Bruce Arnold (author)
Bruce Arnold | |
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| Born | 6 September 1936 London, England |
| Died | 2 May 2024 (aged 87) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Education | Kingham Hill School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Subject | Literary criticism and art criticism |
| Notable works | A Singer at the Wedding, The Song of the Nightingale, The Muted Swan |
| Notable awards | Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature |
| Spouse | Ysabel Mavis Cleave |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Guy Arnold (brother) |
Bruce Croft Arnold OBE FRSL (6 September 1936 – 2 May 2024) was an English journalist and author who lived in Ireland from 1957. His main expertise was in the fields of literary criticism and art criticism.
In 1983 it emerged that his telephone had been bugged by Charles Haughey in the Irish phone tapping scandal. He and the other bugged journalists were considered to have "anti-national" views.