Sean Bell
@seancmbell.bsky.social
Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.
Imagine working in journalism, in America, in the year of our Lord 2025, and expressing bafflement over why some people maybe aren't so wild about private equity
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Imagine working in journalism, in America, in the year of our Lord 2025, and expressing bafflement over why some people maybe aren't so wild about private equity
Never change, Eric
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Never change, Eric
Sure, because one of the first things you notice about 'gender-critical' voices in Scotland is how *silent* they are. It's not like they've been amplified like an air raid siren by virtually the entire national media or anything
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sure, because one of the first things you notice about 'gender-critical' voices in Scotland is how *silent* they are. It's not like they've been amplified like an air raid siren by virtually the entire national media or anything
Will be interesting to see how Scotland fares against a jug of old-timey moonshine
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Will be interesting to see how Scotland fares against a jug of old-timey moonshine
Branston, perhaps aware that 95% of their customer base were just making cheese and pickle sandwiches, used to have a section on their website featuring slightly more... imaginative recipes. This one is no longer available, presumably because it risked provoking war with Italy.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Branston, perhaps aware that 95% of their customer base were just making cheese and pickle sandwiches, used to have a section on their website featuring slightly more... imaginative recipes. This one is no longer available, presumably because it risked provoking war with Italy.
Honourable mention: one of the books I consulted as part of the Very Serious Research for my first published piece of fiction
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Honourable mention: one of the books I consulted as part of the Very Serious Research for my first published piece of fiction
Next, this one I found in a cardboard box of free stuff outside a nearby storage container unit. Published in 1981, it is gloriously retro
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Next, this one I found in a cardboard box of free stuff outside a nearby storage container unit. Published in 1981, it is gloriously retro
First, this absolute behemoth a friend got me for my last birthday, as she knows my love of discovering regional American food unknown to the UK
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
First, this absolute behemoth a friend got me for my last birthday, as she knows my love of discovering regional American food unknown to the UK
Embittered reactionaries raging against the woke youth is old hat at this point, but only in Scotland could poetry critics, non-binary artists and creative writing graduates be attributed with more sinister power than the Illuminati and reptilian shapeshifters combined.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Embittered reactionaries raging against the woke youth is old hat at this point, but only in Scotland could poetry critics, non-binary artists and creative writing graduates be attributed with more sinister power than the Illuminati and reptilian shapeshifters combined.
There are some opinions you shouldn't be allowed to publish unless you're willing to bet money on them
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There are some opinions you shouldn't be allowed to publish unless you're willing to bet money on them
Artist's representation:
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Artist's representation:
"My God - Jimmy Hoffa!"
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"My God - Jimmy Hoffa!"
All these problems go away if you just make a new Derek Flint movie instead
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
All these problems go away if you just make a new Derek Flint movie instead
"A planned memorial to writer extraordinaire Muriel Spark will need to be good"
Why? Her books weren't.
Why? Her books weren't.
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"A planned memorial to writer extraordinaire Muriel Spark will need to be good"
Why? Her books weren't.
Why? Her books weren't.
