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A compulsively fascinating record Daily Telegraph (on Vol. 2) A belter Independent (on Vol. 2) Instantly captivating Spectator (on Vol. 2) Alastair Campbell's diaries have the quality of Pepys ... people will be looking for insights and finding them in 100 years' time Lord Alex Carlile (Vol. 1)

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Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1957, the son of a vet. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in modern languages, his first chosen career was journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, he asked Campbell to be his press secretary. He worked for Blair - first in that capacity, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy - from 1994 to 2003, since when he has been mainly engaged in writing, public speaking, working for Leukaemia Research, where he is chairman of fundraising, and continuing to advise Blair, Gordon Brown and other leading Labour figures. His first novel, All In The Mind, and an accompanying award-winning TV documentary, Cracking Up, led to him being voted Mind Champion of the Year. A second novel, Maya, was published in 2010, and The Happy Depressive, a candid look at happiness (and depression) is to be published as an ebook in January 2012. His interests include running, cycling, playing the bagpipes and following the varying fortunes of Burnley Football Club.

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