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    • The Tibetan Book Of Living And Denying

      Date: December 1, 2017
      Filed Under: Articles Cover Stories, Profiles
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      Tags: Buddhism, Good Weekend, Melbourne Age, Sexual abuse, Sogyal Rinpoche, Sydney Morning Herald, the Dalai Lama, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Tibet

      Why I have never stopped loving the Beatles

      Date: November 21, 2017
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Commentary
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      Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sydney Morning Herald, the Beatles, the Fab Four

      Still Occupied

      Date: August 5, 2017
      Filed Under: Articles Commentary, Politics
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      Tags: david leser, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish settlers, John Lyons, Palestine, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Israeli occupation, the Jewish lobby, the Middle East, the West Bank, Zionism

      Roger Cohen in conversation

      Date: August 1, 2018
      Filed Under: Public interviews Uncategorised
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      Tags: david leser, NYT, Roger Cohen

      The Power of the Introvert

      Date: April 27, 2017
      Filed Under: Articles Commentary, Social
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      Tags: Introvert, shyness

      Australian Writers Centre Workshops

      Date: April 27, 2017
      Filed Under: Workshops Uncategorised
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      Tags: Australian Writers' Centre, david leser, Feature writing, Profile Writing

      The Limits of Giving

      Filed Under: Articles Commentary, Social
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      Tags: Charity, david leser, Good Weekend, Philanthropy, Strange encounters

      The Loneliness of Men

      Date: October 31, 2016
      Filed Under: Articles Commentary, Gender, Social
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      Tags: Anxiety, Boys, Fathers and Sons, Loneliness, Men, Youth Suicide

      Zelda La Grange at Sydney Writers Festival

      Date: May 19, 2016
      Filed Under: Public interviews Uncategorised
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      Tags: ANC, Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Zelda la Grange

      The Time of Your Life

      Date: September 1, 2016
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      Tags: Downtime, Workplace
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David Leser

The Tibetan Book Of Living And Denying

Punching. Emotional abuse. Eye-popping sexual misdeeds. Theaccusations made against Sogyal Rinpoche...
Dec 1, 2017

Why I have never stopped loving the Beatles

I was 6½ years old when I saw the Beatles perform Love Me Do on Britain’sGranada Television....
Nov 21, 2017

Still Occupied

An assessment of John Lyons’ new book, Balcony Over Jerusalem, based on his six years covering...
Aug 5, 2017

Roger Cohen in conversation

Aug 1, 2017

The Power of the Introvert

Many introverts don’t know this, but they are often the most powerful people in the room. Through...
Apr 27, 2017

Australian Writers Centre Workshops

David Leser offers regular profile writing workshops for the Australian Writers Centre. For all enqu...
Apr 27, 2017

The Limits of Giving

A Chance Meeting in a Bondi Cafe holds lessons for how much we can – and should – give....
Mar 11, 2017

The Loneliness of Men

Being the “strong, silent type” isn’t working anymore. It’s time for men to open up and star...
Oct 31, 2016

Zelda La Grange at Sydney Writers Festival

An interview with Nelson Mandela's personal assistant Zelda la Grange at the Sydney Writers' Festiva...
Sep 12, 2016

The Time of Your Life

Too much to do and not enough time to do it? Taking a break might be all that’s needed to rest...
Sep 1, 2016
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