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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 critism and reviewing of audiobooks. Her mother was Burmese and her father british and she was raised in both Burma and the UK. [1] [2][3][4]

She has written about her medicinal use of cannabis.[4]

She has also written a memoir of her search for her maternal grandparents lives A Burmese Legacy.[5][6]

Book

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

References

  1. ^ http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sue-arnold-on-describing-burma#
  2. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/suearnold
  3. ^ http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/expfaith/buddmanu/index.html
  4. ^ a b http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/212301.stm BBC News: Smoking dope restored my sight Wednesday, November 11 (Reproducing an article from the The Observer September 1997) (Accessed Feb 2011)
  5. ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/reading-between-the-lines-of-trip-down-under-1.472085
  6. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-review--walking-on-eggshells-1325978.html Hardyment, Christina (1996) Book Review / Walking on eggshells A Burmese Legacy: Rediscovering My Family by Sue Arnold, The Independent, Saturday, 27 January 1996 (Accessed Feb 2011)