Alastair Campbell

Has Brian O'Driscoll been a good Irish rugby captain?

independent.ie     11 hrs ago          

By Hugh Farrelly Saturday August 30 2008 Because of the announcement last Tuesday that O'Driscoll has stepped down as Leinster captain with Leo Cullen taking over. The move has increased speculation that the same decision...                    

"We're concentrating on the league" and other lies

timesonline.typepad.com     yesterday          

Oldham suffered their first defeat of the season on Tuesday night, thwocked 3-0 by fellow Lancastrians and favourite team of Alastair Campbell, Burnley. It would be easy to laugh this off, considering our dynamite start...                    

Victoria Brown: My husband has been kidnapped and sent to prison in Mexico

independent.co.uk     Aug 28, 2008          

Recent readers of my husband Cooper's column will undoubtedly know that he was having some problems with the immigration authorities here in the United Kingdom. They took him away for questioning 10 days ago and he was...                    

Exclusive: Stacked could be Scotland's answer to Skins and Shameless

dailyrecord.co.uk     Aug 26, 2008          

Aug 26 2008 By Rick Fulton STACKED is a racy new drama set around the fictional world of a Scottish lads' mag. There are high hopes for a full series, the first for a Scots drama on Channel 4 since The Book Group six years...                    

Don’t bank on basking in that gold medals glow, Gordon Brown

icnetwork.co.uk     Aug 22, 2008   49 related          

Aug 22 2008 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail Britain’s Olympic successes have prompted talk of a ‘feel-good factor’ that could revive Gordon Brown’s fortunes. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone says the PM should ignore the...                    

What MPs Have Been Reading on Their Holidays…

transitionculture.org     Aug 21, 2008          

You'll find out over the next few days about what I was reading during my holiday, but it was fascinating to read about what the UK's MP's have been reading on theirs.... the following comes courtesy of the BBC website......                    

Gold medals are non-transferable

guardian.co.uk     Aug 21, 2008   1 related          

Team GB's Beijing gold rush has lifted the national mood. This has been a good fortnight for shared national experiences, for the licence-funded BBC and for being British. Funding our Olympians and the importance of grassroots...                    

Autumn TV looks to time-travelling costume dramas

timesonline.co.uk     Aug 20, 2008   10 related          

Broadcasters have turned to Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen for their inspiration this autumn as television executives rely on 19th-century writers to woo audiences in the era of the iPod. BBC One will show a...                    

The book of Dave.

septicisle.info     Aug 19, 2008          

Being around 9 months behind everyone else as usual, I'm still reading the Alastair Campbell diaries, which I'll probably eventually post a review of. One of the things that hits you, apart from how unpleasant Campbell is...                    

Ned Temko: Britain has moved on from Labour, and there's nothing Gordon Brown can do about it

guardian.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008   32 related          

Only a modern political miracle can save Gordon Brown now Attacking the Tories' economic policies won't help Labour; as in the late 1990s, the British public has simply moved on Way back in 1997, when a now battered and...                    

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