Columnists: Harry Mead

After 50 years Harry Mead's weekly column is coming to an end

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Harry Mead: Goodbye, and good luck from a column spanning 53 years

Environment Secretary Michael Gove Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

Environment Secretary Michael Gove Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

Harry Mead: The normal business of government seems as inept as the Brexit imbroglio

Much of the heather moorland we see today has been shaped by the burning

Much of the heather moorland we see today has been shaped by the burning

Harry Mead: A scenic masterpiece - controlled burning works well for everyone

The Union and EU flags Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA

The Union and EU flags Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA

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Harry Mead: I suggest to you, the EU is mad

The Boyes store in Darlington Picture: GOOGLE

The Boyes store in Darlington Picture: GOOGLE

Harry Mead: What's the secret to Boyes' success?

Former Prime Minister David Cameron Picture: Yui Mok/PA

Former Prime Minister David Cameron Picture: Yui Mok/PA

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Harry Mead: Going back to the origins of Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on her new Brexit motion on Monday Picture: PA

Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on her new Brexit motion on Monday Picture: PA

Harry Mead: A double irony on the Brexit fiasco

Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday night Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday night Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Harry Mead: No will for Brexit by our political elite

Former Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to the Tetley tea factory in Eaglescliffe

Former Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to the Tetley tea factory in Eaglescliffe

Harry Mead: David Cameron's oversight highlights an outrageous corruption of Parliament

Three Shires Stone at Wrynose Pass.

Three Shires Stone at Wrynose Pass.

Harry Mead: have you ever heard of the Lancashire Lake District?

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Harry Mead: The novelist who invented Christmas

a polling card and voting guide for the 2016 EU Referendum. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

a polling card and voting guide for the 2016 EU Referendum. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

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Harry Mead: We've already had a people's vote, it was the referendum

A demonstrator dressed as Theresa May sells Brexit Fudge in Old Palace Yard, Westminster on Monday Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

A demonstrator dressed as Theresa May sells Brexit Fudge in Old Palace Yard, Westminster on Monday Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

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Harry Mead: No longer Great but meek, lame and pitiful Britain if Brexit is abandoned

Prime Minister Theresa May giving a statement to MPs in the House of Commons Picture: PA

Prime Minister Theresa May giving a statement to MPs in the House of Commons Picture: PA

Harry Mead: Brexit in three bitesize chunks

Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons on Brexit on Monday Picture: PA

Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons on Brexit on Monday Picture: PA

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Harry Mead: Our nation has placed itself in colonial shackles

Another reason has emerged to underline why Brexit is necessary, writes Harry Mead Picture: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA

Another reason has emerged to underline why Brexit is necessary, writes Harry Mead Picture: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA

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Harry Mead: Are we really that gullible about the EU?

Malham, in the Yorkshire Dales. Picture: Pixabay.com

Malham, in the Yorkshire Dales. Picture: Pixabay.com

Harry Mead: Time for our trees to branch out

Devastation on the Somme in the First World War

Devastation on the Somme in the First World War

Harry Mead: I don't believe war dead could care less if we wear a poppy

The EU has announced proposals for every EU nation to adopt permanent summertime, writes Harry Mead Picture: PIXABAY

The EU has announced proposals for every EU nation to adopt permanent summertime, writes Harry Mead Picture: PIXABAY

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Harry Mead: EU plan to end clock changes yet another reason for Brexit

Tony Blair visits Sedgefield Community College he is pictured during a Q&A Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Tony Blair visits Sedgefield Community College he is pictured during a Q&A Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Harry Mead: The Brexit equivalent of the crushing of the Peasants' Revolt

Alex Boorman with his partner Alex Bellard

Alex Boorman with his partner Alex Bellard

Harry Mead: Why no life bans for dangerous drivers?

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Harry Mead: Tackling dementia by recalling poetry before bed

Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook

Harry Mead: The troubling oversight by Captain Cook

TRAGIC: Harriet Forster, 9, who died while on holiday in Staithes

TRAGIC: Harriet Forster, 9, who died while on holiday in Staithes

Harry Mead: Harriet Forster death a tragedy which touched our corner of county

HABITAT: A red grouse on the Durham moors. Picture: MARK COPRE/NECC

HABITAT: A red grouse on the Durham moors. Picture: MARK COPRE/NECC

Harry Mead: Ban grouse shooting and heather vistas would be no more

HEAR ALL SIDES: Letters to the Editor

HEAR ALL SIDES: Letters to the Editor

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Harry Mead: Britain's banishment from space programme reveals petulant and spiteful nature of EU

File photo dated 13/10/15 of Alan Bennett, who has created a new play about an NHS hospital threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday February 23, 2018. The world premiere of Allejujah! will open

File photo dated 13/10/15 of Alan Bennett, who has created a new play about an NHS hospital threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday February 23, 2018. The world premiere of Allejujah! will open

Harry Mead: Who else remembers this TV masterpiece?

DELIGHTS: Bothams of Whitby displaying their uppercrust wares at a food festival

DELIGHTS: Bothams of Whitby displaying their uppercrust wares at a food festival

Harry Mead: The best thing about Whitby? Its buns

India captain Virat Kohli celebrates after his direct throw to run out England captain Joe Root on day one of the Specsavers First Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday August 1, 2018. See PA story CRICKET

India captain Virat Kohli celebrates after his direct throw to run out England captain Joe Root on day one of the Specsavers First Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday August 1, 2018. See PA story CRICKET

Harry Mead: Test cricket is the finest sport ever devised

Christopher Timothy as James Herriot with Peter Davison playing Tristan Farnon

Christopher Timothy as James Herriot with Peter Davison playing Tristan Farnon

Harry Mead: A Yorkshire Day celebration of All Creatures Great and Small

VOTE: The Commons voted to make all investigations into MPs’ expenses anonymous last week Picture: PA

VOTE: The Commons voted to make all investigations into MPs’ expenses anonymous last week Picture: PA

Harry Mead: MPs have not learned their lesson after expenses scandal

Prime Minister Theresa May during her Lancaster House speech

Prime Minister Theresa May during her Lancaster House speech

Harry Mead: Is the latest Brexit woe actually a Government strategy?

SPIRIT: British soldiers are assisted by the Royal Navy in June 1940, on their return to England after being evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk Picture: PA

SPIRIT: British soldiers are assisted by the Royal Navy in June 1940, on their return to England after being evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk Picture: PA

Harry Mead: PM must show some Dunkirk spirit

Obvious, but it still needs saying - people are not plastic bags Picture: CHRIS RADBURN/PA

Obvious, but it still needs saying - people are not plastic bags Picture: CHRIS RADBURN/PA

Harry Mead: Plastic bags are not people

WORRY: The militarisation of space is now underway

WORRY: The militarisation of space is now underway

Harry Mead: Trump's Space Force marks the militarisation of the final frontier

NOSTALGIA: 'Enactors' at Northallerton's recent 1940s weekend Picture: CRAIG DENNIS/NECC

NOSTALGIA: 'Enactors' at Northallerton's recent 1940s weekend Picture: CRAIG DENNIS/NECC

Harry Mead: Wartime weekends show a longing for something lost

DEAL: The UK has only one card left to play in the Brexit negotiations, writes Harry Mead. Picture: PA

DEAL: The UK has only one card left to play in the Brexit negotiations, writes Harry Mead. Picture: PA

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Harry Mead: UK should stop the begging and quit EU now

The Guardian has published a list of the Top Ten cricket books and only one of my books makes the Guardian’s cut – Days in the Sun by Neville Cardus

The Guardian has published a list of the Top Ten cricket books and only one of my books makes the Guardian’s cut – Days in the Sun by Neville Cardus

Harry Mead: Stumped by cricketing choices

Prime Minister Theresa May

Prime Minister Theresa May

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Harry Mead: The Great Brexit Betrayal

BREXIT: Our own political elite is treating us with total contempt over Brexit, Harry Mead argues. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/PA

BREXIT: Our own political elite is treating us with total contempt over Brexit, Harry Mead argues. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/PA

Harry Mead: The need to avoid being boring, but still talk Brexit

CHEEKY: A red squirrel. Picture: Pixabay.com

CHEEKY: A red squirrel. Picture: Pixabay.com

Harry Mead: Where have all the red squirrels gone?

LAUNCH: Sir Michael Fallon, centre, is flanked by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, right, and Bill Scott, chief executive of Wilton Engineering, as he launches the 'Winning Locally, Going Global' report at the STEM Centre in Middlesbrough last week

LAUNCH: Sir Michael Fallon, centre, is flanked by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, right, and Bill Scott, chief executive of Wilton Engineering, as he launches the 'Winning Locally, Going Global' report at the STEM Centre in Middlesbrough last week

Harry Mead: Fallon making the case for drastically slimmed down House of Commons

Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown in BBC's Mrs Brown's Boys

Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown in BBC's Mrs Brown's Boys

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Harry Mead: Why Mrs Brown should 'shut the f*** up'

MENACE: An RAF Reaper UAV drone. Picture: MoD

MENACE: An RAF Reaper UAV drone. Picture: MoD

Harry Mead: A new menace in our airspace

John Betjeman speaking in Oxford, 1955. Picture: Newsquest

John Betjeman speaking in Oxford, 1955. Picture: Newsquest

Harry Mead: How bells are striking the right note

TAMPERING: Australia's cricket captain Steve Smith Picture: Jason O'Brien/PA

TAMPERING: Australia's cricket captain Steve Smith Picture: Jason O'Brien/PA

Harry Mead: Cricket is close to its deathbed

SPRING: Gary Richardson, a member of The Northern Echo Camera Club, snapped these colourful crocuses in a Darlington park. For more information about the club, see northernecho.co.uk/photos/cameraclub, or find it on Facebook

SPRING: Gary Richardson, a member of The Northern Echo Camera Club, snapped these colourful crocuses in a Darlington park. For more information about the club, see northernecho.co.uk/photos/cameraclub, or find it on Facebook

Harry Mead: Our survival should come by reforming ourselves here – not in space

Easter eggs have long been a tradition – but what about Easter trees and baubles?

Easter eggs have long been a tradition – but what about Easter trees and baubles?

Harry Mead: Easter trees? Businesses are laughing at the gullibility of the public

BLIND: Theresa May has been blind to the intransigence of the EU, writes Harry Mead Picture: PA

BLIND: Theresa May has been blind to the intransigence of the EU, writes Harry Mead Picture: PA

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Harry Mead: A second Brexit referendum would deliver a bigger "Up Yours" than the first

FRACK: A peaceful protest at the start of Third Energy's work in Kirby Misperton Picture: NIGEL HOLLAND

FRACK: A peaceful protest at the start of Third Energy's work in Kirby Misperton Picture: NIGEL HOLLAND

Harry Mead: Fracking means Theresa May more likely to holiday in Cotswolds than Ryedale

SCULPTURE: Yorkshire doesn't need its own version of the Angel of the North – it is the North Picture: OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA

SCULPTURE: Yorkshire doesn't need its own version of the Angel of the North – it is the North Picture: OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA

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Yorkshire doesn't need its own version of the Angel of the North – it is the North

The plight of the Studland seahorse

The plight of the Studland seahorse

Plight of the Studland seahorses

Hannah Hauxwell, pictured in 2008. Picture: North News & Pictures

Hannah Hauxwell, pictured in 2008. Picture: North News & Pictures

Harry Mead: Was Hannah Hauxwell really from Yorkshire?

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