The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

On Sunday the 28th July we were invited to set up a some mics in Smithy's Bar for the Shrewsbury Town FC Open Day. Spend a day speaking to Shrewsbury Town players and staff? You don't have to ask me twice! I had Mini-Biscuit Timmy with me throughout the day and he had his own important questions to ask our guests. This episode features us in our element, covering a subject which we love, Shrewsbur...

The Greenhous Car Series - Shrewsbury Prison Brought to you in partnership with Greenhous Shrewsbury I give you The Car Series. This episode is set at Shrewsbury Prison and I speak to prison owner Joel Campbell. Today's Car is the 2024 Nissan Qashqai Tekna+ with E Power. I take a closer look at the car halfway through the interview. Music: Walking the Line - Foldback Studios Livebreaks - Foldback...

Here we are at the Unison Club, home of Column Cricket Club as they embark on a charity cricket match against a team of ex footballing and cricketing legends. Team Biscuit set up a studio on the field for the day and we got some brilliant interviews throughout the day. We spoke to 2/3 of the In The Stiffs lad Sam Aiston and Gav Cowan. We spoke to the main man himself Adam Millichip about how he th...

Pete White: The Web Orchard When a media outlet decides to dedicate it's last episode of a season to it's sponsor I guess it could be considered cliché. I have visions of Wayne's World and Noah Vanderhoff. This would add a hilarious dimension to The Biscuit but for this episode it is a genuine pleasure for me to welcome Pete White, founder of The Web Orchard, the sponsors of our very attractive we...

Shrewsbury Food Festival 2024 Aaah the feeling of familiarity, The Dirty Rockin' Scoundrels in the background, the smell of food surrounding me and Liam Tinsley sneaking up behind us mid-interview. It must be Shrewsbury Food Festival and it just wouldn't be the same without me charging around with a mic. This is a collection of interviews with independent stall holders, chefs and of course Shropsh...

UK Proms in the Park 2024 (Attingham Park) The Biscuit is back at UK Proms in the Park at the start of their 2024 tour. This year the event is being held at Attingham Park, right on the front lawn. During this podcast I speak to musicians, the brilliant compere Rodney Earl Clarke, the stunning soprano Kirsty McLean and lots of people who make this event run. After the interviews that I caught at t...

Adam Rhys (TWS Sports Podcast) Adam Rhys is a good friend. I have seen him take TWS from it's beginnings, to become one of the top sports podcasts in the world. The podcast originates from Tettenhall Wood School and offers opportunities for their autistic students to interview some of the biggest sporting superstars in the world. I spoke to Adam and the TWS cast at Pod Aid a while ago but this the...

SY.Gigs Ft Chris Taylor OK, we have featured a lot of music stuff on The Biscuit Lately but nothing quite like this. I think I actually said in this episode that I very rarely get opportunities to be sophisticated. Well today's guest Chris Taylor has put together SY.Gigs that will bring sophistication to Shrewsbury. So now, I have no excuse do I? Taking some of Shrewsbury's most iconic, historical...

Ease The Artist Returns Matthew Doyle aka: Ease The Artists returns to the Biscuit to talk about how his music has evolved so much that he has gone from deleting whole albums, to becoming the top Hip-Hop artist in the whole of Shropshire (Shropshire Music Awards Winner 2023). The last we caught up was post-pandemic and virtual now, we meet in person at the amazing Albert's Shed in Shrewsbury. Ther...

Vol. 1 - Loopfest 2024 Join me as I take on Loopfest 2024. This year there is a plan and I am determined to have planned the perfect audio representative of this wonderous event. Starting at Shrewsbury Castle I speak to James Warman (music photo god) The Endings, Manor Heights and Tom from Nubian Twist. I then gather my things and sprint-walk to Frankville to speak to The Fiends and The Great Lesl...

Vol. 2 - Loopfest 2024 Here we are at Vol. 2, a second day for us at Loopfest. Today Me and Mini-Biscuit Timmy take on Shrewsbury Castle. Emphasis for this one is, chilling in the Castle grounds, eating pizza, soaking up the sun and speaking to some musical legends. First up is Greysha who has such a powerful presence on stage with incredible wisdom when it comes to song writing. Then we spoke to...

Relax at Osteria This episode comes to you from Osteria V2.0 which is situated on Mardol, Shrewsbury. I am speaking to head chef and stand up gent, Alex. When you talk about authentic Italian cooking, it doesn't come more authentic than Alex who is from Florence and has brought what he learned from Italy, to us, here in Shrewsbury. Alex is an award winning restaurateur, but we chatted about what i...

Breaking Free Ft Ben Butler This episode is great because its super unfiltered for a typically non-sweary show. It has to be though because today's guests come from a background that needs to be described in such a way. For episode 2, I bring you past guest and friend of the Biscuit Ben Butler, Jason aka Chanman and Caymen Donnelly. They're here to talk about heir difficult upbringings, their stru...

High Sheriff of Shropshire: Mandy Thorn. Well, what an honour it is to be able to sit down with the High Sheriff of Shropshire in the Mayors Parlour of Shrewsbury Castle to do this interview. Not only is it a perfect way to set off Season Bravo, but it means I finally get to sit down with someone who I have heard so much about about, Mandy Thorn. We have met before while I have been out and about...

Shrewsbury Biscuit at Shrewsbury Comic Con 2024 What better way to spend a day, than to be walking around Shrewsbury Comic Con with a mic in-hand? This is what I was born to do and on Saturday 6th April I spent a good 3 hours speaking to comic book legends, up and coming stars, vendors and even some Ghostbusters! Follow me and Mini-Biscuit as we take look in to the inaugural Shrewsbury Comic Con e...

Michaela Wylde & Simon Berry To wrap up Season Alpha we bring you 2 phenomenal guests, Michaela Wylde & Simon Berry. You may know these 2 legends from BBC Shropshire's Music Introducing show where for years, local musicians had a platform to play their music. Now Michaela & Simon have moved onto The Salopian Mixtape which has the same magical formula but as their own independent podcas...

Steve The Hungry Guy This episode has been some months in the making I tell you. Me and Steve have been trying to make this work since Shrewsbury Food Festival 2023. What I can confirm is that this episode was worth waiting for because not only is The Hungry Guy everywhere, not only is he a nationally recognised food educator but he is pretty awesome on the mic. We discuss Steve's career as a prod...

60 Years of Shrewsbury Samaritans. I was lucky enough to be invited to the 60th anniversary of the Samaritans in Shrewsbury by Claire Oulton. This was a fantastic opportunity to speak to so many people that had contributed to The Samaritans on many different levels, some for many years. The first half of this episode is a 30 min sit-down with Claire, Angie and director Lauren. The conversation was...

Beth Heath When it comes to innovative business and throwing a good party, Beth Heath is a recognised world leader. The leader of the fantastic team at Shropshire Festivals has been running events for a very long time. The landscape for what Beth and her team do for a living is always changing. If you cast your minds back to the last 5 years it might just give you traumatic flashbacks of lifestyle...

Sarah Wareing: Sox UK The guest for this episode is one with a story of hard work, survival and determination. All of this led to the creation of one of the coolest brands, Sox UK. We are of course speaking to Sarah Wareing or Saz as she is know by her friends. Sox UK is a pandemic-born creative passion that snowballed into a business that was excelled by Sarah's fight to provide a life, wellbeing...

James Millichamp James Millichamp is the perfect guest to join me at the halfway point of Season Alpha. Featuring lots of free flowing chat about the arts, education, history and why for some reason Wolverhampton is the centre of the universe. We really do put the world to rights in this one. If you listen to this show regularly you know that I'm at my best when I'm speaking to an artistic mind. B...

Mark Fielden, Author Being a huge fan of traditions, I love the fact that Mark Fielden is back on The Shrewsbury Biscuit, talking about another great Chords Crush Cancer event. This event just gets bigger and bigger every year. So much so, that this event in particular is titled "The Last Chapter"....the last of it's kind Mark says, tune in to find out more. Also discussed we talk about some of th...

Dungarees & Squeegees. From an Instagram post years ago which grabbed my attention to now, so much has happened for today's guests Ash and Joey. As we record this episode, there is scaffolding up, lots of empty space ready for machinery and lots of colour on the walls. We are in the brand new studio for Dungarees and Squeegees in the English Bridge Workshop. Dungarees & Squeegees is a scre...

Season Alpha: Ep. 1 - Anneka Reece. Recorded at The Restaurant at Theatre Severn, I speak to Anneka Reece, host of The Alcohol Free Vibes Podcast and life coach (see link below). I thought it would be a good idea to speak about alcohol-free living during January as I know that there are a lot of people that give up alcohol during January and also, it is a very positive life choice to discuss. Me a...

Rob Gibson I know it's weird right? why Season Alpha and why the change? Well you will just have to listen in to find out. Episode one, is a fantastic way to start this new phase. Executive chef, Rob Gibson joins me for a chat about his amazing career. From eager an 15 year old working in a bustling kitchen, to working with some of the most famous chefs on the planet, travelling all over the world...