There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures. Arabella Weir Read Quote
I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours. Arabella Weir Read Quote
There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know. Arabella Weir Read Quote
Call me an over anxious, middle-class mum, but my eight-and-a-half-year old son looks very much, to me, like he’s headed for a life of crime. Arabella Weir Read Quote
Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what’s more, they weren’t expected to. Arabella Weir Read Quote
If one’s honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly. Arabella Weir Read Quote
When not eating, I like shopping; although I’m afraid I’ve become a bit of a cliche. Arabella Weir Read Quote
As an actress and comedienne, I’m a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my kids to a performance of ‘Twelfth Night’ there, where they handed out pizza. Who knew that all it takes to get children interested in Shakespeare is a snack? Arabella Weir Read Quote
