Gordon McBride – The Spinoff

Great journalist, great boss, great person: saying goodbye to Gordon

4 December 2016 by David Slack

A legend of NZ journalism, admired and adored by colleagues in newspapers and at TV3, Gordon ‘Flash’ McBride has died. David Slack bids farewell. Some people find the right words to say goodbye to a dying friend. I struggle. I stare at a blank card for an hour. Only at the funeral do I find … Read more

Books: The Guy Who Gave The MP The Idea to Steal a Dead Child’s Identity

4 December 201622 October 2015 by Gordon McBride

The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue, by Frederick Forsyth Frederick Forsyth, alliterative rather than literary genius, father of the jet-age airport novel, has influenced a couple of generations of dreamers. One who immediately springs to mind is former ACT MP David Garrett, who was so intrigued by Forsyth’s description of identity theft in The Day … Read more