It is wonderful news that the county has been awarded a £5 million grant to redevelop the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

“The King is strange to look at: he has bulging, expressive eyes, a slobbering mouth and an awkward gait. He dresses finely, yet somehow contrives to look ill-kempt. He speaks Scots with an accent, loves to drink ardent alcoholic spirits and swears like a tavern brawler.”

Almost exactly two years! That is what I was thinking, as I looked round the room at the Left Bank last Tuesday.

Jesse Norman writes for The Telegraph.

The King sits fretful upon his throne, while all around him his courtiers jostle for attention and advancement. He insists on his own unfettered power, yet the judges would entrap him in the meshes of the common law.

Late spring and early summer are a glorious time to be in Herefordshire. But with rising temperatures and more sunshine come more tourists -- and renewed public concern about the River Wye.

It is often suggested in social media that Britain is or has become hostile to migrants; that it has turned its back on the EU; that no safe and legal routes exist for migrants, or that this country is opposed to accepting asylum seekers.

Sir, Thank you for your outstanding campaign to improve the quality of our water. Here in Herefordshire, it has taken more than two years to assemble the cross-border, all-catchment group of agencies, local councils, Welsh Water and other parties needed to address the problem of phosphates in the River Wye.

Under normal circumstances, the news last week that Herefordshire is to receive £19.9 million from the Government's Levelling Up Fund would have sent me into a jig of unrestrained rejoicing.

It has always been part of the long term vision for our new university project NMITE, not only that it should boost the economy of the whole county, but that it should act to regenerate Hereford itself.