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BARKING MAD
With the demise of the Queen’s beloved corgis and the rise of the PetNup, we ask why are we a nation so besotted by our pooches (other pets are available)? “If I’d had him first,
DOUBLE DUTCH
Going native is one of the best ways to rediscover a favourite city. David Leck broke his Airbnb virginity and headed back to the Dutch capital. “It’s really just a big village. An increasingly busy
CORBYN, COMBAT AND OUR INCREASING LACK OF PERSPECTIVE
The SnapChat of British paratroopers in Afghanistan using a photo of Jeremy Corbyn as a target for rifle practice (using paint pellets incidentally) has inevitably got some in our increasingly reactionary and humourless society in
BREXIT: ARE THERE ANY GROWN-UPS LEFT?
Did anyone see Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis sneak in the most perfectly nuanced roll of the eyes the other week as the poor woman endured (yet another) Brexit interview with two MPs? No, I haven’t a
SPEAKING OF MANAGEMENT – THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
I’ve been around a long time. Almost 35 years spent in the workplace, the last 25 running my own business. One thing I’ve learnt - and that’s re-enforced more the older I get - is
IN WITH THE NEW…AND STILL IN WITH THE TRIED AND TESTED
What with the threat from robots (don’t worry, we can learn to love them), people knowing change is inevitable but not always truly committed to fully embracing it, and clients ever-more resourceful, you’d be hard
THEY DON’T MAKE BOSSES LIKE THAT THESE DAYS
I went to a funeral today. Yes, they do become more frequent diary entries with age. This one marked a farewell to my first-ever boss. It was a very, very long time ago and, although
RELEASING A MODERN-DAY PR MYTH
The editor of a particular section of a national newspaper posted a Tweet recently declaring the press release dead and that she’d much rather PR people phone her. I like and respect this particular journalist
BLACK AND WHITE IS THE NEW GREY
What's happened to us? We seem to live in a world where people can only deal with black and white, with extremes of view and opinion, and where anything requiring a level of dispassionate evaluation
KNOW YOUR S***
There’s a greeting card that often peers out at me from a newsstand on Regent Street. It reads “It’s the difference between knowing your s*** and know you’re s***!” Indeed! A couple of months back
THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF THE RENT-A-GOB
An interesting no, scrap that, a thoroughly annoying phenomenon of recent years has been the ascent of the rent-a-gob. You know the sort. They turn up in your paper and on your television and radio
DON’T CALL TIME ON PRINT JUST YET
Be honest – do you read as much as you like or as you should? If knowledge is power then it’s probably safe to assume most of us drown under today’s seemingly unstoppable assault of
THE ART OF UNDERSTATED MANAGEMENT
I frequently spend some time in a fabulous resort in Koh Samui. I've had the pleasure of staying there before and so impressive was the experience I was champing at the bit to return. The
MASTERING THE ART OF EIGHT LIMBS
Thailand’s national sport isn’t merely a discipline of enormous skill executed at lightening speed, it’s one deeply engrained in the country’s culture - and in devout principles of dedication, hard work and respect for both
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Since setting up David Leck Associates in 1994 he has managed pro-active and re-active media relations in sectors ranging from travel, leisure, fitness and broadcasting to property, health, charities, the law and training. He also provides advice and counsel at management and board levels.