Bruce Arnold | |
|---|---|
| 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.[1] His main expertise was in the fields of literary criticism and art criticism.[2]
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.