30 January 2018
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... Continue4 September 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Slowly re-emerging from novel-writing hibernation to see a government that is there for the taking
It's flattering I suppose when people notice ... that I have not been blogging much. It is becoming a new year tradition, like stomach upsets, broken resolutions, sacked football managers and tiny FA ... Continue9 January 2013
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Excitement mounting amid countdown to seminal life-changing cultural event
The excitement (mine) is mounting ... Not quite to the peak of the day I trotted out in front of 72000 people at Old Trafford with Diego Maradona (I never talk about it as regulars know) and three oth... Continue27 August 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
My first ever rebuttal of a sex scene after Fifty Shades of crap Guardian editing
Unsurprisingly, Guardian readers have been rubbishing my so-called sex scene in today's paper, where I was one of several writers asked to try to turn on women with words and so further help fuel ... Continue7 July 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Great time on The Wright Stuff, and why I am renaming my diaries Fifty Shades of Power
I must admit to being a bit grouchy with Random House publicity for getting me up for another early start in order to spend much of the morning as a panellist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff. I am not... Continue26 June 2012
Posted by Alastair Campbell
If catflap is best Tories can do, no wonder FT Europe imposes blackout
Greetings from Vienna airport where I am waiting for a plane, worrying about the unseasonal heat, getting irritated by a couple who are kissing their dog like it is a baby, and trying to find a single... Continue5 October 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Robert Enke’s story is more important than Rio Ferdindand’s
While the press revels in the judgement that allows them to carry on with kiss and tell stories about footballers (provided they are England captain it would seem) I would like to focus not on Rio Fer... Continue30 September 2011
Posted by Alastair Campbell
A welcome addition to the depression campaign library – this time from a top footballer
A break from politics and the press today, and instead three of my other interests - football, mental illness and plugging books. No, not my own books, though these are available here here here here h... Continue25 July 2011
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.