Shrewsbury Biscuit

THIS WEEK I AM AT THE SHREWSBURY ARK I GOT THE CHANCE TO SIT WITH MIKE, WHO WORKS AT THE ARK. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES, THAT PEOPLE THAT SLEEP ROUGH HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES THAT THE PEOPLE THAT TRY […]

ON THIS WEEKS EPISODE I SPEAK TO DUNCAN FROM PLANET DOUGHNUT. I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW ONE OF THE TOWN’S MOST RECOGNISED AND LOVED BRANDS CAME TO BE. WE FIND OUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MAKING DOUGHNUTS, A BIT ABOUT DUNCAN AND ALSO WHAT OUR AMERICAN COUSINS…

THIS WEEK I AM JOINED BY ADAM AND ROB FROM THE ART OF LIGHT. A COLLABORATIVE INSTAGRAM PAGE OF ARTISTS WHO PAINT WITH LIGHT. THEY FIND INTERESTING PLACES AND SUBJECTS AT NIGHT TIME AND MAKE AMAZING IMAGES WITH EQUIPMENT AND CONTRAPTIONS WITH LIGHTS FITTE…

ON EPISODE 5 I SPEAK TO JOEL AND LAUREN FROM THE DANA PRISON. I FIND OUT HOW IT ALL BEGAN, WHY TAKE OVER A CLOSED PRISON? HOW DID JOEL GO ABOUT MAKING IT HAPPEN? AND WHAT HAS BECOME OF WHAT WAS ONCE A DISUSED VICTORIAN/GEORGIAN PRISON? LAUREN IS THE SITE…

FOR EPISODE 4 I SPEAK TO BECKY RIDDICK, WHO IS A RESIDENT ARTIST AT “pARTicipate” WHICH IS AN ART GALLERY/WORK SPACE IN THE RIVERSIDE MALL IN SHREWSBURY TOWN. WE TALK ABOUT BECKY’S JOURNEY, BECOMING AN ARTIST, WHAT BECKY’S INFLUENCES ARE AND WHAT EVENTS …

“THE NOISY EPISODE”  THIS EPISODE FEATURES 2 INTERVIEWS. BOTH INTERVIEWS ARE SET IN BUSY CAFES, WHICH IS A SOUND I REALLY LIKE. 1. MIKE DALTON – CO OWNER OF STOP. CAFE’S. I TALK TO MIKE ABOUT HOW STOP CAFE CAME TO BE, YOU GUYS GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO …

EPISODE 2, I GET TO SIT DOWN WITH GREAT GUY, CHRIS SCHURKE, A GUY WITH NO FEAR AND A GREAT EYE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. HIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT CALLED “SHREWSBURY FROM WHERE YOU ARE NOT” IS VISUALLY STUNNING. HIS BLOG IS A FANTASTIC READ TOO, IT ALLOWS YOU TO FOL…

WELCOME TO THE SHREWSBURY BISCUIT! AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PLANNING, MEETINGS, INTERVIEWS AND HOURS OF EDITING, WE ARE FINALLY HERE. ON EPISODE 1, I TALK TO SIMON BELL, AN AUTHOR FROM SHREWSBURY WHO WRITES BOOKS ABOUT LESSONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEA…