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

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...

'' and ''

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''. Since losing her sight as a result of a medical condition (''

retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visual field). As peripheral vision worsens, people may ...

'', 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. (Reproducing an article from ''The Observer'', 14 September 1997.) 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 information about her maternal grandparents, ''A Burmese Legacy''.

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