The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

AL and Verity are talking to Kate Vuaghan on today's show. Kate is going to be doing the 2023 London Marathon in order to raise money for Whizz Kidz. A charity that raises money to get disabled children get access to the wheelchairs and apparatus that they need to get about. This is a great time to be discussing this, as Verity is getting ready to run the London Marathon too, raising money for Ova...

Writing short stories is a truly underrated talent but one that Alex has admired for a very long time. On today's show we have a fine example of an author who excels in the art of of short story writing. Author, Stephen Anthony Brotherton joins us on The Biscuit to talk about his new book 'Watching The Wheels' which is a collection of short stories that will grip you from the first page. We need t...

Alex and Verity attended a nice evening of celebration for an exciting charity that has emerged in Shropshire that offers support to young people in their development skills. We are of course speaking about Shropshire Youth Support Trust or SYST for short. The evening was held at The Flaxmill Maltings and it was an evening filled with lots of introductions to some truly fantastic people. We meet S...

This is a podcast that was a long time in the making but WELL worth the wait. Alex and Verity speak to Suzy Shorrock who is a 2022 PCA British Bodybuilding Champion. A goal that has been achieved while not only learning about training through menopause, but inspiring others too. Suzy has a gym in Radbrook and her own company called Girls Get Lean where she helps coach women to be the best versions...

This bumper episode comes in two parts. Part One: Alex and his family attended an international buffet at Radbrook Community Centre. This event featured 22 countries who brought along food to share with members of the community. Alex spoke to organiser Kate, participants from the different nations that they represented, the Mayor of Shrewsbury Elisabeth Roberts, members of the PCSO and the police....

This is one the most fun we have had making an episode for a long time. Alex and Verity are joined by local rapper TrippleJayy and his good friend, photographer, videographer and well...genius Marcus Hart from Ice Eye media. It is really hard to pinpoint what we did and didn't talk about in this episode. I think we made a good go of covering everything. Most importantly though, we did talk about t...

Alex and Verity were invited around for a chat with local Shrewsbury band, Chasing Mallory, they hit record and glorious chaos ensued. The guys talked about their history playing together and how they came to be and well...the normal things you'd expect to hear a band to talk about. What you wouldn't expect them to talk about is... Their love for Ainsley Harriot, the torture of Wonderwall, the bal...

Alex, Verity, Mini-Biscuit and Caz take on day two of Shropshire Kids Festival 2023. This great episode is a collection of interviews that were both collected with our portable mic and from the studio that was set up at Telford International Centre for the 2 days that they were there. During day 2 we spoke to: Lingen Davies, the Bee Lady, The Scouts, Shrewsbury Food Hub (where we helped them organ...

Alex, Verity, Mini- Biscuit and Caz take on the task of documenting Shropshire Kids Festival 2023. A studio was set up, and they had a portable mic too so there was plenty of opportunity to speak to festival participants. This episode features interviews with: Ben & Vicky from Moogies Media, Mr Stroodle, Josephine from Diddy Diners, Fe from Shropshire Pickle Ball, Harry & Alice from Root F...

Alex and Mini-Biscuit are speaking to Hans Donner on today's episode. After reading an article about Hans' love for BASE jumping, Alex just HAD to try and get him on The Biscuit, so here we are. Hans is a skydiving instructor and BASE jumping is something that Hans and his friends do for fun. But it's not all just fun and games. There is a lot of planning that takes place before a jump can take pl...

For a while now, we have been following the build up to this event. The Lilith Body-Positive Gallery evening at Highly Flammable. The Biscuit has made such a great connection to photographer Becky Lisney. There is an importance in what Becky is doing and it has been a great journey learning all about the world of Lilith Body Positive Photography. Alex and Verity are armed with a mic and they get a...

Simon Bell is a great friend of The Shrewsbury Biscuit. In-fact Simon was the first ever guest for The Biscuit, all those years ago. Simon joins us on the show today to talk about his new book called "Remembering The Holocaust and the Impact on Societies Today" which of course offers a difficult, but important point of discussion. Having read this book from cover to cover Alex absorbed it all on a...

You heard Verity and Alex talking to Mark Fielden about Chords Crush Cancer 7 on the previous podcast, now talk a listen to them at the event itself. We got interviews with Mark himself, musician Andy Mills, Magic Martin and more. Chords Crush Cancer is an event that features live music, magic, caricatures and great entertainment for those attending at The Inn on the Green in Radbrook, Shrewsbury....

Today Alex is chatting to members of Shrewsbury Writers Lab. A free service that runs from Shrewsbury Library and is available for writers of all levels and experiences. We are joined by Joe Shooman and Rachel Lloyd who talk about their experiences with the Writers Lab, the benefits of the group and the encouraging potential of meeting with other fellow creatives. Joe is a very experienced author,...

On today's show we are focusing on a peaceful and meaningful response to some of the undesirable reactions to support that was recently shown to refugees housed in Shrewsbury. Some direct responses were ugly but there was also a huge amount of positivity too. AL is in the town square speaking to members of Shropshire Supports Refugees and Stand Up To Racism. These guys were set up to have healthy...

The Shrewsbury Biscuit had such a positive effect on Becky Lisney last time she came on in Autumn last year, and Becky wanted to come back on to do a follow up interview. So we met up at the new podcast room at Highly Flammable Studios, convinced Aaron Childs to sit in with us and we had another great chat. We talked about how creative people can measure their own success in a healthy way and how...

Join Alex Whiteley and Verity Jane as they sit down with Mark Fielden, organiser of Chords Crush Cancer. We first featured Mark on The Biscuit when he was organising Chords Crush 3 all those years ago. Now Mark is embracing another great event with what he says is an auction with prizes of the likes he has never seen. So what is Chords Crush Cancer? It is an evening of live music, auctions and gre...

We welcome in 2023 by getting to know a good friend of the show who will be stepping in as a new co-host for The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast, someone who has been on the show before and was a huge star at Pod Aid. Of course we are talking about Verity Jane. A new show format, some new changes to come and a new co-host. 2023 is going to be a transformative year for this show for sure. But first, let...

Christina Hill is a manifesting coach and a world renowned channeler. Christina is the channeler for Athella. Athella is a being from Sirius B and has never been in a human form before. She is here because humans now need direct, immediate intervention and healing. Athella came into Christina’s life in 2015 while she was in deep hypnosis during an epic past-life regression. She told Christina her...

Welcome to the first episode of Biscuit International. A limited run of podcasts where The biscuit can venture outside of the SY and into the world. This episode features Larry Carlson who has been working in the care industry for 40 years, since he was known as the "boy administrator" Larry worked his way up to become the President and CEO of United Methodist Communities who have assisted living...

Join AL as he sees out 2022 and what has been an incredible year for Rocking Horse Media with Gareth Thomas and Orla Jones. The first part of the show is a rundown of all of the highlights, exciting developments and hurdles that Rocking Horse Media have had to face. The show is joined by Karen herself, actress Kate Coldron who talks about how she has been developing the character of Karen since fi...

AL is recorded at Primary Coleham school to talk about the beloved annual Christmas video. Every year the school releases a special Christmas music video where the teachers and school children get involved to make something fun and exciting. Every year the video tends to go Shropshire viral, generating thousands of views. AL is first joined by 3 year 5 pupils Evelyn, Sophia and Rosa who discuss th...

Join AL as he sits down with 2 of of Shropshire's most renown chefs Chris Burt and Liam Tinsley as they discuss the life of a chef, what it means to make food many would consider art and also, what it's like producing high quality dishes at a grand place like Netley Hall. This episode is split into 2 parts. Part one: AL sits down with Netley Hall owner Harrison Poole and Chris Burt, a chef who nee...

One of the best things for The Biscuit to do is to take a mic to an event and collect conversations with many people about many different things. Here is a perfect example. AL took a mic to the Shropshire Handmade & Creative event at Salop Leisure, Shrewsbury. Having spoken to Carrie Hughes about it a few episodes ago, we thought we'd come and take a walk around. There were so many creators of...

Horses and Biscuits is back and on this episode we will be exploring the people and projects that are happening around Henry House. We are joined by Harry Potter and Dr Who actor Simon Fisher-Becker who is of course an important part of what is happening at Rocking Horse Media. He will be discussing the documentary that he is making called Bigger on the Inside. This documentary is going to investi...