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Europe Day Wedding Party
We chose to celebrate our wedding on 9th May - Europe Day 2026 because Europe is what brought us together: We met at the European Commission in Munich’s “Zamanand” (voter mobilisation) festival - just before the EU Elections in 2024. I was performing on a very wet and freezing cold day - hardly anyone was at the festival or watching my performance. My husband’s pro-EU youth organisation, JEF Bayern, was due to have a stall at the festival, but it was called off at the last mi

Madeleina Kay
3 days ago5 min read


Kitty Wedding Photoshoot
Special request of the Bride was to get photos with our kitties before our wedding... The kitties were less thrilled by this idea, and it proved to be practically impossible to get them both to look at the camera at the same time - but we still got some nice shots! We also did a few photos without the cats amongst the beautiful field of daisies...

Madeleina Kay
6 days ago1 min read


Work begins on the "Love Dress"
Following multiple requests on social media and dialogue with friends and supporters, I have decided to create a "Love Dress" to follow on from the "Hate Dress" . There has already been a sort of trial version of this counter dress - which was part of my performance at the European Youth Event, where I invited members of the audience to write counter comments in permanent markers onto a white dress whilst I "respoke" the troll comments from my social media. However, the aest

Madeleina Kay
Jan 51 min read


Antalya: Crazy Cat Lady Heaven & Flags Galore
I travelled all the way to Antalya to go to ... When we were looking for a bar in the Old Town in Antalya, we discovered the "Sheffield...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 28, 20253 min read


Easter Kitties
I took the kitties on an outside adventure so we could make some easter photos with the flowers in the garden...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 17, 20251 min read


Sheffield Community Connections Evening
The Sheffield Community connections evening was organised by my wonderful friends Lora Krasteva and Livia Barreira (who are both...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 27, 20251 min read


Low Res 2025
Photo blog from the MA Fine Art Digital Low Residency at Central Saint Martins... "Second Year crew is in the building": Inna, Catherine,...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 22, 20255 min read


Europatinis
I can't claim credit for this idea, I just collaborated on its production. I would like to consider it an experiment in consumable...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 22, 20252 min read


Burying Alba
We buried Alba's ashes on 27th December 2024, it was after she died, but Dad had struggled to source the tree (Populus alba) which he...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 28, 20242 min read


"Hey Chat GPT - Generate an Image of Madeleina Kay - Make her Save Europe and Kittens!"
I've been playing around with generative AI again... Chat GPT This all started because Johann asked Chat GPT to "generate an image of...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 23, 20243 min read


A Bavarian Christmas Experience
I've been back to Bavaria for an authentic Christkindlmarkt experience... The landscape was beautiful in the September sunshine when I...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 20, 20241 min read


"Walking the Talk on Europe" - Gender Equality Week at the European Parliament
I was contacted by the European Parliament in the UK office about attending an event at the European Parliament in Brussels with only a...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 13, 20244 min read


Post-Grad Community Holiday Catalogue
I was excited to see this year's post-grad community catalogue which is a really lovely way for UAL students to share and promote their...

Madeleina Kay
Nov 22, 20241 min read


"Grand Winner" of The Vibrant Mind
I was really delighted that my artwork, 'Trepidation' , was chosen as one of three winners of 'The Vibrant Mind' award - which they...

Madeleina Kay
Nov 20, 20241 min read


"Art As A Socio-Psychological Mirror" - The Vibrant Mind Webinar
I was honoured to be invited to speak at Gamian Europe's 'Art as a Socio-Psychoogical Mirror' webinar organised as part of the Vibrant...

Madeleina Kay
Nov 6, 20242 min read


The (Slightly More) Creative Kitten Spam
I got a new kitten to keep my Maine Coon, Boudicca, company since she has been bored and lonely recently, especially when I am away from...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 30, 20243 min read


To love somebody as they truly need to be loved...
I had rather a strange experience on my 30th birthday. I was waiting for my best friend from school, who is always late, too arrive and...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 28, 20244 min read


Far-right rioter is believed to have taken his own life in prison after participating in race riots
I was sent some news yesterday which disturbed me a bit, so I wanted to write a blog post to reflect on it... To briefly summarise the...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 22, 20242 min read


Remembering Alba: Sept 2015 - Oct 2024
I have some very sad news to share – my beautiful, White German Shepherd, Alba died on Thursday 10th October 2024. She had just turned...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 13, 20245 min read


A Crash Course in Bavarian Culture
My friend invited me to stay in Bad Reichenhall, a Bavarian spa town on the border with Austria. The area is famous for being the filming...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 25, 20248 min read
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