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The Magdalene Sisters

May 2021

  • Esther Freud in her garden

    My mum escaped the cruelty of Ireland’s mother and baby homes. I might not be alive if she hadn’t

    While writing about the notorious laundries for ‘fallen women’, novelist Esther Freud was chilled to discover how close her own mother came to ending up in one

September 2003

  • The Magdalene Sisters

    After a stage play and a C4 documentary, the subject matter of Peter Mullan's film is by now as familiar as it is shocking: Irish girls incarcerated for "sins of the flesh" to a virtual imprisonment in a laundry run by nuns.

June 2003

  • Magdalene Sisters among weekend honours

    Peter Mullan's Magdalene Sisters was among the winners in a rash of smaller prize ceremonies on both sides of the Atlantic at the weekend.

February 2003

  • Evil under the nun

  • The Magdalene Sisters review

November 2002

  • In brief: Gillian Anderson fails to wow UK theatre critics

    Plus: One in 20 Irish citizens has seen The Magdalene Sisters, and J Lo dedicates her new Album to Ben Aff

October 2002

  • The Magdalene Sisters

    Director: Peter Mullan

September 2002

  • Church rediscovers sin in cinema

  • In brief: Mullan's Magdalene sisters triumphs in Toronto

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