Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
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… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
I can't write about my greatest mistakes because I've slept with most of them. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
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… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
