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Alice Pearson

Rating: 2

April 5th 2012

Sharon Chilcott meets a rider with her eye on Badminton, the 2015 European Championships … and then the Olympics

Ian Sockett's Olympic goal

Rating: 3

March 26th 2012

Ian Sockett will be working behind the scenes at the 2012 London Games, a personal achievement that means as much to him as a gold medal

Farmer Richard Thomas: one man and his dogs

Rating: 3

February 29th 2012

Richard Thomas farms with his father at Risbury Court in Herefordshire

Revel Guest and War Horse

Rating: 2

February 24th 2012

Jane Moyle meets Revel Guest whose drive and imagination has steered Steven Spielberg’s film of the best-selling children’s book, War Horse

The Parson and the Publican in Ross-on-Wye

Rating: 3

January 23rd 2012

The Parson is The Reverend Ian Charlesworth. His co-writer, and navigator is watercolourist and former innkeeper Richard Stockton

Author and historian John Lewis-Stempel

Rating: 3

January 19th 2012

From his knowledge of cows’ behinds and foraging in the Herefordshire countryside to the American West and the trenches of World War One, John Stempel-Lewis is a man of many excellent words, says Sharon Chilcott

Howard Bentham of BBC Hereford & Worcester

Rating: 2

November 18th 2011

Every so often you come across someone or something which genuinely impresses you...

Katie Johnson - November

Rating: 3

October 19th 2011

I do like it when you read a headline that declares: “Chocolate is as good as exercise”

Howard Bentham of BBC Herford & Worcester

Rating: 3

October 15th 2011

This month I thought I would share with you two historical sporting tales with Herefordshire and Worcestershire connections – and in the world of sport they don’t get much bigger than the Olympics and The Ashes

Betty Twyford goes on holiday

Rating: 3

October 5th 2011

Betty Twyford is the county’s domestic goddess… who prefers her breakfasts served the Herefordshire way

The salesman's story: Andrew Eliott

Rating: 3

September 15th 2011

A meeting with the Queen Mother inspired Andrew Elliott’s battle to overcome a childhood stammer, says Amanda Langton

The Parson and the Publican in Craswell

Rating: 2

July 11th 2011

Our men on a mission round off their appearance at Hay Festival with a dinner to write home about

Brian Viner and the Great British Holiday

Rating: 2

July 8th 2011

Cream teas, traffic jams and sunburn, the stuff of the annual getaway… Journalist and Herefordshire holiday cottage owner Brian Viner talks about his new book on the great – and not so great – British holiday

The Parson and the Publican

Rating: 3

May 17th 2011

The Parson and the Publican at Dore Abbey and The Dog Inn, Ewyas Harold

Hereford’s movers and shakers

Rating: 3

May 17th 2011

There has never been a better time to visit Hereford. The city, and the county, has a new enterprise helping to guide and enlighten residents and visitors alike