Felix Dennis Is A Food Safety Fanatic

By Hamilton Nolan on July 15, 2009 at 6:00 AM

Felix Dennis is publishing’s wild man! How is the former Maxim publisher and admitted (then hastily retracted!) murderer keeping himself busy these days?

By remaining a wild man, we hear! Wild man like a fox. Don’t get it twisted: Felix Dennis may occasionally drink five bottles of wine and then confess to pushing some dude off a cliff, but he’s no fool. He sold off Maxim and Blender for $US250 million two years ago; today, Blender’s folded, and Dennis’ old company is totally financially fucked.

But Dennis still controls The Week, meaning he still has an excuse to play crazy publisher man! His latest adorable foible: a tipster tells us that Felix “shut down the office kitchen because people left milk out.” And also, because he can. The man’s a throwback!

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rosie

October 12, 2009 at 9:18 AM

hey does anyone anywhere know how i can contact felix dennis im a freind fromlndon just after the oz mag jail thingy and have lost contact coz living in country town in oz ki lived with felix in 44 in london would love to contact himand know he would love tohear fromme not ego just fact pls if anyone cangive any details ive just stareted my search to get intouch with my dear old friend rosie mcglone

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rosie

October 12, 2009 at 9:21 AM

im ols freiend of felix fromwhen lived in 44 london around thwe oz mag time lost contact as living in oz now myself would love to contact and sure he would love to hear fromme not ego fact pls if anyone can help would be very grateful rosie mcglone x

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Smitros

July 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM

He wrote a poetry book and bribed people with wine to come and listen to it. That's strange enough.

His meter and rhyme are sound, but his sensibility is nothing that Kipling didn't do already.
GooberSaysHey

July 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM

@GooberSaysHey: Actually, now that I do the math, it was 9 years ago (sorry ... edit didn't work). Glad to see he's still keeping office kitchens clean!
GooberSaysHey

July 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM

True story: I once interviewed at Maxim for a freelance gig like 6 or 7 years ago ... while I was waiting in their little kitchenette for a second editor that was meeting with me, Dennis came crawling out from underneath a table mumbling something to himself. Turns out he was pissed 'cause someone spilled coffee leaving him to clean it up. I immediately dug him for doing it himself rather than fetching a flunky.
Conchie Birdie

July 15, 2009 at 6:41 AM

@TedSez: Hanging prep but I completely agree with you.
Queen of the Passive Aggressives

July 15, 2009 at 6:32 AM

I'd love to shut down the office kitchen. This guy is now my hero.

Queen of the Passive Aggressives
xhack

July 15, 2009 at 6:28 AM

TRUE FACT: His birth name is Dennis Felix.

xhack
Cheap Shot

July 15, 2009 at 6:19 AM

I've witnessed Felix's shenanigans and somehow still respect the man. His shrewd business sense really worked and he seemed to be one of the few millionaires I know who did all the things I would want to.

Have an island, smoke crack, have multiple girlfriends, hang with Mick Jagger, write a poetry book and force your minions to listen to the readings, buy a forest, smoke cigs anywhere you please... the list goes on.
TedSez

July 15, 2009 at 6:10 AM

This guy got rich publishing non-nude pinups and a news-aggregation blog printed on paper. Such a genius must not be criticized, only learned from.

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