Madeleina Kay Art

Key Quotes ‘The more survivors shared their experiences with me, the more it became clear there are common hurdles to overcome. These...

I've been somewhat obsessively watching Dr Ramani Durvasula's Youtube channel trying to make sense of past relationships and the impact...

Animal Farm was my favourite film as a child – we had a cartoon version on VHS. I cried every time at the moment Napoleon sends Boxer to...

This book was a tough read but absolutely fascinating to me as it relates so much of my work (both my creative practice and professional...

I read 1984 as a teenager, and given that I have been reading texts on Thought Reform for my research paper, it was definitely time for a...

In my hurried book ordering I accidentally bought the Macat Analysis rather than the original text of ‘The True Believer – Thoughts on...

I've been reading some more essays by George Orwell on the topic of Nationalism for my MA research paper. Given my prior work on a...

I've been reading a series of short essays on Fascism and Democracy by George Orwell for my research paper. It always stuns me how...

Culture Strike Art and Museums in an Age of Protest. I read this book about a year ago and was really taken with Raichovich’s principled...

'From Dictatorship to Democracy' is an interesting but short book by Gene Sharp. Written as a pamphlet guide to overcoming dictatorship,...

I was looking forward to reading 'Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.' by Barbara Kruger but I wasn't expecting to be as engaged with...

I particularly enjoyed this book which my Dad gave me for my birthday. It was small and succinct but had some great content that is very...

This book by Clare Hunter was fascinating but I found it difficult to get into its rhythm. It felt quite jolty in terms of abruptly...

Jonathan suggested that I look up the “Craftivist Collective” during my tutorial and by chance, the lady I stayed with in Edinburgh had...

I was delighted to be interviewed for a German language magazine, 'GOOD IMPACT'. They sent me a copy in the post - which arrived today...

I first read this book about a year ago, after attending an author talk / book signing / karaoke (it was an eclectic affair) event in...

(With the exception of Tolstoy’s War and Peace) I’m not sure I’ve ever been so glad to get to the end of a book, 'Sharon Hayes' by Julia...

Reflections on chapter 14 (the final chapter) of Creative Research Methods by Helen Kara This final chapter which explores dissemination...

Reflections on Chapter 13 of Creative Research Methods by Helen Kara. This chapter focussed on presenting research findings, I think...

Reflections on chapter 11 of 'Creative Research Methods' by Helen Kara Whenever I attempt to read, I not only have to fight my Dyslexic...