Maidstone Radios Breakfast Show: The Chats

Ranked 8th in the world, James Hall won an epic silver medal at this years Commonwealth Games in the Mens individual all-round competition, even with an ankle injury. He chatted to Andy about how to power through, a perfect chill out spot in Maidstone and those big steps gymnasts have to take to get to the corner of the mat in a floor routine. Listen to the show live every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at wearemaidstone.com

Peter Colmer sat down in the studio with Andy to talk about the joys and the difficulties of getting two members of the Ukrainian Philharmonic Orchestra to the UK (with their accordions) all ready to tour the UK raising money for Hippokrat, a charity in Ukraine helping those affected by the Chernobyl disaster and those affected by the current war. You can listen live to the Breakfast Show every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

The first woman to ever win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jenny Eclair chats to Andy about turning 60, enjoying the menopause, the unfortunate taste of tinned Salmon and she plays Punchline. You can find tickets for Jenny tour at https://jennyeclair.com and as always, listen to the Maidstone Radio Breakfast Show every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

Sally-Ann Marks is the Chairman of the Maidstone and The Weald Conservative Association and she answered some of Andy's questions. Does she feel let down by her party's leadership? Who should replace Boris Johnson? Where do we stand on taxes? Listen to the show live every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

How possible is it to get a Green MP for Maidstone? Are there any candidates running in the Conservative leadership race that would help the Green party's aims? Andy sat down with Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone's only Green Councillor to discuss all this and more. To listen to the show live, catch everything from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

All week, Maidstone Radio Breakfast plays host to different representatives of the main political parties and this morning (Wednesday July 13th), Andy spoke with Maidstone Liberal Democrat Councillor, Clive English about the latest goings on in Number 10, the response (or lack of) from Maidstone MP, Helen Grant and the potential future of politics with some local issues chatted about too. Tomorrow we'll be joined by the Green Party. Listen to the show live from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

This episode, Andy has a formal complaint to raise with local Maidstone MP, Helen Grant. He also digs in to the archives to chat to James Harkin, QI Elf and one of the hosts of the podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish. Listen to the show every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7am at wearemaidstone.com

Emma Rule from Foodies Festival chats to Andy about the massive Food, Drink and Music Festival coming to Mote Park in Maidstone on June 24th, 25th and 26th. Don't forget to listen to the show live every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7am at wearemaidstone.com