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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

Cameron, Clegg and Miliband should listen to police and doctors re costs of booze

I was going to spend part of today's sickbed sojourn writing a blog about the Lib Dem conference, but Chief Constable Adrian Lee's remarks that Britain needs to take a long hard look at its drinking c... Continue

15 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

More rebuttal on book interview headlines – and reminder to Labour re ‘mess we inherited’ rebuttal on economy

Another day, another perfectly fair, accurately quoted interview, this time in the Daily Telegraph, with Celia Walden. There are various reasons why I said 'yes' when she asked to do the piece. First,... Continue

9 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Have we got the balance right between the ‘war on drugs’ and dealing with alcohol abuse?

I am about to do some interviews about my new novel, My Name Is ..., out next week, which tells the story of a young girl's descent into alcoholism. It is a novel, a story, but I hope one that makes p... Continue

4 September 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Women and alcohol – when ‘normal’ drinking slips into problem territory

A while back I posted a guest blog by the founders of Soberistas.com an online group set up to help women worried about their drinking. Now Lucy Rocca, one of the Soberistas, has co- written a book wi... Continue

22 August 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Guest blog from a suicide survivor who says we should talk about it more

I am still getting responses on social media to the tweet I did when Stephen Fry talked about a suicide attempt, and I asked those who were asking what he had to be depressed about whether they would ... Continue

5 July 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

New social website for those suffering mental disorder

Greetings from Australia, where anyone following my tweets, pix and links to interviews will know I am, as ever when here, loving the place. I keep having little nagging thoughts that I should write a... Continue

26 June 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

Response to Stephen Fry suicide interview shows attitudes are slowly changing

Apparently I have done 19,880 tweets in the few years since I joined the twitter revolution. That seems a lot to me. But I can say without any doubt at all that the one which has had the biggest respo... Continue

10 June 2013

Posted by Alastair Campbell

On Stephen Fry: nobody chooses depression, so let’s not blame for it

ITV News asked me to write a blog on depression following Stephen Fry's latest admission of his latest suicide attempt. Here it is... Stephen Fry hit the nail on the head when he said that people are... Continue

6 June 2013

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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