Arabella Weir
Arabella Weir
Arabella Weiris a British comedian, actress and writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth6 December 1965
real cake likes
The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too.
charity requirements linked
I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.
school kids appreciate
There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.
children school firsts
Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying.
people helping duty
If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out.
kindness teenager school
There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.
simple parent generations
My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.
shopping eating cliche
When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche.
kids school london
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.
dad america diplomats
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
children car honest
If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.
despotism cracked
Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
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.
children kids night
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 my kids to a performance of 'Twelfth Night' there, where they handed out pizza. Who knew that all it takes to get children interested in Shakespeare is a snack?