“The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died.” SeemsEyeSeeingDiedRefuseObstaclesReportersDaredevil Author:Alastair Campbell
“My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.” LongClassPracticeFeetFlowerTheoryDiedShameRoseGravesBuriedClosestLong AgoTemptedInventingCemeteryTombstoneAdmirerHeadstoneClosest Friends Author:Alastair Campbell
“So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.” IfsKnowsEndsHappinessLostFeltViewsDoubtTheoryDiedLife And DeathHappy LifeClosestLimbsPhilipClosest FriendsTruly Happy Author:Alastair Campbell