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From The Editor's Chair
Editor's view of the week's events.
Dad At Large
Peter Barron on the heartaches & belly laughs that go with being a father of four.
Gadfly
Discursive and multi-faceted column
John North
Quirky view of the region's people and places
At Your Service
A rather large fly on the church wall
Eating Owt
Off-the-wall pub and restaurant reviews
Backtrack
Sporting memories
Mum At Large
Ruth on the heartaches & belly laughs that go with being a mum.
Ray Mallon
A personal view of the week's events
Rob Merrick
Weekly political commentary.
Gadget Reviews
Best and worst from the world of gadgets
Video Game Reviews
PC, console and handheld
Motor Reviews
Weekly motoring reviews
Chris Lloyd
Topical weekly column
Echo Memories
Weekly column taking a look at North-East History
Shoptalk
What hot and what's not on the high street.
Sharon's View
Opinion from the region's best known woman columnist who never sits on the fence
Peter Mullen
Topical weekly column from the Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill, in the City of London
Harry Mead
A personal view of the week's events
Theatre
A look at who's walking the boards in the North-East.
Tonight's TV
Steve's look at tonight's TV
In The Picture
Latest from the big and small screen
Movie Reviews
Weekly movie reviews
Soapwatch
Light-hearted delve into soapworld
PETER
BARRON
Peter
Barron, editor of The Northern Echo since January 1999, joined the
paper as a reporter in 1984. He spent a year as editor of the Hartlepool
Mail before rejoining The Northern Echo as editor. He is also a former
UK columnist of the Year. Sign up for my free email newsletter!
FRASER KICKS OFF
Football chat with The Northern Echo's chief football writer, Paul Fraser. You can follow Paul and our other sports writers on twitter via our sport page.
WILL
ROBERTS
As
a child I always missed out on the crazes. When I got my first shell
suit people were into Kickers. I finally got a Gameboy when people
had moved on to Playstations. So I’m over the moon to be finally up
to date by having my own blog.
ECHO MEMORIES
Chris Lloyd's Echo Memories is one of the most popular features in The Northern Echo, generating plenty of reader reaction every week. This blog aims to air as many as the letters and emails as possible, to encourage more memories and feedback, and to act as a first draft for a future column.
CHINA
Ian Richmond, a Darlington native born and bred, is now a senior lecturer in English at the Aeronautical department of Nanchang University in China.
LYNN BRIGGS
Lynn
Briggs was born and raised in Warren, Pennsylvania, USA. She lived
in and around Warren most of her life and then moved to Cleveland,
Ohio in 1995. She met her husband, John, who was born in Sunderland,
through a mutual interest in 60s music.
COCKFIELD
Nigel Dowson writes about his home town of Cockfield. Nigel, who was born and bred in Cockfield, owns Jigsaw Hair Salon in Darlington and has a passion for local history.
BUTTERWICK HOSPICE CARE
Keeping readers updated with goings on at the Hospice including fundraising activities and commenting on relevant issues and events which interest, amuse or infuriate.
POLITICS & WORLD AFFAIRS: A YOUNG PERSON'S VIEW
Eighteen-year-old Jade Hall is studying politics, English literature and history. She aims to study politics and international relations at university and here gives a young person's view of political and world affairs.
JUDITH'S DIVORCE BLOG
Reflections
on divorce, separation and associated topics by Judith Middleton,
a partner at Latimer Hinks, solicitors in Darlington. Judith qualified
as a solicitor in 1982 and is accredited as a family law specialist
by Resolution. She is also the Regional Press Officer for Resolution,
Tees Valley.
COUNTY DURHAM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This blog will tell you about new funding streams available through the foundation's grant-making programmes, set up by local donors and through other partnerships including government funding.
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