Colin Bell (journalist)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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]
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- ↑ 'Cambridge Tripos Results', Times, 26 June 1959.
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