BASSETT, BRASH AND HIDE: Announcement
- Administrator
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Sadly, two of the principal Bassett, Brash and Hide writers are retiring from the site.
This makes the future of the blog untenable.
We've had a good five-year run enjoying massive support from readers but the media environment has changed. There is a plethora of writers and advocates vying for attention. And AI is also changing the landscape in ways we are only just beginning to appreciate. Add to this that we all very much miss the ever-imaginative input from Garrick Tremain.
Michael's considerable back catalogue of newspaper columns and more latterly, his Bassett, Brash and Hide columns, can be found at Michael Bassett
A number of Don's columns appear at Don Brash (under Elocal)
Rodney continues to broadcast at Reality Check Radio with many of his podcasts archived.
For those who wish to follow writers we've regularly published, here is a list of their various addresses:
Graham Adams - The Platform
Roger Partridge - Plain Thinking
Ani O'Brien - Thought Crimes
Richard Prebble - NZ Herald (behind paywall)
Lindsay Mitchell - Lindsay Mitchell
Peter Williams - Peter's substack
Zoran Rakovic - To make the darkness conscious
Karl du Fresne at Karl du Fresne
Gary Judd KC at Thoughts from the North
John Raine, David Lillis, Geoff Parker, Peter Bassett, Muriel Newman and many others write at Breaking Views
And, last but not least, Garrick's work can be accessed at Garrick Tremain
For those who want to stay connected with each other, you have the opportunity to exchange contact details over the next few days.
The site will close at the end of February.
Our thanks and best wishes to you all,
Admin
Thank you for a remarkably informative balanced contribution to sensible analysis of our society . ANDREW MORRISON
I'm sorry to see you retire. I have found this site a source of information, a prompt to think deeper and an outlet to present opinions. You will be sorely missed. Many thanks for your input.
Stephen Becket.
In the words of top fan boy KR.
"All that's left for me to say now that the BB&H candle is being blown out is; for goodness sake people, rise up & wrench our nation back from the hands of the many traitors."
Not sure our retiring ACT team would endorse mob rule
This has been a legendary site, Thank you. Besides the headliners of the site who have always been worth reading, this site attracted some of the highest average quality of comment and the moderation was good. It is so frustrating to be constantly moderated out of so called "mainstream" sites comments threads just to uphold the radical left narrative on most things. BBH was a good place to go to pick up arguments from commenters that you'd be unlikely to find anywhere else.
I'm so sorry and very disappointed you are ending your blog, I so enjoy the intelligent, articulate articles that come through, without doubt some of the most well balanced and insightful opinions and commentaries I read.
Thank you
Stephen