Twenty-six years ago Lady (Mary) Fairfax granted me one of the few interviews she ever did to discuss her purported role in the then decimation of Fairfax, the oldest media company in the world. Following her death this week her story bears repeating. It is one for the ages. http://davidleser.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mary-Fairfax.pdf
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The Power of the Introvert
April 27Many introverts don’t know this but they are often the most powerful people in the room. Through their silences, their non verbal cues and their comfort in their own company they are able to draw others in with a quiet and irresistible magnetism JONES MAGAZINE INTROVERT STORY
The Loneliness of Men
October 31The ABC’s sensational three-part series on Australian masculinity, Man Up, finished last week. It is compulsory viewing for men everywhere. Actually make that men, women and children. Here’s a story I wrote on the “Loneliness of Men” which goes to many of the issues explored in the ground-breaking ABC series.
Insomnia
March 29A prolonged bout of insomnia left David Leser as a physical and emotional wreck. Now recovered, he still remembers the experience as one of the most harrowing in his life. Read full article in Sunday Life Magazine here.