Colin Bell (journalist) explained

Colin J. Bell (1 April 1938 – 9 October 2021) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and author.

Bell was educated at St Paul's School, London, and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1959 with a first-class degree in the Historical Tripos.[1] He went on to become a journalist with various newspapers, including The Scotsman, and was once editor of The Scots Independent. He made the transition to broadcasting with BBC Radio Scotland in 1984.[2]

Bell served the Scottish National Party (SNP) as Executive Vice-Chairman from 1978 to 1984, and was the party's Campaign Director for the European Parliament elections in 1984. In 1979 he stood as SNP Parliamentary Candidate for Edinburgh West,[3] and also as the European Parliamentary Candidate for North East Scotland that same year.[4] In June 1996, he was the 13th Scot to be presented with the Oliver Brown Award.[2] He later left the SNP to join the Scottish Socialist Party.[5] [6]

Bell wrote Murder Trail: Death for a Living.[7] [8] He served as Rector of Aberdeen University from 1991 to 1993.[2]

Bell died on 9 October 2021, at the age of 83.[9]

Notes and References

  1. 'Cambridge Tripos Results', Times, 26 June 1959.
  2. Web site: Dr Colin Bell . Scots Independent . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101201115733/http://scotsindependent.org/brown/colin_bell.htm . 2010-12-01 . dead .
  3. Web site: Candidates and Constituency Assessments: Edinburgh West . Scottish Politics Research Unit . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719183505/http://www.scottishpolitics.org/nextwe/l06.html . 19 July 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: European Parliamentary Elections: North-east Scotland . Scottish Politics Research Unit . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719183554/http://www.scottishpolitics.org/eecelect/nes.html . 19 July 2011 . dead .
  5. Web site: Dr Colin Bell . Scots Independent . 49 . 11 May 2001 . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007005223/http://www.scotsindependent.org/2001/010511/index.htm . 7 October 2008 . dead .
  6. News: Devolution's sweet honeytrap . Arnold Kemp . The Observer . 13 May 2001 . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113052245/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/may/13/election2001.comment?commentpage=1 . 2012-11-13 . live .
  7. Web site: Murder Trail. Foyles. 2008-08-17.
  8. Book: Colin Bell (academic). Murder trail : death for a living. Grenada Media. London. 2002. 978-0-233-05099-7.
  9. News: Obituary: Colin Bell, formidable broadcaster who delighted in being intellectually provocative . 11 July 2022 . The Herald . 11 November 2021.

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