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Timothy Bell, Baron Bell (b. 18 October 1941) is a prominent advertising and public relations executive and British Conservative politician. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...
Public relations is, simply stated, the art and science of building relationships between an organization and its key audiences. ...
The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...
Lord Bell worked in various advertising and PR companies before helping to found and becoming Managing Director of Saatchi and Saatchi in 1970, then Chairman and Managing Director of Saatchi and Saatchi Compton in 1975. He led it to be the premier agency in the world. In 1985 he left to set up his own agency. He set up Lowe Bell Communications in 1987 and became Chairman of Chime Communications in 1994, which includes Bell Pottinger. Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and art collector Charles, most famous for their campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party before the 1979 UK general election and for the adverts for British Airways and other state owned interests privatised by the Conservatives...
Both at Saatchi and Saatchi and with his own agency, Bell has been instrumental in Conservative election campaigns, including all the successful campaigns of Margaret Thatcher. In her first 1979 victory, he coached her on interview technique and even advised on clothing and hairstyle choices. He courted newspaper editors and worked on devastating attacks on the Labour Party. He is seen as one of the first of the modern breed of 'spin doctors' and founder of the modern PR industry. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts, born 13 October 1925) is a British politician and a former barrister and chemist. ...
The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ...
The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...
In public relations, spin is a usually pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in ones own favor of an event or situation that is designed to bring about the most positive result possible. ...
In 1984 Bell was seconded to the National Coal Board to advise on media strategy at the start of the miners' strike. He did not just work on media relations, however: he also helped set the terms of the negotiations and course of government policy, sensing their strong hand with the public. The National Coal Board (NCB) was the nationalised British coal mining company. ...
The miners strike of 1984-5 was a major piece of industrial action affecting the British coal industry. ...
Bell was knighted in 1990 and was made a life peer as Baron Bell, of Belgravia in the City of Westminster in 1998. He is often seen on panels and current affairs programmes giving the Conservative view and is Chairman of the Conservative Party's Keep the £ Campaign. He has also served on various arts and public administration bodies. In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ...
Perhaps Bell's darkest moments came during the 1997 general election campaign when a book serialised in The Observer newspaper claimed Bell had used drugs (specifically cocaine) and had, in the 1970s, been fined for indecent exposure.
Tim Bell most recently advised the Iraqi authorities on the promotion of democracy.
Books - Mark Hollingsworth, The Ultimate spin doctor: the life and fast times of Tim Bell, 1997.
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