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Charles Kennedy Memorial Lecture – on friendship, mental health, addiction (and what he would have made of the Brexit fiasco)

When I agreed to do this event, I was determined – and I think Lesley was keen – that I did not dwell too long on Brexit. And fear not, the bulk of what I talk about will be Charles. But how to ta... Continue

Mind Mental Health Media Awards

27 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Well done BBC in Mental Health Media awards. Looking forward to Inside Sport on depression tonight

I am out tonight recording the voiceover for a new official Burnley FC DVD - stay with me, stay with me, this is not another Burnley blog, I promise. I'm just hoping I get back in time for Inside Spo... Continue

25 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 ... Continue

17 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Robert Enke RIP. May his death increase understanding of depression

I'm in Austria to make a speech and speak to government communications specialists.   The news is wall to wall coverage of the dreadful suicide of top footballer Robert Enke, who had fought depressi... Continue

11 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

In praise of Stephen Fry, who should tweet or not as he sees fit

When I did a documentary on my breakdown and depression last year, I said that it must be hard bordering on impossible for someone who does not get depression fully to understand what it is like.  T... Continue

1 November 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Breaking the blog-a-day spell as warm up to holiday

Concerned regulars text, email and comment, to ask whether the blog-free last couple of days signifies some woe that may have befallen me. One of my bouts of depression, for example. Something even w... Continue

20 July 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... Continue

15 July 2009

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Thanks to Mr Harper on mental health, rebuttal of Mr Hague on Iraq

Given I left Downing Street in 2003, it's rare these days I get mentioned in Parliament. Then ... it's like waiting for a bus. Two mentions one after the other, first in Prime Minister's Questions, t... Continue

24 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.

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