http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: Ian Bell, a talent lost too soon. en Thu, 21 May 2026 08:09:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15848#post-206723 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:45:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 206723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oddly, sadly, the first of his articles I ever read in full was in last week's Sunday Herald. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15848#post-206720 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:21:30 +0000 gembo 206720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very sad. I thought he was a good journalist. Rare. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15848#post-206717 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:14:23 +0000 LaidBack 206717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Many will have heard about the sudden death of writer and journalist Ian Bell. </p> <p>The Sunday Herald today has dedicated the issue to him.</p> <p>There are links to 12 of his 'best' pieces including his tribute to William McIlvanney. (With Ian everything he wrote was considered. He selected words to consciously avoid cliches and the expected flow. A short sentence was good and he never used brackets! ))</p> <p>If you like considered words written with passion and craft then these are fine examples to start with. He also wrote books on Bob Dylan and RLS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14139932.One_of_Scotland_s_finest__read_12_of_Ian_Bell_s_best_columns/?ref=mmpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14139932.One_of_Scotland_s_finest__read_12_of_Ian_Bell_s_best_columns/?ref=mmpg</a> </p>