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
The life and death of the man who made the link between exercise and health
Until yesterday, I had never heard of Professor Jerry Morris. Yet a fascinating obituary in The Times made me wish I had. Maybe it is because I am now on the back nine of life, as over 50s golfers ca... Continue28 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Mind Mental Health Media Awards
27 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Two very different stories of depression
Back to the depression front today, with two very different stories to report from different parts of the world. First from Australia, where senior politician Kevin Foley has held an emotional press ... Continue17 November 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Twitter NHS backlash good for Obama
When I occasionally rage at the culture of negativity in the UK media, it is often the coverage of the NHS I have in mind. Every hour of every day, wonderful things happen in the NHS, thanks to the te... Continue14 August 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Will MPs take the lead in the debate on euthanasia?
There is something very moving about the accounts of the deaths, together in a private Swiss clinic, of conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan, a former ballet dancer. Though he was older by e... Continue15 July 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Andrew Lansley done up like a kipper
You won't have found too many words of praise for journalists on here, so stand by for a rare event. I refer to a journalist I have never met, named Sally Gainsbury, who works for a magazine I don't ... Continue2 July 2009
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Psychiatrists heading for relegation in ‘disease prestige’ league table
I promised an update on my morning with the psychiatrists in Sedgefield, and I really really tried to get it to you yesterday. Don't blame me. Blame something called Globetrotter Connect on my laptop.... Continue11 June 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.