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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lizzie Cernik

How we met: ‘I went to her house and there were plates in her bed’

‘When we both roll up our sleeves and crack on, we make things happen’ … Anna and Marcus, Suffolk, 2022.
‘When we both roll up our sleeves and crack on, we make things happen’ … Anna and Marcus, Suffolk, 2022. Photograph: Anna Lipska

In 2007, Anna found herself struggling through a period of depression. Although she enjoyed living in London and working in wine PR, she started to reevaluate. “My life wasn’t what I wanted any more,” she says.

She started making an effort to spend more time with friends and was beginning to feel more positive. One evening, she decided to go to the nightclub Plastic People in Shoreditch, east London, where DJ Theo Parrish was playing. Not long after she arrived, she spotted a tall, handsome man wearing a trilby. Feeling confident, she went to speak to him.

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