The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

AL speaks to the brilliant Tat Effby. You may know Tat's work if you read My Shrewsbury magazine as her cartoon strip Round The Bend is a very popular feature. We discuss Tat's life as a copywriter, what she dubs as Shropshire's answer to Peggy Olson (from MadMen). We talk about Tat's work for Private Eye, her love of puns and exactly what does a bad day look like for her? Tat has a new cartoon fe...

You may have seen him all over social media, you may be aware of the hashtag #TalkToTom but lets find out all about the guy who is very quickly winning the hearts of Shrewsbury. Tom posts a sign with the hashtag and his location on social media. This is an invitation for people to just come, sit with him and talk, simply talk. It's a beautiful thing and AL speaks with Tom to find out why he decide...

Alex speaks to Kevin and Catherine from Age UK Shropshire. A charity that has had the dampers put on their 70th birthday celebrations but we discuss how you guys can help make it special. We talk about all of the amazing services that Age UK offer to their community, how the pandemic has effected them and how they've adapted to remain efficient in their work. Can you complete a challenge to help t...

He may not be from Shrewsbury, but he does offer a great service to the locals of the town, amongst many towns. Julie and AL speak to the Ice Cream king Mr Tee. Whenever Mr Tee rocks into town he causes absolute pandemonium and makes a lot of people happy. But where did this idea come from? Well Mr Tee tells us. From the embers of a popular establishment in Wrexham that lay victim to the credit cr...

AL is joined by Carl Jones from Shropshire Business Magazine, who is also a movie critic for BBC Radio Shropshire. We start off with some movie talk and how our emotions cans sometimes effect an honest/unbiased review of a movie. Business to Business, what is it and what are the benefits? What are Shrewsbury's strengths and weaknesses when it comes to business? Also how important is integrity when...

AL sits down with Katy Rink from the My Shrewsbury Magazine. In an interview that has been a long time coming, we discuss Katy's career in journalism, where the ideas for My Shrewsbury came from and what Katy has learned about the community while putting the magazine together. The amount of work that goes into putting Shrewsbury's favourite magazine together month by month is incredible, but there...

Joining AL and Deedee is one of Shropshire's most beloved poets Jean Atkin. We find out all about Jean's career and how she became the writer that she is known as today. We find out about the different types of poems and what kind of things influence Jean to write. We ask "what effect has the pandemic had on the creative folks out there?" Jean has written many books and she had a new one out which...

AL speaks with Anna Morton Marshall, a well respected beautician from Shrewsbury. Anna is opening The House of Beauty in Frankwell very soon and we discuss what will be available when it is open. I think it would be easier to tell you what they won't be doing at The House of Beauty because there is so much that they will be offering. Anna explains to AL the treatments on offer plus what makes her...

AL and Max chat with James Finney a brilliant podcaster who hosts "Father Finney's The Best A Man Can Get" A show designed to include those that may find themselves in what some would call a mid-life crisis. We discuss James' journey into podcasting and what it all means to him. AL runs James through "The Gauntlet" to test his skills. One of the most important aspects to building something like th...

In what is almost certainly one of the best interviews we've ever had on The Biscuit, AL & Max speak to Phill Gittins. Phill is work with The Marches School in Oswestry trying to build a new generation of peace builders, in a project that is absolutely needed in todays societal climate. But first we have to ask the important questions. What is Peace? How do we deal with conflict? How do we bring p...

AL joins the team that were in their final few hours of digging at Shrewsbury Castle. With only 4 hours to go, there was a real passion in the air to get as much done as possible so we keep this one short and sweet. AL speaks the always brilliant Nigel Baker to find out what progress was made since the last time we spoke to him. What clues they have found that paints a picture of what life at Shre...

Birgitta Zoutman is back on the Biscuit! Only this time there's not electrical buzz throughout the episode as this is coming to you from the studio. We discuss the great things that Birgitta was up to during lock-down and how they have enabled her to open a brand new studio in The Parade Shopping Centre. We get into a very passionate discussion about mental, how things need to change and what Birg...

It's time to get sophisticated as AL speaks to Abigail Molenaar a specialist in modern and contemporary art, and Maryanne Lineker-Mobberley a specialist in silver and jewellery. They are both on the show to talk about Halls. One of the oldest companies in Shropshire, who are celebrating their 175th Birthday this year. Abigail and Maryanne discuss the Autumn Auction which is coming up on the 16th S...

AL and Jules speak to Harriet Mills from Shropshire Event Nannies....not Shropshire Floats! Destiny put this show together in a bizarre twist of faith but we are so glad this happened. Harriet is full of charisma and positive energies I think everyone can take something from this interview. Harriet is the founder of Shropshire Event Nannies and we discuss, what things were like for them when they...

As you are walking up to Greyfriars Bridge you will notice a nice, new, sleek looking business on your left. This is Fit Box, a new place to eat in Coleham. AL and Shane are at Fit Box, for the soft launch to take a look. A healthy selection of proteins, carbs and vegetables are on offer, which can be served quickly on your way into or out of town. We speak to co owner Rachel, chef Tom and server...

AL and Max are at the Shrewsbury Castle Dig (as promised) Listen in as the guys are literally stood at the side of the trench that was being dug inside the inner bailey. They speak to Nigel Baker about how the dig is going and what they have found so far. He tells them about a find that was truly unexpected! Max speaks to the guys in the wash tent where they were cleaning up all of the finds, AL s...

Join AL, Shane and Deedee as they enjoy catching up. Talking about their recent adventures and lessons learned from the new experiences they have encountered together. AL decides to run Dee through 'The Gauntlet' to test her whits behind a mic, which is...well hilarious! Tonight Matthew, Shane is going to be....Karl Pilkington apparently and we send yet another message to Greg Davies. He will hear...

Follow us backstage as we get interviews during the Shropshire Virtual Show. This was such a unique event, it was only natural that we wanted to document the goings-on on the build up to the live music climax. We speak to a member of The Endings, Jake Nelson and of course the Dirty Rockin' Scoundrels. We catch up with organisers Danny and Anna, some representatives of the charities and a good bit...

Having first met at The Shropshire Drive-In Events, AL and Ben Coates from Moggies Media sit and get to know each other a bit better on The Biscuit. AL finds out how and why one would get involved with drones and the red tape that must be jumped through to operate commercially. Ben is a podcaster too and we talk about how lock-down effected us both when it came to podcasts, work and creativity. Th...

In this impromptu interview, AL speaks to Nigel Baker who is an archaeologist who worked on the dig at Shrewsbury Castle last year. Now Nigel and his team are getting a second bite at the cherry in September when they will be peeling back the turf yet again at the castle.  AL finds out what they found last time and what they are trying to discover at their new dig in September. Nigel has a passion...

Continuing with our coverage of the charities that are taking part in the Shropshire Virtual Show, AL speaks to Curtis from The Movement Centre. When it comes to children that have to use a frame to walk, there is a lot of therapy and training involved to help them progress. The Movement Centre offer this and of course the Pandemic has come in and made life difficult for them.  I find out all abou...

Coming to you from Biscuit Studios in The Parade Shopping Centre, AL welcomes Dean Harris, The High Sheriff of Shropshire onto the show once again. When we last spoke to Dean, she had some very ambitious plans to really shake things up and make a difference. We find out how things have been going and discover some of the challenges and triumphs that have been found so far since this amazing woman...

Carrying on with our coverage of the charities taking part with the Shropshire Virtual Show (22nd August) AL speaks to Julia Baron from the Shropshire Rural Communities Charity (Shropshire RCC) AL finds out about the great things that this fantastic charity do, the challenges faced with Covid-19 and what plans they have going forward. We also find out what the Shropshire Virtual Show means to Shro...

Joining AL today is chef Liam Tinsley. He is coming on to talk about the new food experience he is bringing to Shrewsbury, Feast. Find out where Liam got the idea from, the inspirations behind his culinary ideas, and find out what a "dark kitchen" is. Feast launches this Friday! (14th August) find out how you can get your hands on a black box full of great tasting food. Give this guy a follow on I...

On the run up to the Shropshire Virtual Show we are going to be speaking to the charities taking part in this fantastic event. To start things off, AL speaks with Rachel from Dog Aid. This is the second time Rachel has featured on the show and we take the opportunity to check in and find out how Dog Aid have coped during lock-down. We also find out what it means to Dog Aid, to be part of such a br...