Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. In 2007, he published his first book The Blair Years which was an instant Sunday Times Number 1 bestseller. He has written seventeen books in total, including Number 1 best-seller Winners and How They Succeed. His latest, Living Better: How I learned to survive depression (2020), was another Sunday Times best-seller. In the wake of the referendum, he helped set up The New European newspaper where he is editor-at-large and writes a weekly column. For several years, he also wrote a monthly interview for GQ magazine. Mr Campbell has been a Humanitas Visiting Professor on Media at Cambridge University, and has been honoured by several Irish universities for his contribution to the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Still active in politics and campaigns in Britain and overseas, he now splits his time between writing, speaking, broadcasting, charities and consultancy.

Events participated in:

Books, Brexit & Bullsh*t (Youth in Politics): Watch Alastair Campbell as he gets grilled by two young journalists from Peebles High School and Edinburgh Napier University about his new book, What Can I Do. (2023)

Blair to Brexit Britain and Beyond: Join Alastair Campbell as he is quizzed by his old colleague Jonathan Powell about the Blair years, Brexit, and his own inner struggles to find peace. (2022)