Alastair Campbell is a British writer, broadcaster and consultant strategist. He was Tony Blair’s spokesman and chief strategist from 1994 to 2003 and continues to advise progressive leaders and governments. The author of sixteen books, Campbell is now editor at large of the New European newspaper and chief interviewer for GQ magazine. He is a leading ambassador for Time To Change and other mental health charities.
Alastair Campbell
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Tuesday 9 March 2021
Alastair Campbell: Harry, Diana and me
The road that brought the prince and now Meghan to give their interview inspires compassion and regret. But the monarchy will survive. There is more nuance in this saga than the polarised debates of our age will allow
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Thursday 28 January 2021
Alastair Campbell: The BBC should do its job
The government has presided over a national disaster – but you wouldn’t know it from watching the news
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Tuesday 15 December 2020
Alastair Campbell: The 23-year-old book that explains Brexit
‘The Sovereign Individual’ was co-authored by William Rees-Mogg, father of Jacob. Its politics are those of the modern libertarian right
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Tuesday 3 November 2020
Alastair Campbell: What Johnson and Corbyn have in common
Their politics are different, but their personalities might be closer than they’d care to admit
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Friday 9 October 2020
The second pandemic
On the shoulders of Covid comes a wave of mental illness that the UK is not prepared for
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Tuesday 14 July 2020
Coping strategies
How are you?
Alastair Campbell joins us to discuss his Living Better in Lockdown project. Hear from Kelly Holmes, David Lammy, Nicola Sturgeon and more
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Monday 13 July 2020
Coping strategies
How are you?
To keep himself ‘busy and broadly sane’ Alastair Campbell set out on a series of conversations about mental health that revealed as much about him as the subjects
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Wednesday 6 May 2020
News Alert
We are witnessing a national catastrophe
Yet neither politicians nor the media seem willing to see it
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Monday 5 August 2019
Aussie rules
Australia has a golden opportunity to lead the world on mental health. By Alastair Campbell