The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

Coming to you from The Bricklayers Arms in Copthorne, Shrewsbury, this week's episode features the one and only Tat Effby aka The Caketoonist. With over 400k followers on TikTok, Tat really is one of of Shrewsbury's brightest stars. Incorporating baking, witty humour and a natural ability to draw in the audience Tat is awesome, you guys will love her. Tat has a new book coming out on the 12th Marc...

After 5 long years, Rachel Evans aka Spirograph Girl returns to The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast. In this time, Rachel has been working on massive works of art that have captured the hearts and imaginations of many. Rachel talks about staying focused while working with ADHD, and how the soothing effects of spirographing help her do her thing. There is also an exciting development happening between R...

This week’s episode comes to you from the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum inside Shrewsbury Castle, and it’s a big one. The Traitors is coming to Shrewsbury… well, a very close cousin anyway. Traitors at the Castle is a brand new immersive event set in 1940s Great Britain. Alex Whiteley is joined by event organiser Nick Trevor and Richard Gough from the museum for a spoiler-free chat all about the e...

This week’s episode of The Shrewsbury Podcast comes to you from Oswestry Library. Oswestry?! Yes, Oswestry. I’m there because of an idea that’s so simply brilliant, I had to get a mic on it. I’m speaking to Lizzie Dibble about the shared wardrobe based inside Oswestry Library. Called With Love From , it’s a beautifully simple concept: borrow occasion-wear using your Shropshire Library card, wear i...

Alex Whiteley is joined on The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast today by Alice Nester who is on the show to talk about her journey through the discovery, treatment and recovery of a brain tumour. This is a story of a girl who went through hell and back, yet here she is sharing it all in it's candid and real form. Alice doesn't hold anything back in her telling of her story in order to let the listener k...

Today’s episode features long-time friend of the show, producer Luke Allen, who turns up with a mystery guest. Alex had no idea who was coming or where the conversation was heading. That guest is Merryn Rae Peachey, an experienced script supervisor from the world of TV and film. Merryn joins Luke to talk openly about her decision to step away from the industry, and why meaningful change around inc...

Join Alex Whiteley as he comes to you from Exotic Zoo in Telford, broadcasting from what will soon be their brand new palaeontology lab. Alex sits down with newly appointed palaeontologist Tom Moncrieffe to dive headfirst into the world of dinosaurs, mass extinctions and… trees?! Yes, trees. Alongside big talk of extinction events, fossils and how we piece together Earth’s past, the conversation t...

Alex Whiteley welcomes back a good friend of the show, Hans Donner — a skydiving, base-jumping badass from Shropshire. A lot can happen in 18 months (or however long it’s been since Hans last joined Alex), and this guy has been up to some pretty incredible adventures. Not only does Hans live an extraordinary life involving jumps out of planes and backflips off bridges dressed as Spider-Man, he als...

Coming to you from The Shrewsbury Coffee House, Alex is speaking to videographer John Molyneux. This episode was put together in around 45 minutes, but still—it's a great conversation between two content creators chatting about what they're passionate about. John started off filming pranks and sketches with his mates. Little did he know that this would turn into a career for him. Now, John is a vi...

Join host Alex Whiteley as he takes a wander around the swanky new HQ of Reech Agency at Shrewsbury Business Park. The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast and Reech have a long history—Reech played a huge part in making Pod Aid look and run as smoothly as it did—so when director Rob Hughes invited Alex to their house-warming, it was an easy yes. Armed with his trusty mic and surrounded by 60–70 guests, Ale...

Coming to you from a box in a gym, this week's episode finds itself trying to understand the world of CrossFit. Alex is speaking to Chris, Kate and owner of CrossFit Shropshire Graham (Gray) Carless while the mixer and mics sit on a polymetric squat jump box. The CFS team talk about how they're helping young people through their schools programmes. What does it take to introduce fitness and health...

This podcast was put together on the strength of an Instagram account that host Alex Whiteley found. This week we welcome Janire, a mountain leader from a company called 'Ray of Sun Adventures' Say, you want to for a 3 day trek over the national 3 peaks, or a trip to Mont Blanc or a day out in the Shropshire Hills with a qualified mountain leader - Janire is the person you need. This episode focus...

Coming to you from Soulton Hall in Wem, Alex brings you the exhibition he promised — The Pomegranate’s Legacy by Lucy Caddel, showcased in the stunning Tudor hall. Before diving into the interviews gathered at the event, Alex attempts to deliver a… ahem … professional historical breakdown of what makes Soulton Hall so special — not just to Shropshire, but to culture as a whole. Then we get onto th...

Alex can talk about the inside of a ping-pong ball for about three hours nonstop. So when it comes to having a healthy discussion about something as misunderstood as body aesthetics—well, it’s on! Today we welcome advanced aesthetics practitioner Lorraine Giove to The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast to help guide us through this topic. Lorraine runs Global Aesthetics in Shrewsbury and takes a more holi...

Not only is Lucy Caddel a vibrant and colourful artist, but she also radiates those same qualities through her personality. From the moment we met, we clicked instantly. Although Lucy has appeared on The Shrewsbury Biscuit many times, we’ve never actually sat down for a proper, full-length chat—until now. So here it is: the long-overdue Lucy Caddel feature episode. Expect some fascinating insights...

After spending the morning creating content about the fun things happening at Telford Exotic Zoo, Alex sits down with zoo owner Scott Adams to find out how one becomes the owner of a zoo… in Telford. Scott explains how he spent the first half of his life as a rockstar, playing in his band Envy of the State . After he downed his guitars, Scott traded screaming audiences for crocodiles and snakes. T...

On today's episode, we bring you John Edwards – The Sign Cleaning Guy. You may have seen this gent in a buff muscle shirt, either cleaning road signs, ridding areas of Shrewsbury and Shropshire of nasty graffiti tags, or just being an outright legend. On the show today, we want to find out what made John pick up a brush and start cleaning signs, because in all seriousness, John has built quite the...

Welcome to The Shrewsbury Biscuit's 2025 coverage of the Shropshire Wellbeing Festival at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. At last year's event, Alex wanted to understand “What is wellbeing?” But this year, after a year in therapy, Alex wanted to discover some important tips to help us navigate a day of positive wellbeing — including the things we should do and the things we shouldn’t do. Alex also...

We have a really tasty treat for you this week on The Biscuit. Alex Whiteley is speaking to The Shropshire Scratching Company, a business that he has created a bit of a bromance with over the last few weeks. We first met at Shrewsbury Food Festival when the guys were 6 weeks into their venture and they were scrambling for stock due to such high demand. Now The Shropshire Scratching Company product...

When things don't add up for you, sometimes you have to subtract the negativities surrounding you, divide to conquer, say yes to the universe and hope your luck multiplies....I have a mathematician on the show this week. I am speaking to former Education Mathematic Consultant, Sian Thomas. Going from being part of teams that would help to transform schools to using energy to heal is quite the swit...

How great is it to sit down with old friends and catch-up? Well that is exactly what this episode is, your host Alex Whiteley catching up with a good ol' friend Chris Schurke. I call this guy the Batman of Shrewsbury as you used to find this scamp scurrying across Shrewsbury's rooftops. Always for a good cause though, the document this town in a most fabulous way. Chris is a storyteller like me, e...

Today’s powerful episode comes from The Shrewsbury Coffee House, where Alex and Vick’s sit down with filmmaker Tristan M. Copeland to talk about his documentary What About Gary? The film tells the real story of Tristan’s cousin, Gary Matthews—a talented artist who tragically died of Covid after falling deep into anti-Covid conspiracy circles. Gary was a huge influence on Tristan growing up. As the...

Today's episode is coming to you from Smithy's Bar as we take a look at Shrewsbury Town's Open Day. Join Alex as he attempts to cover the day in as much entirety as he can. Speaking to the talented stable of entertainers from Moose Records including Macy'O herself. We can't come to an Open Day and not speak to some players too right? We speak to Taylor Perry, Mal Benning, Aristote Nsiala, George L...

Welcome to the coverage of one of the best events in the Shropshire calendar, Shrewsbury Food Festival. Tune in as Alex takes his mic for a walk around the festival for the 2 days. Focussing mainly on chefs, food and businesses Alex manages to collect stunning interviews with the likes of Stuart Collins: Docket Restaurant, Christiaan De Vries: Great British Bake Off, Adam Purnell: Embers and The C...

Coming to you from The Shrewsbury Coffeehouse, Alex is joined by Sian from DwtyLife.com , who is bringing Happier Festival to The Flaxmill in Shrewsbury on 26th July 2025. But before we dive into the festival, we get to know more about Sian herself. In an open and honest conversation around mental health, Sian shares her personal journey — both physical and emotional — and how it led her to where...