Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.
From Arabella Weir
I can't write about my greatest mistakes because I've slept with most of them.
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.
Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot Hamish Macbeth.
I have never done a package tour in my life. It appeals in a way, but then I remind myself that you can't control the other people with you, which could turn out to be ghastly.
The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.
Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?
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