Дэвид Йелленд: Журналист, редактор және қоғам қайырмашысының өмірі мен жолы

Former journalist and editor of The Sun and founder of Kitchen Table Partners

David Yelland (born 14 May 1963) is a former journalist and editor of The Sun and founder of Kitchen Table Partners, a specialist public relations and communications company in London, which he formed in 2015 after leaving the Brunswick Group LLP.

Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Yelland was adopted at birth by Michael and Patricia Yelland of York. Yelland's natural mother was a children's writer from Harrogate, who died before he could meet her. followed by Coventry Polytechnic (now Coventry University), where he obtained a BA in Economics. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party.

Yelland's first journalism post after university was at the Buckinghamshire Advertiser. to January 2003. His predecessor was Stuart Higgins and his successor was Rebekah Wade. His editorship was largely liberal and in an interview with The Guardian towards the end of his editorship he described himself as "a progressive liberal". He did the same in an interview with Tim Burt in the Financial Times in 2002 which ran on the front of the media section. Yelland says his favourite headline was "Is this the most dangerous man in Britain?" about Tony Blair, and his worst moments were publishing topless photos of Sophie Rhys Jones (now the Countess of Wessex) and running a front page editorial asking whether Britain was being run by a "Gay Mafia", a front page he has since acknowledged was a mistake and contrary to his personal views. Yelland appeared on the BBC Today programme and wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian on 29 September 2013 arguing for reform of the press and for the Royal Charter on its future to be adopted. Yelland became senior vice chairman of the PR consultancy firm Weber Shandwick in 2004. Tesco, Coca Cola

He married Tania Farrell in January 1996 at New York City Hall, but the couple divorced in 2004. Tania died from breast cancer in September 2006. Their son, Max, was born in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Shepherd's Bush, London, in August 1998. On 30 September 2012 they announced the birth of their daughter in The Times. Yelland said in 2009 that he checked into rehab for alcoholism in 2005 and has not drunk alcohol since. He said his novel was written both for children and adults, and a further theme is that of a young boy who has lost his mother. The book is dedicated to the memory of Tania, and to Max. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a board member of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and in 2007 was appointed a Life Patron of the charity.