Sue Arnold

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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 criticism and reviewing of audio books. Her mother was Burmese and her father British and she was raised in both Burma and the UK.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/suearnold |title=Sue Arnold |work=The Guardian |access-date=23 February 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/expfaith/buddmanu/index.html |title=Buddhism: Sue Arnold |website=British Library |access-date=23 February 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/212301.stm |title=Smoking dope restored my sight |date=11 November 1998 |website=BBC News Online |access-date=19 August 2016}} (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.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/18/drugsandalcohol.society |title=Why I ditched my liberal views on dope |last=Arnold |first=Sue |date=18 January 2004 |work=The Observer |access-date=23 February 2011}}{{cite journal |title=Perspectives - Sue Arnold, now registered blind, found her eyesight improving after smoking a joint at a party |last=Arnold |first=Sue |date=1998 |journal=Nursing Standard |volume=12 |issue=22 |page=17|doi=10.7748/ns.12.22.17.s36 |pmid=9528550 }}

She has also written a memoir of her search for information about her maternal grandparents, A Burmese Legacy.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/reading-between-the-lines-of-trip-down-under-1.472085 |title=Reading between the lines of trip down under |last=Shields |first=Tom |date=9 January 1996 |work=The Herald |access-date=23 February 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-review--walking-on-eggshells-1325978.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-review--walking-on-eggshells-1325978.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Walking on Eggshells: 'A Burmese Legacy: Rediscovering My Family' by Sue Arnold |last=Hardyment |first=Christina |date=27 January 1996 |work=The Independent |access-date=23 February 2011}}