Claire L BellCheck your prejudice. Use your privilege.There is a chasm between the actual world and the world of ideas, and the writer’s job is to build a bridge to connect the two. These…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
Claire L Bell“White privilege” is not up to the taskWhen Granddad Jack died I inherited two pairs of socks. A pair of woolly green hiking socks and a pair of long beige socks that he had…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Claire L BellWhat I write about when I am not writingI am nursing a wound. You can’t see it, but I can feel it. It’s on the lower right hand side of my heart. Sometimes it spreads to my solar…Aug 22, 2017Aug 22, 2017
Claire L Bell“I hate white South Africans”There’s a bar in Glasgow called The Old Hairdressers. It’s down an unlit back lane, the plaster and paint are peeling off the walls, and…Jun 13, 2017Jun 13, 2017
Claire L BellHow many white liberals are in South Africa?In November last year I was in Sweet Auburn, Atlanta. I was in town for a conference about racial justice (or the lack thereof) with my…Jun 13, 2017Jun 13, 2017
Claire L BellThe readers’ wrathA few years ago I visited Salinas in California, where John Steinbeck grew up. At the end of a quiet street with a burger bar and a few…Jun 13, 2017Jun 13, 2017
Claire L BellHow to kill a watchmanJust over a year ago, Go Set a Watchman, the sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, was published. I remember the furore with which…Jul 4, 2016Jul 4, 2016
Claire L BellLost in KosThe police station overlooks the sea. A crowd is queuing outside, spilling onto the street. A heavy-handed policeman, dressed in black…Aug 14, 20151Aug 14, 20151