19/07/2023

The Brentwood Buzz is pleased to let you know There Never Was - A Podcast featuring the creative team and cast from Early Doors Productions is now available on Spotify for your delectation and delight.
There Never Was is a Shakespeare-esque romcom being performed this week in the courtyard at Ingatestone Hall, Ingatestone. Tickets are still available via the Early Doors' website and it is a great fun show for all the family. Grab a chair and a rainhood and go see it!

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-brentwood-buzz/episodes/S1Ep18-There-Never-Was---Early-Doors-Productions-on-The-Brentwood-Buzz-e274j2i

The Brentwood Buzz is a podcast celebrating all that is good about the people and places of Brentwood, UK. For more episodes, check out the link above.

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08/07/2023

The latest episode of The Brentwood Buzz is now available, and this week we're heading off to meet BOSSY Theatre, Brentwood's very own youth musical group. BOSSY's Musical Director, Max Harris, recently announced he is leaving Essex to get married and start a new job so the group is looking for a new person who has the time, musical skills and patience to oversee their next shows.
It'll be no easy job, but will be endlessly rewarding, as The Brentwood Buzz found out when visiting the first rehearsal for their next show, 'Footloose’.

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Brentwood is fortunate in having one of the best youth musical groups around in the form of BOSSY Theatre, which puts on full musicals in proper theatres with a cast aged 11-18. Bus BOSSY is in need of a new boss, as current Musical Director Max Harris is heading northwards for the joys of marriage....

21/06/2023

There's a new edition of The Brentwood Buzz available on Spotify now featuring Brentwood-based photojournalist, Ian Davidson.
You may have seen Ian in and around Brentwood with his camera, or seen his photos of politicians in your daily newspaper.
You can hear more about what brought him to Brentwood, and which politicians love, and hate, the cameras.
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Celebrating all that is good about Brentwood, Essex

03/06/2023

Today saw a gloriously sunny start to the 2023 Brentwood Art Trail when The Brentwood Buzz joined artists and local art enthusiasts for the first of a series of tours of the artwork on Brentwood High Street.
Sponsored by the Brentwood Business Partnership the Art Trail has displays in shops from the Chicken & Frog Bookshop and Nest Creperie to Schmidt Brentwood and Hey Joe Music.

Hear some of the artists talking about their work on this week's episode of your favourite podcast, The Brentwood Buzz

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The annual Brentwood Art Trail, organised by Villene Hyam and sponsored by the Brentwood Business Partnership, is taking place across the Borough throughout June. Art, in the form of ceramics, needlework, photographs, painting and collages, is on display in shops in the High Streets of Brentwood, In...

28/05/2023

More music from The Brentwood Buzz this week as this local podcast celebrating all that's good about the people and places of Brentwood, UK heads to St Thomas's Church in the centre of the town to chat to Thomas Rayner about how he came to be in Brentwood and his work with the St Thomas' Music Foundation



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14/05/2023

The latest episode of The Brentwood Buzz podcast is now available. This week looks back on the Coronation Festival organised by Brentwood Borough Council in Brentwood on Bank Holiday Monday and gathers the reflections of local people about the Coronation itself.
And if that's not enough, there's also a lovely chat with four Brentwood Explorer Scouts who are looking forward to a very exciting summer, and one of their leaders who's keen to recruit more adults to lead Scouting groups in the town.

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Amid the celebrations surrounding the Coronation of King Charles III last weekend, The Brentwood Buzz spent Bank Holiday Monday at the excellent Coronation Festival to reflect on what local people thought of the service and what really stood out for them. The Coronation Festival took place in a slig...

03/05/2023

Listen to The Brentwood Buzz this week for the Buzz's Coronation Preparation Special! Featuring memories from the knitters at the Daily Bread Serving Our Community Cafe, window decorations from Abigail's Lifestyle in Ingatestone, and music from the Brentwood Imperial Youth Band, you can hear just some of the plans in place in Brentwood for the Coronation.

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The Coronation of King Charles III is this weekend and this historic event is being celebrated across Brentwood . Conversations about the Coronation, and memories of the last Coronation, are being shared by friends and families across the Borough. Shop windows are full of red, white and blue display...

23/04/2023

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Anyone who has walked past the Spread Eagle Pub on Queen's Road in Brentwood will be familiar with the wonderful murals which regularly appear on the wall opposite the back entrance to St Thomas's Churchyard. The artist behind these murals is artist Mario Corile (http://www.corile-design.co.uk/) , a...

19/04/2023

The 2022 Essex Young Musician of the Year, Tom Hodgkinson, is the latest guest on The Brentwood Buzz podcast this week. Tom, who's a student at Brentwood School, is an amazing classical guitarist and he plans to take up a career in music after his A levels.

The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet him, and his guitar, to chat about why he started playing the guitar and how he's ended up being mentored by the legendary classical guitarist John Williams.

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S1Ep11 - The Brentwood Buzz has already featured a very talented local musician, Amy Hollingsworth, who is just finishing her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and heading out in the big world of jazz vocals. But Brentwood is a hotbed of young musical talent, and this week The Brentwood Buzz....

05/04/2023

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Anyone who has walked past the Spread Eagle Pub on Queen's Road in Brentwood will be familiar with the wonderful murals which regularly appear on the wall opposite the back entrance to St Thomas's Churchyard. The artist behind these murals is artist Mario Corile (http://www.corile-design.co.uk/) , a...

05/04/2023

Every season another beautiful mural appears on the side wall of The Spread Eagle pub in Brentwood. The work is by mural artist Mario Corile, and The Brentwood Buzz bumped into him as he painted his latest Spring/Coronation artwork last month.
You can see the painting on the wall of the pub on Queen's Road, and hear how he manages to create such amazing work in the latest podcast from The Brentwood Buzz on Spotify (and by clicking on the link below!)

Anyone who has walked past the Spread Eagle Pub on Queen's Road in Brentwood will be familiar with the wonderful murals which regularly appear on the wall opposite the back entrance to St Thomas's Churchyard. The artist behind these murals is artist Mario Corile (http://www.corile-design.co.uk/) , a...

01/04/2023

Brentwood was buzzing this morning with an Alice in Wonderland inspired Cluedo wide game taking place in Crown Street, Brentwood and beyond, the Rock Choir singing in The Baytree Shopping Centre as the market took place and plenty of people out and about shopping and having coffee in one of the many independent and High Street chain coffee houses. Next time, The Brentwood Buzz will take a microphone and bring you that buzz to the podcast!

22/03/2023

The latest episode of Brentwood's own podcast, celebrating all that is good about the people and places in the town is now available. Jane Bennett of Bennetts Funeral Directors Ltd tells the Buzz about how she came to be in Brentwood, the training a funeral director needs, and why there's a lot of paperwork involved if you wanted an Oliver Twist style mute to lead your procession.

The cheerful and ever-changing displays in the windows of Bennetts Funeral Directors in Brentwood reflect the company's long-standing position and importance in the lives - and deaths - of many Brentwood inhabitants. But if you think the funeral business involves little more than a long car and some...

18/03/2023

Young entrepreneurs had the chance to show their wares in a special Make Your Market event in The Baytree Shopping Centre in Brentwood this morning.
The event was aimed at those who are under 30 and just setting up in business, so The Brentwood Buzz went along to meet Charlotte from Minus Cloud Nine, Lucy from Amara London Boutique and Lily from DottysCreatives.
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13/03/2023

Thanks Hey Joe Music for the mention and good to see the shop is getting the attention it deserves!

09/03/2023

With today's news that Mae Muller is going to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, there is only one place in Brentwood you need to go to find her song on vinyl. That's Hey Joe Music at the Baytree Centre in Brentwood, but only if Sam Ryder and Depeche Mode stand aside for a moment.

Yes, this week on The Brentwood Buzz we meet Marc Sardinha who runs the town's record shop, Hey Joe! You can hear if he or The Brentwood Buzz have the coolest first album they ever bought. (Marc wins...)

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08/03/2023

Celebrating International Ladies Day 2023 at Bennetts Funeral Directors
Nicola Saunders, Lisa Foot, Bridget Holley, Tina Linger, Jane Bennett and Denise Rixon look after all areas of Bennetts Funeral Directors, including all aspects of funeral arrangements, monumental masonry, wedding vehicle hire, bereavement support groups and community events.