Fergus Byrne – More Lives Than One
The Extraordinary Life of Felix Dennis

Canny, infuriating, cynical and generous by turns, Felix Dennis was a true polymath whose astonishing story of relative rags to phenomenal riches is told with insight and sensitivity by Fergus Byrne, publisher and editorial director of The Marshwood Vale Magazine.

Byrne had regular access to Dennis and his personal archive for this authorised biography and got to know him well. The early rebellious years started with Dennis as a grammar school drop-out, playing in a rock n’ roll band and being charged with obscenity relating to the infamous ‘schoolkids’ issue of the Sixties underground magazine: Oz.

Then he founded Dennis Publishing which became a pioneering publisher of computer, hobbyist and lifestyle magazines and subsequently the flagship brand The Week. Dennis survived a self destructive phase to become an industrious businessman and generous philanthropist, planting trees, writing poetry and creating a magnificent home in Warwickshire where he died in June 2014.

In conversation with Paul Lashmar
Friday 13 November 2015 Time: 6.30 pm
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