Occupation Journalist and author Name Bruce Arnold Education Kingham Hill School | Nationality English Language English | |
Born September 6, 1936 (age 87)
London ( 1936-09-06 ) Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin Subject Literary criticism and art criticism | ||
Bruce Arnold (born 6 September 1936 in London) is an English journalist and author who has lived in Ireland since 1957. His main expertise is in the fields of literary criticism and art criticism.
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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.
Early life
Arnold was educated at Kingham Hill School and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied modern languages. His wife Mavis Arnold (née Ysabel Mavis Cleave) was also a journalist.
Journalism
Arnold has worked for the main Irish newspapers based in Dublin - The Irish Times from 1965; The Irish Press and the Sunday Independent. He also acted as Dublin correspondent of The Guardian. He has edited Hibernia and the Dublin Magazine (1962–68; formerly The Dubliner).
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Awards
He is an honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin (UCD) and an OBE.