Ciara Molloy – The Conversation

Cillian Murphy and Zara Devin in Small Things Like These. FlixPix/Alamy Stock Photo

November 5, 2024

Small Things Like These shows the transformative power of individual action – but conflates the history

Ciara Molloy, University of Sheffield

There is a slight tendency in the film to conflate the laundries with mother and baby homes.

Liane Hentscher/HBO/ BBC/Motive Pictures/Chris Barr/Red Productions / Ben Blackall/Quantrell D. Colbert/Prime Video/Macall Polay/HBO

December 18, 2023

The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts

Beth Johnson, University of Leeds; Ciara Molloy, University of Sheffield; Gill Jamieson, University of the West of Scotland; Kadian Pow, Birmingham City University; Kristyn Gorton, University of Leeds; Matthew Higgins, University of Portsmouth; Matthew Wills, University of Bath; Thi Gammon, King's College London, and Tim Rock, University of Bath

These are the shows that had our creative experts glued to the small screen in 2023.

Ruth Wilson as Lorna Brady. BBC/Motive Pictures/Chris Barr

August 25, 2023

The Woman in the Wall: BBC drama about Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries is essential viewing

Ciara Molloy, University of Sheffield

Set in the fictional town of Kilkinure in western Ireland, the BBC drama captures the story of an unmarried mother who was formerly detained in a Magdalene Laundry.

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