has nature ever been more important to mental well-being and happiness, and the future of the planet?
On Tuesday, I was on the daytime Channel 4 show, Steph’s Packed lunch, and also on was a...
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On Tuesday, I was on the daytime Channel 4 show, Steph’s Packed lunch, and also on was a...
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I am hugely indebted to Paul Dacre, whose letter in the Times today has inspired me to pen some...
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Dear Bradford, I am writing you this letter because the Daily Telegraph asked me to this morning....
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‘Did Brexit work for business?’ It’s the title of a Channel 4 Dispatches...
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Close readers of my diaries may be aware of a woman called Alison Blackshaw, who features in most...
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"Superbly readable, supremely useful. This book could save lives."
– Stephen Fry
LIVING BETTER is Alastair Campbell’s honest, moving and life affirming account of his lifelong struggle with depression. It is an autobiographical, psychological and psychiatric study, which explores his own childhood, family and other relationships, and examines the impact of his professional and political life on himself and those around him. But it also lays bare his relentless quest to understand depression not just through his own life but through different treatments. Every bit as direct and driven, clever and candid as he is, this is a book filled with pain, but also hope - he examines how his successes have been in part because of rather than despite his mental health problems - and love. His partner of forty years, Fiona Millar, writes a moving afterword on how she too has learned to live with his depression.
Depression is the predominant mental health problem worldwide - it is estimated that 1 in 6 people in the past week experienced a common mental health problem and major depression is thought to be the second leading cause of disability worldwide. LIVING BETTER is a call to arms and an extraordinary memoir in one compelling and inspiring narrative. This is a book that really could save lives.
Alastair Campbell says: ‘We all know someone with depression. There is barely a family untouched by it. We may be talking about it more than we did, back in the era of 'boys don't cry' - they did you know - and when a brave face or a stiff upper lip or a best foot forward was seen as the only way to go. But we still don't talk about it enough. There is still stigma, and shame, and taboo. There is still the feeling that admitting to being sad or anxious makes us weak. It took me years, decades even to get to this point, but I passionately believe that the reverse is true and that speaking honestly about our feelings and experiences (whether as a depressive or as the friend or relative of a depressive) is the first and best step on the road to recovery.’
She should be struck off by the Bar Council. She is a disgrace to her former profession. She defends the indefensible because she is AG under the only PM in history who would consider her to be ministerial material
Suella Braverman blames remainer civil servants ‘thwarting reforms’ but not everyone is buying it https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/suella-braverman-blames-remainer-civil-servants-thwarting-reforms-but-not-everyone-is-buying-it-328223/ #Brexit
I really think this is a stunning achievement by Priti Patel and the Met Police
Steve Bray has obviously depended on donations to survive - now thanks to them and MP's who complained he has £200k in his account and can go on for years 🤣 #JohnsonOut157 https://www.indy100.com/politics/steve-bray-fundraiser-protester-parliament
Tony Blair s’inquiète de la “relégation” du 🇬🇧 post-Brexit et du “trou béant” des idées politiques (Labour inclus) dans l’excellent podcast de @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK
Oui oui, Irak, mais TB reste le + grand dirigeant social-démocrate https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/tony-blair-on-the-uks-relegation-battle/id1611374685?i=1000568059189
Just looking at pic 4. The guy in the waistcoat with his phone closest to Lardarse mouth. Did that journalist ask him about the Carrie blowjob on the Foreign Office sofa? All so so cosy eh? Disgusting people
My pictures of the week: Two summits and many more Prime Ministers and Presidents.