Arabella Weir
Arabella Weir
Arabella Weiris a British comedian, actress and writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth6 December 1965
motivation emotional thinking
I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.
children car honest
If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.
children real coffee
My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure. People like that don't have fat kids: they were cut out to be winners and winners don't have children who are overweight.
father sibling school
With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.
girl tables might
Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table.
doctors magazines normal
I don't subscribe to the 'Doctor Who' magazine and we've only got the normal amount of 'Doctor Who' fridge magnets.
people weight saws
If no one saw - it didn't count. It's only when you eat in front of strangers or people that make you feel guilty that food is really fattening.
thinking better-life one-thing
If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.
kindness teenager school
There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.
kids class race
Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?
family home years
Does everyone turn into a truculent thirteen-year-old when they go home, or is it just me?
needs theory hurdling-obstacles
My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which, after all, presents its own hurdles.
self-esteem self-worth building-up
Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.
husband boys my-husband
I dont understand boys - just ask my husband.