Radio Harrow

Volunteers week is on from the 2nd to the 8th June with the aim of inspiring people across the country to make a difference in their local area. In this Harrow Today Highlight, Teams Tuesday and Wednesday talk about what made them volunteer for Radio Harrow. 

Sarika caught up with Jenny & Emily Loomes from East Lane Productions about their upcoming play The Revlon Girl, which tells the story of when a group of grieving mothers invite a Revlon lady to their support group following the 1966 Aberfan disaster. 

As Radio Harrow turned 10, Steve, Shreena, Sarika and Shrey caught up to reminisce and celebrate the last decade. 

Anandi speaks to Lydia from Malaria No More UK, who are on a mission to end Malaria outbreaks globally. Anandi and Lydia are also joined by Harrow East MP, Bob Blackman. 

James from Harrow Borough FC presents a round up of what is happening at the club. For more info, head to pitchero.com/clubs/harrowborough/

Radio Harrow's Tejneet and Anjeli speaks to Stanmore Based artist Ketna Patel about their current exhibition at the Heath Robinson Museum; Pop art with purpose. Drawing on her experiences living and working within multiple cultures, British-Indian Pop artist Ketna Patel has created a boundary-pushing new exhibition for the Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner.The work is rich in cultural and mythological references, channelling everything from science fiction to Hindu and Christian iconography. It celebrates the sheer diversity of human creative expression while playfully critiquing the consumerist and Western narratives that dominate much of the world. Having grown up in Kenya and spent many years living and working in South East Asia and India, Patel has a truly global vision. She now divides her time between London and Pune, India.Running from January 9 to February 8, 2025, the show, titled REMIXOLOGY, unites East and West, old and new, the sacred and the everyday, making innovative use of video, print and photography. 

Tim is joined in the studio by Munur Shah, who is working passionately to educate parents and young people about the dangers of excessive screen time and the pitfalls of social media - identifying the "Bad Actors" who are endangering our children. For more information and to learn more about his book, Screen Addict, head to rebeltherapies.com

Radio Harrow's Amrita spoke to Susan, from Parents For Future. They discuss the importance of climate action and take us on a tour of their most recent street party. To find out more, visit parentsforfuture.org.uk. 

Amrita is joined by Chris, Curator at Heath Robinson Museum and Cliff, a trustee of the museum. In the interview, they talk about the process of putting together the new Micheal Rosen exhibition. 

Radio Harrow's Tom and Amrita caught up with local author Micheal Rosen. Discussing all things writing, inspiration as well as growing up in Pinner. 

In this episode of Conversation Corner - Sabeeha is joined by Rachel Walters from End Child Poverty. 

Gary Walker is joined by friend of the station, Nick DuGard where Nick reveals Wealdstone FC's new management and plans for the season.

Gary walker is joined by Dr Nicole D. Bradford, an energetic presenter that has overcome several challenges in her life including witnessing domestic violence as a child, workplace labels/limitations, supervising while young, and desiring success while being labelled and disliked by peers, and family members (both in-laws and outlaws). As a first-generation college graduate, and the youngest of six children she began her career working with disenfranchised youth and setting up programs to ensure their success. Dr Bradford has been fortunate to work as a Professor, Vice President of Student Services, Teacher, Assistant Principal, and Campus Principal.When we were all young, we had the spark and enthusiasm for life. As we transitioned from our childhood to the adult world we begin to conform and focused more on meeting everyone else's expectations rather than focusing on our own. Dr Bradford is in the process of writing her next book "My Soul is NOT for sale". This book focuses on how we can break away from the Lies, Labels and Limitations and create the life you deserve.Picture - Speaker Hub

In this episode of Conversation Corner, Sabeeha is joined by Elizabeth Sullivan from Dementia UK.

Andrew is joined by Professor Anthony Pinching who brings us up to speed on all things Pinner Music Festival, including who's performing and how you can get involved!It's on from the 10th to the 15th of June at Pinner Parish Church. Get your tickets now at Pinnermusicfestival.co.uk

Mel is joined by Katie Godman who has just released a book about the history of Gothic Fashion. 

Mel is joined by Lawrence and Alex, telling the incredible story behind how they broke the Guinness Book of Records for swimming all 5 Oceans in 7 Days.  

In this Radio Harrow exclusive, Anneka and Oliver speak to Councillor Ramji Chauhan, the Mayor Of Harrow about raising awareness of dementia. The Mayor was in attendance of a Dementia Hub event at Northwick Park Hospital. 

Shree speaks to Sunil from Ruislip Running Club about how he got into running and into training for the London Marathon. For more information about Ruislip Running club, head to ruislip-rc.org.uk.

Gary has a chat to Nick DuGard from Wealdstone FC. 

Gary chats to Willie Armstrong from The Red Hot Chilli Pipers,  The are a “bag-rock” group that combines rock/pop music with bagpipes. 

In this exclusive, Brian speaks to Doctor Chris Nordstrom about A&E. Chris talks about what to expect when going to A&E and what you can do to help. 

Join Gary Walker as he chats to the sensational Justine Riddoch, a Tina Turner tribute act, about her upcoming tour. 

In her interview debut, Radio Harrow's Shree speaks to Louise McNally from Network Rail, about their current campaign called Small Talk Saves Lives in partnership with The Samaritans and British Transport Police.  The campaign aims to encourage the public to support those who may be in emotional crisis around them on the rail network.For more information head to https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/safety-in-the-community/railway-safety-campaigns/suicide-prevention-campaigns/. If you need help or support with this topic, it can be found here: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

Brian heads off to the Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner to speak to Assistant Curator Hannah Whyte about their new exhibition celebrating the lift of toy maker, artist and suffragette Mary V Wheelhouse. 

Hannah got an exclusive chance to catch up with the one of the UK's most experienced life and career coaches, Joanne Mallon. In this interview, Joanne talks about her books and how you can make more from life. 

Harrow Today Team Tuesday was joined by a Radio Harrow legend - Marty Rose. Marty Co-Founded Radio Northwick Park (Now Radio Harrow) in 1971. Marty tells us some stories about what the radio station was like back in the 70s. You can read more about our history and heritage here: https://www.radioharrow.org/about/

Brian Rose speaks to the Conductor of Trinity Orchestra about their upcoming concert on the 20th January. 

Technicians: We Make the Difference  is a new campaign about raising awareness of the roles technicians do. It follows a survey conducted by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation which found only 5% of young people know a lot about jobs a technician can do.Sarika speaks to Tyler Terry-Wallace, a Simulation Technician at Guys & St Thomas' Hospital.  He's one of the people in these hidden technician roles. In his job he uses a very expensive manikin (a jointed model of the human body, used in medical training) to create real-life scenarios within a mock-up ward for doctors and nurses to train with.

Sarah McCulloch MSc is an autistic occupational therapist with experience across a range of acute mental health, community, and paediatric settings. She currently works as an NHS manager in North London. Her lived experience as an autistic adult and her professional experiences of meeting unidentified autistic people in every service in which she worked led her to found the Autistic Empire in 2018. The Autistic Empire is an autistic social organisation built by and for autistic adults to form a community based on autism as a civic identity and to provide practical tools and services for all autistic people. Sarah's increasing professional focus is the importance and development of positive autistic identity. Sarah is based in London, UK.During the show we touched on her journey in life towards being diagnosed with autism, her previous work as an occupational therapist and her current work as an NHS manager. We talked about what autism means, the biggest challenges faced by autistic people, the importance of language and identity and about the organisation she set up Autistic Empire, and about autistic pride which the organisation sponsors.Autistic empire Instagram: https://instagram.com/autisticempire?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autisticempire@autistic_empire on X

Snow White proves to be the best Panto ever at Harrow Arts Centre. Radio Harrow's Brian Rose recently managed to meet up with some of the Cast during their busy rehearsals.

Gary caught up with Nick from Harrow Borough FC. Catch Gary every Saturday from 3pm. 

In a special segment, Madi challenged Steve and Neal to decipher elements of the English language. And then they got their own back! Listen to Harrow Today every weeknight from 9pm UK time via radioharrow.org or on your smart speaker. Catch up whenever, wherever on radioharrow.org

Join Andrew Hamblin as he interviews voice over artist Josh Hodgeson in the latest edition of Talent from around the world.Josh's Social Tags Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/joshhodgesonIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4702787/?ref_=tt_cl_t_10Andrew's Social tagsTwitter (X) : https://twitter.com/HvaAndrewIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5408703/

Local dentist Dr Sejal Bhansali spoke to Anneka and Sarika about the Dental Wellness Trust charity and a special skydive she's organised to raise funds to teach children in Kenya about oral health 

The Tuesday crew were joined in studio by Emma and Debs from Harrow Home Library Service. If you're interested in finding out more about the service, you can contact the Home Library Service team on 020 3714 7741 or by emailing home.library@harrowlibraries.org.uk 

Have you heard of Aphasia? It's a condition which affects speech and is usually caused by a stroke. Sarika speaks to Tamsin Mallion, The Stroke Association and Mohan who's brother Ravi had a stroke when he was 28. He hasn't been able to speak for 15 years. If you, or someone you know feels like you need support, the Stroke Association have a support platform where they can offer help and advice; https://www.stroke.org.uk/finding-support. 

Mental Health Awareness week is an annual event which encourages conversation about Mental Health so no one is left feeling that they cannot talk to others or seek help. This year's theme is Anxiety. Some of our Harrow Today teams share their own stories and experiences in dealing with Anxiety. 

The lads take a trip down memory lane, recollecting their first musical purchases, and concert experiences

Prompted by a post on social media about Mac & Cheese, the team discuss acronyms. For more, check out Harrow Today, every weekday evening at 9. 

Brian Rose speaks to the Trinity Orchestra's conductor, John Andrews about their upcoming concert.

Curator Geoffrey Bare you on an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the latest ‘Heath Robinson's Children's Stories' Exhibition running until 15 May. Geoffrey explains how Heath Robinson created and published the books and the characters behind them.Find out more at Heathrobinsonmuseum.org.

Radio Harrow's Brian Rose Talks with Music in Pinner's Professor Anthony Pinching about the(delayed) Jazz Concert with the Misha Mullov-Abado Band which will take place on 12th March at Pinner Parish Church. They also share some of the great music that you can expect to hear.Get your tickets now at Musicinpinner.org.uk/

LNWH charity is hosting its very first ever virtual half marathon throughout this month and urging people to raise vital funds to support LNWH NHS Trust projects such as elderly care, by either walking or running 13 miles in one go or by the end of October.Entry is £10 and to register, people just need to email LNWH-tr.charitychallenge@nhs.net. Every participant who raises funds through the challenge will receive a medal.

Ed Talks to Shona - a patient on the Liver Transplant Waiting List - about her experience of waiting for a transplant for the last 2.5 years. If you are considering donating your organs after you die, or even living organ donation, you can find out more at www.organdonation.nhs.uk. If you want to know more about liver disease, you can find out more at britishlivertrust.org.uk.

Brian speaks to the Trinity Orchestra about their upcoming performance this Sunday. 

Hasmukh is joined by Mr Amit Shah, Consultant O/G, Infertility and IVF specialist. To hear more, head to Radioharrow.org and listen to Classic Bollywood with Hasmukh Joshi, every Tuesday at 8pm.

On the 30th September, St Lukes Hospice is hosting their Firewalk for 2021! Tim speaks to Brian about the event and how you can get involved. 

Brian speaks to Terence from the UK Sepsis Trust about their fundraising event; Cycle4Sepsis. If you'd like to sign up for the event, please click the link: cycle4.sepsistrust.org

Brian is joined by Mark from St Luke's Hospice to talk about an exciting event starting from the 24th July.

"Harrow through the Heart" is an artist's celebration of the borough, reflecting Alexandra Veres's lifelong devotion to beauty. Centuries-old Headstone Manor is the perfect backdrop for an exhibition of her plein-air local scenes, featuring, as they so often do, the historic architecture she's passionate about