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Guest blog from a ‘proper’ psychiatrist, on how the ‘nest’ can help the mind

Guest blog by Peter Tyrer, Emeritus Professor of Community Psychiatry, Imperial College, London Most people who read Alastair’s account of his brother, Donald, and his eulogy at Donald's funeral, ... Continue

Glad to find Eric Cantona in a quiet cinema …

Finally got to see 'Looking for Eric', the Ken Loach film starring football legend Eric Cantona as a fantasy life coach helping a struggling Manchester postman.  My son and I saw it in a near empty ... Continue

24 June 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Budgets, Balls, billionaires and Susan Boyle

It is the normal fate of Chancellors, on the Sunday before a Budget, to see the newspapers plastered with predictions of its contents. Today, you have to work well into the inside pages before findin... Continue

19 April 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On the pipes and what makes a Scot

Ok, ok, I give in (to my Twitter followers and Facebook friends) and will explain recent bagpipe tweets. Along the way I will muse (blog and vlog) on identity.  I've been up in Scotland making a fil... Continue

10 April 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

The Damned United

I liked it, though not as much as I was hoping to. My sons said much the same. My partner and daughter weren't that keen to come, which suggests in the build up the message has been football, football... Continue

28 March 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Farewell favourite restaurant, hello hometown

Nice but sad evening out last night. Nice because we saw old friends - my first Mirror editor Mike Molloy, his wife Sandie and daughter Kate. Sad because it was the last time we will go to our favouri... Continue

22 March 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Private advice to Peggy Mitchell – the leaked note in full

I knew politics was sometimes dirty, but I cannot believe what has happened. Some dastardly sort has leaked to The Sun a private note I wrote to Peggy Mitchell as she continues her campaign for electi... Continue

7 March 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Notes on the environment, a role in EastEnders

As an obsessive speller, I was horrified to see that in twittering on a speech I did on the environment yesterday, I mangled the word environment into 'environmenent.' I blamed this rare mis-spell on ... Continue

4 March 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Inside the chocolate factory

I thought I knew North London fairly well. So whenever I've seen 'The Chocolate Factory', I've always assumed I knew what it was. Indeed, as we parked the car before last night's fundraiser for Horns... Continue

28 February 2009

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.

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