When poor mental health creates great art …
Since writing All In The Mind, making Cracking Up, and becoming Mind Champion of the Year, I've been approached by all manner of mental health organisations and today want to give a plug to one of the... Continue12 December 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Something for the weekend – a long lazy blog lifted from interviews
This must be one of the longest, and certainly the laziest, blog I have ever done. Just a bit busy you see. I was doing a speech to sports governing bodies in The Midlands yesterday, so took the opp... Continue20 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
The scandal of friendship and the shame of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Is there no end to the cruelty of the Daily Telegraph in its coverage of MPs' expenses? My God, they have only gone and published a detailed account of my exit from a celebrity (sic) edition of Who W... Continue7 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Canaries win AC spin award with dark nights productivity survey
And this week's Spin of the Week award goes to ... drum roll, drum roll ... the Canary Island tourism board, Promotur. If you don't know why, you probably weren't concentrating yesterday because you ... Continue27 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Good news on leukaemia, good news on student activism
Late night, early morrning ... both containing reasons to be cheerful. Late night because I was speaking to Oxford University Labour Club, where there was a mood and an energy to the gathering that c... Continue13 October 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A day in the life of a (crap) City trader
Was it Atticus Finch who said don't judge a man until you have tried to walk in his shoes? Or was he just quoting someone from the Bible, or from Shakespeare, who said pretty much everything there was... Continue11 September 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Pressure on Ed Miliband can help get a climate change deal
Bono and Bob Geldof, whom God preserve, are much more than your average celebrity campaigner. They don't just care about their chosen issues, they know about them too, real genuine knowledge, and they... Continue28 August 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A lifetime’s ambition fulfilled
Forgive the utter self-indulgence of this being my first blog in quite a while, and possibly the last for another little while as I rediscover proper holidays. There are all sorts of things I could h... Continue8 August 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.