Philomena Lee told me her secret: the baby boy nuns forced her to give away

Small coincidences have big consequences. It’s a truism, but in writing my book Philomena – now made into a startlingly moving film by Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan and Judi Dench – two events showed how true a truism can be.

The first concerned myself and an unexpected meeting at a party in 2004. I’d recently lost my job as a government communications director after a row with Alastair Campbell and Stephen Byers (it was about telling the truth) and I was at a loose end. 

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