The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

Join Al as he speaks to Sasha Holly Buy from the Coaching Club. Sasha has been doing an incredible job helping women change their lives for the positive. Having first heard about Sasha when Amy Tuitt was helping out on The Biscuit last year (much love Amy!), this interview has been a long time coming and at the perfect time for AL. It's mid-festival season and AL is incredibly busy. This leads to...

After a few weeks away, Horses and Biscuits is back. AL is joined by Rocking Horse's Orla Jones and Gareth too, only he's brought along 2 work experience students Isobel and Sam, who have been working with Gareth for the last 2 weeks. As it has been such a long time since we last spoke, we have a full recap on what Rocking Horse Media is and what they are doing. Orla does a great job with this. Is...

Today AL is speaking to Mayor of Shrewsbury, Counsellor Elisabeth Roberts in an interview that is designed as a "get to know you" conversation. Elisabeth is very down to earth and talks about her passionate fight in support for the autistic and neurodiversity communities. Throughout the years of keeping her children safe through their struggles with autism, Elisabeth has been battling to make sure...

During the last light switch on in Shrewsbury before the pandemic, AL came across Rock Choir as they were doing what they do best. Rock Choir was on AL's "To interview" list and he thought he had plenty of time to organise it. Then the world ended...a little bit. Now we finally have the opportunity to break the ice! Coming to you from Cafe on the Cop, AL is speaking with Rowan Richards from Rock C...

Follow AL as he takes a walk through Shrewsbury's finest comicbook festival. We were there at the beginning, when Comics Salopia first began all those years ago, so it was nice to take a walk and check out the vibes in 2022. AL speaks to many artists in this medley of interviews. Including John Wagner, Kev F. Sutherland, Mike Perkins, Beef Beff, Poppy aka Vivid Bunnie, Sasha The Scribbler, Dave Gi...

Aah Shrewsbury Food Festival. Thousands of people entered The Quarry in Shrewsbury to the beloved festival where food smells filled the air, live music serenaded the masses, TV chefs walked upon the people and a certain podcaster was wondering around shoving his mic in peoples faces. AL walked over 2 miles and collected more than 20 pieces of audio featuring some familiar voices and some new ones...

Within a week of meeting the folks representing Omega at the Belle Vue Arts Festival this interview was organised and recorded. It's amazing what a short 3 minutes conversation can accomplish right? AL is chatting to Omega director Thomas Memery today to find out what Omega is all about. AL learns about all of the great work that Omega does for carers. Tom has been at Omega since the beginning in...

We bring you a collection of interviews that were collected during a day where Shrewsbury was flexing it's creative muscles with 2 events happening on the same day. AL speaks to Sue Mann who organised the art exhibition for the Belle Vue Arts Festival at the Barnarbas Centre in Coleham. They discuss the challenges and the joys of putting the artwork together. Next AL sets off to Belmont in Shrewsb...

As a test AL threw together a live show on a Wednesday evening to see how it went. On the agenda? What AL has been up to. Meeting people at the Belle Vue Arts Festival opener, which led to an interview with Tom from Omega. Showcasing the importance of being out in the community and meeting new folks. The Hive Street festival, where AL sat to chat with light artist Andy Mckeown and important update...

Todays episode was recorded at the Old Market Hall Café. We have a task today to find the answer "Why Shrewsbury?" What makes this town so desirable. You may think this is a typical thing to think of from the inside of a town one loves. However, we have discovered throughout our years of Biscuit interviews that people move here and become besotted. Born and bred Salopians show so much pride for th...

Every year there is one event that we look forward to here at the Biscuit. Personally, it offered AL a view to a sense of community they he'd never really witnessed before, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. The Belle Vue Arts Festival offers so much more. with exhibitions, poetry slams, photo competitions, opportunities for the whole community to get involved with a yearly scarecrow trail a...

Today AL is speaking to superstar film maker Aaron Child, Alana Dean and Yasmin Owen at the brand new, Highly Flammable Studios. When we last spoke to Aaron, he had half of an idea (I think he may have even mentioned it on the show) of starting up a studio that other creatives can use. Less than 5 months later and this thing...exists!! Offering so much potential for creatives of multiple media dis...

AL is speaking to Stuart Edmunds from Shropshire Wildlife Trust today to try and encourage us all to feel inspired to immerse ourselves in nature. It's always great to connect with wildlife experts like SWT so we can keep our fingers on the pulse. The world has changed an awful lot on the past couple of years but what does that mean for people's approach to the environment around them? Well, as a...

We never get to talk about sex on The Biscuit and that's obviously because it is deemed as an adult subject. But when it comes to certain taboos and the human body we believe that there has to be a place for healthy discussion about these things. For this episode we are talking about sex but we put a lot of effort into making it sound "polite" as my guest says during our chat. Coming from Pengwern...

Today AL is speaking to Angelika Barre from Shropshire Epilepsy Support. Having lived with epilepsy all of her life and realising that, despite certain efforts, there wasn't an awful lot of support out there on a personable level, Ange decided to take matters into her own hands and create her own charity. Shropshire Epilepsy Support is a non for profit charity that offers the kind of support the A...

Horses and Biscuits is back with what was , an exclusive when it aired on the live show. AL is joined by Gareth Thomas and Orla Jones in the last fortnightly show. They look back at the fun times they have had on the show so far #tractorwars Also offering discuss the huge ordeal of finding a new "Karen" after watching so many actresses auditioned. How did the auditions feel? Did the ladies live up...

AL sat and had a great chat with Phil Gillam about his fantastic annual, The Shrewsbury Review. A stunning book that perfectly illustrates the town. From the beautiful buildings, the inspirational women of the town and even a 100 question quiz. We were sat in the middle of Shrewsbury Market Hall (thanks Darren from GinDifferent) having a very relaxed chat where we pay homage to some of Shrewsbury'...

The world is changing, life is becoming more and more expensive and there are many worried about keeping their heads above water. Today's episode is designed to openly discuss ways in which we can all stay ahead of the game, keep financially sound and even step into the world of mortgages as a young person. AL is (clearly) no expert in finances so he has brough along 2 people who are. He is speaki...

Dave Hamlet is a very interesting, inspiring guy. After leaving the Army Dave wanted to work in a suit and worked hard working with some of the biggest brands there are. Including Britvic and Monster Energy. Dave is also the co-founder of with Zoom Food 1hr too and locally, we all know how successful that has been. Now Dave is back with a stunning product, well thought out brand and an ethos that...

Coming to you from Cups Coffee in Shrewsbury Town, AL is taking on both father and Biscuit duties as he speaks to Peter Metcalf about the exciting Shrewsbury Proms in the Park event. On the 10th of September the West Mids Showground will erupt with classical music, featuring the stunning voice of Holly Teague and a 40 pieces orchestra. First we need to find out more about our guest. How did Peter...

Join AL, Gareth, Nasa and Orla as they discuss the upcoming auditions to find a new Karen for the soon to-be filmed Henry House care home drama. What makes a perfect Karen though? What can the folks that are auditioning expect from Rocking Horse? What makes a perfect audition and will there be a Keith? We ask all of the important questions today! Nasa has some exciting news about the development o...

Do you like to make stuff? Would you like to meet like-minded people who love engineering and building things? Well for today's episode we travel to Telford (via the interwebs) to speak to the folks from Telford Maker Space or TMS.  A charity which operates at the heart of the community. TMS offers people from any age, gender or skill level the license to come and have a go. From creating visors d...

Brought to you by special guest host Ant McGinley we bring you a long hard look at The Shrewsbury Biscuit, Alex Whiteley and hyper local audio. The podcast industry is always changing and new trends appear all of the time. We have all spent so long looking at the Joe Rogans, Kevin Smiths and Chris Ramseys of the world. But now specialists are starting to look into the world of Hyper Local Audio i....

AL speaks to Anita and Jessica about the Ludlow Fringe Festival that will be coming to Shropshire from June 18th, starting with what sounds like a really fun carnival. Featuring many events that will entertain audiences that come in from all over, this festival is going to continue the rich tradition of not only bringing in fantastic stars of comedy, theatre and the arts but will inspire local tal...

All good things must come to an end right?.....right? Well after 17 years of working together, Maggie Love and Andrew Bannerman are co-producing their final performance together for Shropshire Youth Theatre (SYT). We sit around a table at Maggie's lovely home, drink coffee and discuss the years of experience and knowledge that has been passed down by them during the many years (sorry!) of working...