The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

Episode 2 of Horses and Biscuits brings you reactions from the auditions that were held on the previous weekend to try and find the right actor for the role of Aled for the production of "Karen" We catch up with Gareth Thomas, Rocking Horse Media boss and Orla Jones aka "Izzy" We give you a brief run down of all of the participants of the auditions, building up to the reveal of who will be playing...

Getting inside the head of an artist is one of our favourite thing to do here at the Biscuit. When is comes to artistic minds we bring you a fine specimen in Matt Sewell..."The Bird Guy"  You can see Matt's work dotted around town. Opposite "Monty's", in The Market Hall, up-high in Petit-Glou even in the Rea Brook. You can pick up one of Matt's books or even give him a google and you will see for...

An episode that has been coming as long as The Biscuit has existed. AL is speaking to Mike Hale owner of Wrekin Whiskies.  Mike is a guy who had a "grown up job" in the world of project management, computers and spreadsheets until one day he decided to do something he enjoyed. That turned out to be creating his very own Whisky store, situated just on top of Wyle Cop. AL finds out about Mike's jour...

AL sits down with Kaye Gunner who has spent years working with her family to create a network of businesses that all work in connection with one another. AL is in awe of how Kaye and her family have turned businesses into something admirably successful. A cleaning business that offers both commercial and domestic services, a Lavender Hamper & Gifts shop on Butcher Row and an inspiration work ethic...

2 Years ago and event came to Shrewsbury that blew up in a Krazy big way. What was then called Shrewsbury Wacky Races was such a well received event that it went on to win The Best New Event of the Year by NOEA. The event attracted around 17,000 people to The Quarry and raised over £20,000 for a variety of charities. Then Covid happened... AL is joined by event organiser Sarah Belcher and head of...

Recorded at Shrewsbury Abbey, Alex Whiteley speaks to Nigel and Isla about the exciting conclusion to an 18 month restoration for the Organ "Hillie" that is 110 years in the making. When I think of a church organ, I think of a piano looking instrument that is surrounded by big tubes. That was my basic and only understanding. That was before this day, when I was invited INSIDE "Hillie" the organ. O...

When is the last time you visited The Soldiers Of Shropshire Museum situated inside Shrewsbury Castle? The museum holds one of the finest military collections in the country, with some very important and even controversial pieces that are definite conversation starters. During this interview, coming from the Mayor's Parlour inside the Castle, AL speaks to Collections Assistant, Lauren and Director...

Here is Part Two of our coverage of Shrewsbury Food Festival. AL walked the whole festival for 2 days gathering interviews with some of the fine people you are about to hear. There are too many to name but the podcast features interviews with: Emma Glyn (Shropshire Distillery) Darren Atkins (Gindifferent) Lajina Leal (Lajina Masala) Stu Woodings and his BarBus Kay Gunner (Lavender Hampers) Graham...

Here is part one of our coverage of Shrewsbury Food Festival. AL, armed with a mic, Caz armed with a camera and Timmy armed with youthful joy, the guys set off to speak to as many people as possible. The good feels of the festival can be heard through this episode. Gosh it felt good to get out! This episode includes the voices of: High Impact Sam Way (Harper Adams) Julia Dean Richards Brendan Hawt...

AL sits down with the wonderful Kerry Jones from Bloom Studios for a relaxed chat about what has been a very turbulent couple of years. Many have suffered, some more than most. The residents in Coleham have endured terrible flooding repeatedly, that on top of Covid makes for just...misery. We discuss the strength and resilience shown by the Coleham community. Kerry is such a positive person, despi...

Dan Thornhill (or as he is affectionately known as by many, "Green Day Dan") joins AL for a chat. In the first ever "in person" interview at AL's new place we find out all about this local budding musician. Dan's band "Someone Else" actually supplied the music for the first few episodes of the Shrewsbury Biscuit in the beginning of this thing we do, fun fact for you. Dan's Dad is a very well know...

Shrewsbury Folk Festival was back with a bang this year and Alex Whiteley had the privilege of walking around with a mic for the day. The aim was to try and sample the festival via a podcast. AL got so many great interviews with so many amazing people we feel he didn't do too bad at all. A huge thank you to everyone who spoke to AL on the day. This episode features: - Iron Men Severn Gilders - The...

AL chats to Beth Heath from Shropshire Festivals to find out everything we need to know about Shrewsbury Food Festival 2021. Last year, everything was cancelled, it was awful. Apart from a good little bit of respite for us locals brought by Beth & the team at Shropshire Festivals, when they thought of the Drive-in festivals last summer.  What we really need though is a full scale party featuring t...

Coming to you from Daily Brews in Shrewsbury, AL is speaking to the lovely Cherie Jerrard. Cherie is a local artist who you may have seen painting a giant tiger onto on of the BT boxes in Shrewsbury. Having spoken to Cherie for only a short period of time at DRAWN Illustrators fair, it was easy to see that there was more to Cherie, so here we are. Cherie talks us through her career and the path sh...

Join Alex Whiteley as he speaks to Jo Cunningham about Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021. The last time AL and Jo spoke was in 2019 which seems like a lifetime ago! We don't need to go into detail about what the pandemic did to festivals last year, it was awful. Shrewsbury is in what seems to be a unique position, this local and extremely popular event has had the greenlight whereas so many other even...

Shane speaks with Luke Allen, Alex Yousefi and the rest of the Reduced to Clear team, on a live show to bring this amazing limited series to a close, meet the team, and look back over the last 10 episodes.

The final chapter of our coverage of The Battle Of Shrewsbury Weekend brings stories from around the arena. As we switched to mobile mode, we were able to get some interviews with folks from all over the Battle Of Shrewsbury showground. We bring you: An interview with a medieval field surgeon, Jules chats to Phil who is a blacksmith, Some pre-battle excitement, post-battle reactions from Hotspur a...

For the Mile Of Smiles event on Sunday 25th July, The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast had the great honour of being able to set up a studio for the day. The goal was to sample and document the event with as many great interviews as they could get. AL and Leon speak to Ellis Unchained who was the 1st poet up on stage at Mile Of Smiles. Ellis is a former soldier who was diagnosed with PTSD. His mental he...

As mentioned on "What's The Difference" AL was invited to The Battle Of Shrewsbury Weekend. We spoke to Matthew Howarth and the organisers on the show and we said we would release what content we got from the weekend on both USUK and The Shrewsbury Biscuit so this limited playlist is what we got. Here we speak to a few of the reenactors starting off with Matt and Craig who are donning medieval att...

For the Mile Of Smiles event on Sunday 25th July, The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast had the great honour of being able to set up a studio for the day. The goal was to sample and document the event with as many great interviews as they could get. One of the nicest things to happen during the day, was AL got to FINALLY meet Kelda Wood in person. Kelda has been on the show 2 times before and always insp...

As mentioned on "What's The Difference" AL was invited to The Battle Of Shrewsbury Weekend. We spoke to Matthew Howarth and the organisers on the show and we said we would release what content we got from the weekend on both USUK and The Shrewsbury Biscuit so this limited playlist is what we got. Here we have Peter from Nidhoggr Mead and Sandy from Mercian Mead. I don't know if you realise this bu...

For the Mile Of Smiles event on Sunday 25th July, The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast had the great honour of being able to set up a studio for the day. The goal was to sample and document the event with as many great interviews as they could get. For part 1 of this episode AL and Leon speak to Eve from Kiddley Divey who use music to connect with children and adults. We discuss the importance of the la...

As mentioned on "What's The Difference" AL was invited to The Battle Of Shrewsbury Weekend. We spoke to Matthew Howarth and the organisers on the show and we said we would release what content we got from the weekend on both USUK and The Shrewsbury Biscuit so this limited playlist is what we got. Here is Al's interview with author, Robert Marsters. The encouragement of a loving wife and the abilit...

Shane Speaks with Luke Allen and Alex Yousefi who bring with them Special Guest Gareth Thomas from Rocking Horse Studios. Fun filled episode where, despite technical difficulties, we have a discussion covering a variety of topics. Including an Interesting Improv where Covid-man was born, and Lockdown Santa! Have a Listen

For the Mile Of Smiles event on Sunday 25th July, The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast had the great honour of being able to set up a studio for the day. The goal was to sample and document the event with as many great interviews as they could get. AL and Leon's first interviews were with 2 of the artists that were performing on the day. Kiani Isme from Hope Radio joined the guys to talk about biscuits,...