Changing the lens on mental health (and detecting yet more opposition to Brexit)
Last night I was at Reading University, delivering the Peter Campbell Lecture - no relation - in honour of the founding head of the University's Department of Politics and International Relations. I w... Continue21 November 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The speeches our leaders should make … Instead May ‘celebrates’ the vilest Brit alive, Paul Dacre
As the Brexit chaos continues, with ministers now falling by the wayside at a rate of one a week, the PM held in near contempt by those who remain in Cabinet, the NHS Chief Executive having to go publ... Continue9 November 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The GQ Interviews – The Archbishop of Canterbury
26 October 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
21 September 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
On the new diaries, Piers, Owen Jones, TBGB, Theresa/Boris, Dave/George
Another year, another volume of diaries, this one covering the time from Tony Blair's third election win to his departure from office two years later. A majority of 66 - what would Theresa May or Jere... Continue20 September 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Interviews with Mayweather (2014) and McGregor (2015)
Well, as hype went, it went well. Look at pretty much any major news site around the world and the Mayweather-McGregor fight is trending, and both men are standing by for a massive flow of cash into t... Continue27 August 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
11 August 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A tribute to (and long interview with) the Living Legend that is Usain Bolt
Well, that was a day of unwanted outcomes on the sporting front ... Burnley's 'friendly' against Hanover abandoned because of German thuggery ... and somewhat more significantly, Usain Bolt failing to... Continue6 August 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A tribute to (and long interview with) the great Mo Farah
Sometimes, as I moan and groan about backache, Brexit, or Burnley selling Michael Keane, I perhaps overlook just how blessed I am. To quote the fantastic Hebridean band Skipinnish 'feel the wonder of ... Continue5 August 2017
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. Still active in politics and campaigns in Britain and overseas, he now splits his time between writing, speaking, broadcasting, charities and consultancy.