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Radio 3,24 Jan 2018,15 mins

Series Forgetting

The Missing Teenager

The Essay

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Writer Mark Illis explores why he has forgotten much of his teenage years and wonders if forgetting is a natural process, a part of growing up. Marred by ill health these were difficult years in his life, now lost in a grey fog. Has he actively chosen to forget? Or is his inner teenager still there, sulking behind a closed door?

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