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

The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...

and The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

.

Since losing her sight as a result of a medical condition (retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of genetic eye conditions that leads to incurable blindness. In the progression of symptoms for RP, night blindness generally precedes tunnel vision by years or even decades. Many people with RP do not become legally blind until their 40s or 50s and retain some...

(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.

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

She has also written a memoir of her search for her maternal grandparents lives A Burmese Legacy.

Books

• Arnold, Sue (1985) Curiouser And Curiouser The Best Of Sue Arnold, Constable, London

• Arnold, Sue (1996) A Burmese Legacy: Rediscovering My Family, Hodder,(ISBN: 0340416092 / 0-340-41609-2 )