This final podcast of the series reflects on a year for Jo Hilditch as High Sheriff - the highs and lows, challenges and achievements in a year where Covid seems to be finally fading from being at the top of the news agenda. Jo is interviewed this time in Hereford Cathedral, by Patricia Thomas, who was her first podcast interview at the beginning of the year - the tables are turned as Tricia asks the questions.

Chatting today on his organ bench, John Eden and I discuss the merits of music, what has become of it and how young people can access music today. We also discuss his position as Director of the Herefordshire Association of the Blind and leading the Hereford Choral singers in song.

On the Bench with Beth Fortey who is a breast cancer survivor.  We’re going to talk about her journey over the last 18 months, of diagnosis, treatment and recovery and much more besides. 

Vicky Nicolson-James is the mother of lovely Clementine. 18 year-old Clemmie has profound and multiple physical and learning difficulties.

Please welcome my oldest podcastee! At 90 years old Alan Blake was inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore to go the extra mile. And so he has.

Today our noisy Bench is in the Tap House in Ross on Wye – a micropub of great local renown and Daniel Lister’s regular watering hole.

Today I am talking to Jonathan Bland who is just 14, but already a mover and a shaker in the world of volunteers.

For my Christmas podcast it seemed appropriate to talk to Sarah Brown, the new Dean of Hereford Cathedral.

Today I am talking to Andy who is a volunteer with the Hereford Wildlife Trust. Born and bred in Herefordshire and although spent a few years away at university, he has always lived here.

This podcast is not so much a chat, but a lecture – so called the “Shrieval Lecture” – an annual event that is hosted by the High Sheriff usually with the help of a legal professional.