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.

My chat today is with Peter Wood, who is part of the Homeless Prevention Community Grants programme, managed by Landau.

Today I am talking to Louise Taylor who is a participant of the Building Better Opportunities project. Louise has been blind since birth, but she is not defined by this - she’s smart and switched on and always searching for better opportunities.

World Record Breaker, Ian Rivers, talks about his first solo, unsupported row across the Atlantic Ocean.

Charlie Caudwell is a 76 year-old reformed drug and alcohol addict who through therapeutic work at the Cartshed has found an inner peace that as an angry young man he never thought possible.

John Marshall is the Mayor of Hereford’s Officer, City Marshal, driver and general factotum to the current mayor. But more than this he is an historian, a brilliant raconteur and with the best knowledge of the city that you will ever find.

Miss Drag Queen UK, Boo la Croux aka Dean Goodwin-Evans, lives in Eardisley with his husband Paul.

Sam Stables and his wife Emily live at the top of Callow Hill at Aconbury. Sam is one of life’s great enthusiasts although life has not always been plain sailing for him.

There are some very impressive young people in Herefordshire. One of those such people is Katie Devey, a St John Ambulance cadet - Jo’s podcastee of the day.

Today Jo’s chat comes from a bench underneath the Knife Angel and the towering west tower of Hereford’s magnificent cathedral, and she’s talking to Alison Davies, who has lead the project to bring this magnificent sculpture here.

Today Jo is talking to Bex McDaid. Although Bex looks as though she should be in Line Of Duty, she’s actually a real life Sergeant with the Safer Neighbourhood Team for the Hereford West Mercia Police.