David Yelland
@davidyelland.bsky.social
Founded Kitchen Table Partners, edited newspapers in London and New York. Presenter ‘When it Hits the Fan’ @BBCRadio4, @BBCSounds. @ManCity Blue.
Today I am celebrating 20 years of sobriety with Max and Lulu, who have no memory of their daddy ever drinking. #Miracles #Gratitude #Recovery 2️⃣0️⃣🙏🎉
July 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today I am celebrating 20 years of sobriety with Max and Lulu, who have no memory of their daddy ever drinking. #Miracles #Gratitude #Recovery 2️⃣0️⃣🙏🎉
You're barred! Does banning media ever work for the powerful? Did it work for Nottingham Forest banning Gary Neville? Did it for Maxwell? Or for Fergie? When It Hits the Fan: @BBCRadio4 at 4pm, on @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You're barred! Does banning media ever work for the powerful? Did it work for Nottingham Forest banning Gary Neville? Did it for Maxwell? Or for Fergie? When It Hits the Fan: @BBCRadio4 at 4pm, on @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'll raise you this Magnolia 👀
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'll raise you this Magnolia 👀
What have I learned so far at #Anthropy25? Blessed are the connectors of people for how else can we solve the problems the world faces...? ... so thank you John O'Brien... 👏🙏 @anthropyuk.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What have I learned so far at #Anthropy25? Blessed are the connectors of people for how else can we solve the problems the world faces...? ... so thank you John O'Brien... 👏🙏 @anthropyuk.bsky.social
I am thrilled to be speaking, and listening, at #Anthropy25. Join me at next week’s national gathering… Anthropy runs from 26-28 March at The Eden Project in Cornwall. @anthropyuk.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I am thrilled to be speaking, and listening, at #Anthropy25. Join me at next week’s national gathering… Anthropy runs from 26-28 March at The Eden Project in Cornwall. @anthropyuk.bsky.social
'Musk must quit Tesla...' Ross Gerber on @BBCNewsnight saying precisely what we say in this week's When It Hits the Fan, do listen on @BBCSounds
March 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
'Musk must quit Tesla...' Ross Gerber on @BBCNewsnight saying precisely what we say in this week's When It Hits the Fan, do listen on @BBCSounds
Prince William passion for @AVFCOfficial, his SEVEN pages in today’s @TheSun is PR genius, he and the Palace using football as soft power, superb for the paper too. Really interesting moment.
March 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Prince William passion for @AVFCOfficial, his SEVEN pages in today’s @TheSun is PR genius, he and the Palace using football as soft power, superb for the paper too. Really interesting moment.
Keir Starmer has, quite suddenly, conquered the Daily Mail. This, coupled with his @TheNewsAgents interview completes the best tactical PR week so far.
March 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keir Starmer has, quite suddenly, conquered the Daily Mail. This, coupled with his @TheNewsAgents interview completes the best tactical PR week so far.
Often stop at Little Gidding on way back from visiting the north, better than the A1 Services, a reminder in this tiny Church, beloved by Eliot, that America produces very great men and women - worth remembering right now - and "All manner of thing shall be well." 🇺🇸🇬🇧
March 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Often stop at Little Gidding on way back from visiting the north, better than the A1 Services, a reminder in this tiny Church, beloved by Eliot, that America produces very great men and women - worth remembering right now - and "All manner of thing shall be well." 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Today’s New York Times (@maggieNYT et al) superb on Musk Vs Bannon and how Trump is increasingly failing to manage the two egos. Important. This is new.
March 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today’s New York Times (@maggieNYT et al) superb on Musk Vs Bannon and how Trump is increasingly failing to manage the two egos. Important. This is new.
To describe Dorothy Hepworth as just “another painter” rather misses the entire Spencer/Preece story, does it not? Maybe Januszczak was badly edited.
March 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
To describe Dorothy Hepworth as just “another painter” rather misses the entire Spencer/Preece story, does it not? Maybe Januszczak was badly edited.
I proudly lived in the United States a decade, Green Card Permanent Resident. Feel embarrassed for America and all my friends there.... but never give up on the USA....
February 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I proudly lived in the United States a decade, Green Card Permanent Resident. Feel embarrassed for America and all my friends there.... but never give up on the USA....
So… let’s get this right… China can own water suppliers in northern UK (and maybe soon all of London) UAE can own our ports, Qatar slices of the City but Abu Dhabi cannot be allowed to have…., er, ITV……or Telegraph….. which, by the any, nobody else seems to want….
February 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
So… let’s get this right… China can own water suppliers in northern UK (and maybe soon all of London) UAE can own our ports, Qatar slices of the City but Abu Dhabi cannot be allowed to have…., er, ITV……or Telegraph….. which, by the any, nobody else seems to want….
As we said on Fan Hitters at the Inauguration of Trump - the tech bros pictured with him may regret being so close, PR is all about wisdom or lack of it, Google and Apple especially must now be wondering.. In today's @FT Richard Waters says similar.
February 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we said on Fan Hitters at the Inauguration of Trump - the tech bros pictured with him may regret being so close, PR is all about wisdom or lack of it, Google and Apple especially must now be wondering.. In today's @FT Richard Waters says similar.
Suddenly Trump has lost the populist UK media: “Appalling,” “Shameful,” “Putin’s Poodle.”
February 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Suddenly Trump has lost the populist UK media: “Appalling,” “Shameful,” “Putin’s Poodle.”
"Trump in disinformation bubble" - this Statement from Zelensky is surely one of the greatest forms of words ever deployed since Putin started this war. PR matters here.
February 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Trump in disinformation bubble" - this Statement from Zelensky is surely one of the greatest forms of words ever deployed since Putin started this war. PR matters here.
Our analysis in 4Q 2024 on @BBCRadio4's When Hits the Fan that the UK papers will be sold by the younger Murdochs is proven in the Reno court papers, Times, Sunday Times will go, The Sun's fate uncertain.
February 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Our analysis in 4Q 2024 on @BBCRadio4's When Hits the Fan that the UK papers will be sold by the younger Murdochs is proven in the Reno court papers, Times, Sunday Times will go, The Sun's fate uncertain.
The Athletic has no collective judgement whatsoever, they ran this analysis moments before the young @ManCity future ran out 4-0 at the Etihad.
February 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Athletic has no collective judgement whatsoever, they ran this analysis moments before the young @ManCity future ran out 4-0 at the Etihad.
On same day Elon Musk posted he had “… spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper” he was planning his $97B hostile bid for OpenAI. Is the ‘War on the Woke Mind Virus’ just PR to distract the world’s attention? Simon and I discuss on When It Hits the Fan @BBCRadio4 at 4.30pm, @BBCSounds.
February 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On same day Elon Musk posted he had “… spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper” he was planning his $97B hostile bid for OpenAI. Is the ‘War on the Woke Mind Virus’ just PR to distract the world’s attention? Simon and I discuss on When It Hits the Fan @BBCRadio4 at 4.30pm, @BBCSounds.
Billionaires of Meta, Amazon, Google, X - plus Apple CEO out of shot - all in the court of Trump: How will this look in a year, in five, in ten? We discuss tomorrow, When It Hits the Fan, @BBCRadio4, 4.30pm, then @BBCSounds.
January 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Billionaires of Meta, Amazon, Google, X - plus Apple CEO out of shot - all in the court of Trump: How will this look in a year, in five, in ten? We discuss tomorrow, When It Hits the Fan, @BBCRadio4, 4.30pm, then @BBCSounds.
Harvard MBAs “unemployed after a few months” is a 20th Century headline on a 21st Century school - in reality 50pc of grads set up start-ups or work for themselves spurning employment offers, others wait for appropriate offer, others study further.
January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Harvard MBAs “unemployed after a few months” is a 20th Century headline on a 21st Century school - in reality 50pc of grads set up start-ups or work for themselves spurning employment offers, others wait for appropriate offer, others study further.
Video: Manchester City warming up last night at Brentford.
January 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Video: Manchester City warming up last night at Brentford.
Awoke thinking of Tony Slattery, what a talent he was and what he gave us all.
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Awoke thinking of Tony Slattery, what a talent he was and what he gave us all.
As LA burns The Times somehow chooses to attack Net Zero because it 'hands power to Beijing' albeit based on ex-MI6 chief. We can only curb effects of climate change by working with China and across all borders, vast majority of leaders in field argue.
January 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
As LA burns The Times somehow chooses to attack Net Zero because it 'hands power to Beijing' albeit based on ex-MI6 chief. We can only curb effects of climate change by working with China and across all borders, vast majority of leaders in field argue.
I'm the Only @ManCity Blue in the Village @RealMattLucas! We're all @Arsenal today...
January 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm the Only @ManCity Blue in the Village @RealMattLucas! We're all @Arsenal today...