Event 24

Catherine Coldstream - Cloistered - My Years as a Nun

After the shock of her father’s death, and with her family scattered, 24 year old Catherine Coldstream was left grieving and alone. A search for meaning led her to Roman Catholicism and the nuns of Akenside Priory. Cloistered takes us beyond the grille of an enclosed monastic world with its tight-knit community of dedicated women. Catherine describes her journey as a nun through the 1990s and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery to a wider world of freedom.

in conversation with Deirdre Coates