Listen To Alfred

This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: A Shaftesbury artist’s Dorset buttons will feature in a Hollywood blockbuster. We hear how Anna McDowell’s craft is encouraging tourists to town. We preview Shaftesbury Carnival with the new Co-Chairman, Rich Mullins. He talks about the aspect of the event that he found most surprising when he took on the role. Alfred meets Myra McDadd, the well-known local writer who has penned this year’s Shaftesbury Arts Centre pantomime, The Nutcracker. Lose the pounds with playground games! Rob Marsh is starting free, fun team exercise sessions, called ‘Rabble’. We caught up with Rob on a windy Park Walk to hear more. The Grosvenor Arms’ new boss Kirsty Schmidt reveals future plans for the hotel and shares their impressive occupancy rates. And she tells Alfred a spooky cellar story!