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Madeleina Kay

Oct 48 min read

"Never love a person or a country that you don’t have the freedom to leave" - Ai Weiwei

'1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows' by Ai Weiwei was a really important book for me to read for my research paper because of how his artwork...

Madeleina Kay

Aug 107 min read

True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements – Eric Hoffer

It's been quite enlightening to read this book whilst the far right racist riots have been unfolding across the UK. It's the only story...

Madeleina Kay

Jul 215 min read

"SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" - Notes on Animal Farm

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...

Madeleina Kay

Jul 77 min read

"The Object of Power is Power" - Notes on 1984

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...

Madeleina Kay

Jun 94 min read

"If public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted" - George Orwell

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...

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