The Mekon he doesn't know it, but I like the Mekon." British rock band The Mekons named themselves after the character in 1977. In May 2013, the BBC radio soap opera "The Archers" featured a storyline in which regular character Brian Aldridge was aggrieved by a local newspaper article that compared him to the Mekon. The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character
The Berkshire Eagle The Berkshire Eagle The Berkshire Eagle is an American daily newspaper published in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and covering all of Berkshire County, as well as four New York communities near Pittsfield. It is considered a newspaper of record for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Published daily since 1892, "The Eagle" has been owned since May 2, 2016 by a group of local Berkshire County investors, who purchased "The Eagle" and its three Vermont sister newspapers for an undisclosed sum from Digital First Media. "The Eagle"'s roots go back to a weekly newspaper, the "Western Star", later known as the "Berkshire Star", founded in