Finlay Macdonald is a writer and broadcaster, and has an association with Les Mills World of Fitness. He was previously the publisher at HarperCollins, editor of the Listener, commissioning editor at Penguin Books, and a weekly columnist for the Sunday Star-Times. He was born in Scotland in 1961.
An essay by Finlay Macdonald on a typically brilliant and impossible to categorise work of biographical art by the late James McNeish.
"We kicked his ass and took his gas": Finlay Macdonald reviews Seymour Hersh's inquiry into the killing - and burial at sea, if it happened - of Osama bin Laden.
"It’s always a mistake to imagine a host is bigger than the format. Paul Holmes played that card when he took his show from TVNZ to Prime, and it was not an ace."
The well of rugby knowledge has run dry, writes Finlay Macdonald. We're in for a terrifying few days at Peak All Black.
"Jon Stewart has probably done more good for the image of America abroad than any of the presidents he has made fun of in his 17 years on air" – Finlay Macdonald farewells Jon Stewart
"For a guy dressed in period knitwear who sang from a rocking chair, that’s not a bad innings." – Finlay Macdonald pays tribute to Val Doonican, the man who put the rock into rocking chair.
"Simply a stone in the shoe for a channel remaking itself in the image of its new board – what you might call the NZX Factor."
Finlay McDonald looks at the emerging international television phenomenon known as 'poverty porn'.
After gorging himself on a strict diet of food television and cooking reality shows, Finlay Macdonald examines the skills required to be the perfect public eater.
