{{short description|British arts critic|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Bruce Dessau | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Journalist and author | known_for = }}
'''Bruce Dessau''' is a British arts critic and biographer who writes for the ''London Evening Standard'' and other publications, as well as his own website BeyondTheJoke.co.uk.<ref name="Arts Desk">{{cite web|title= Bruce Dessau|publisher= The Arts Desk|accessdate=19 February 2014|url= http://www.theartsdesk.com/users/brucedessau}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
He is the author of biographies of Rowan Atkinson and George Michael,<ref name="Arts Desk"/> as well as ''Beyond a Joke'' (2011), a non-fiction book about the private lives of comedians and the difficulties in the comedy industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke by Bruce Dessau - review|newspaper=London Evening Standard|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/book/beyond-a-joke-by-bruce-dessau--review-6448383.html|date= 29 September 2011|accessdate= 19 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke by Bruce Dessau|url= http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article781345.ece|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140225003159/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article781345.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 25, 2014|newspaper= Sunday Times|author= Armstrong, Steven|date= 25 September 2011|accessdate=19 February 2014}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke, By Bruce Dessau|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/beyond-a-joke-by-bruce-dessau-8053555.html|author=Tonkin, Boyd|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=10 May 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/front-page BeyondTheJoke.co.uk]
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