Sue Arnold

British journalist

Sue Arnold is a British journalist, who writes or has written for both The Observer and The Guardian.

Since losing her sight as a result of a medical condition (retinitis pigmentosa, RP) her writing has often been related to radio criticism and reviewing of audio books. Her mother was Burmese and her father British and she was raised in both Burma and the UK.[1][2][3]

She has written about her medicinal use of cannabis and expressed views first in favour and subsequently against liberalising its use.[3][4][5]

She has also written a memoir of her search for information about her maternal grandparents, A Burmese Legacy.[6][7]

Books

  • Arnold, Sue (1985). Curiouser and Curiouser: The Best of Sue Arnold. London, UK: Constable & Co. ISBN 978-0-09466-660-3.
  • Arnold, Sue (1996). A Burmese Legacy: Rediscovering My Family. London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-34041-609-9.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Sue Arnold". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Buddhism: Sue Arnold". British Library. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Smoking dope restored my sight". BBC News Online. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 19 August 2016. (Reproducing an article from The Observer, 14 September 1997.)
  4. ^ Arnold, Sue (18 January 2004). "Why I ditched my liberal views on dope". The Observer. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. ^ Arnold, Sue (1998). "Perspectives - Sue Arnold, now registered blind, found her eyesight improving after smoking a joint at a party". Nursing Standard. 12 (22): 17. doi:10.7748/ns.12.22.17.s36. PMID 9528550.
  6. ^ Shields, Tom (9 January 1996). "Reading between the lines of trip down under". The Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  7. ^ Hardyment, Christina (27 January 1996). "Walking on Eggshells: 'A Burmese Legacy: Rediscovering My Family' by Sue Arnold". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  8. ^ "A review of A Burmese Legacy by Sue Arnold". The Times Literary Supplement (4850): 33. 1996.


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