Arabella Weir
Arabella Weir
Arabella Weiris a British comedian, actress and writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth6 December 1965
children car honest
If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.
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.
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.
thinking better-life one-thing
If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.
appear deal fear might people species surely types
I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.
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?
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.
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.
crush actors life-is
The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.
goal form tricky
Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?