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We are not, and will never be, Anna from 'This Life'.

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Justin Myers
Nov 20, 2024
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Until normal service resumes, I thought I’d replay something I wrote back in 20201, one of my favourite pieces of my own – I don’t have many. It was inspired by the sudden appearance of ultimate 1990s drama ‘This Life’2 on BBC iPlayer and was pitched to a national newspaper but they didn’t return my email. For the uninitiated, I extol the virtues and damn…

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