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Then Lucy met her heroes

Then Lucy met her heroes

A preview screening, a civil rights story, and some badass disabled women

Mar 22, 2022
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Hello, happy Tuesday.

It’s been an extremely emotional week for me. Mostly in a good way. Let me try to explain.

Last Tuesday, I attended the BBC’s preview screening of Then Barbara Met Alan, its new primetime dramatisation of the 1990s fight for disability rights.

It was such an overwhelming experience. I’d seen the show already because I’d reviewed it fo…

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