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‘Youth’ starring Sharon Horgan review: She’s 50, unattached and frightened of a lonely future... a good theme for TV

The HBO Max show skewers middle age with style and savagery – but it's just a bit too glam to be the definitive portrait of a post-divorce mum of a teenager

‘Youth’ starring Sharon Horgan review: She’s 50, unattached and frightened of a lonely future... a good theme for TV

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