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Grace Davidson-Lynch
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Halloween 2021- Pepper's Ghosts and the horror of existential anxiety
Halloween originates in the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain. At the end of autumn, the recently deceased would begin their journey...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Oct 31, 20215 min read
Rethinking the HSC
I still remember the day I finished my last HSC exam. It had been a hot November day, and as I was walking from the bus stop to my front...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 1, 20217 min read
Lockdown Art
Last time I wrote about lockdown, I felt a sense of morbid excitement. As the world was plunged into the kind of chaos that defines a...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Aug 4, 20215 min read
Who controls the audience?
Video games have a short history. They were first developed in the late 1940s as a form of experimentation, where programmers would push...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 30, 20216 min read
Bad Writing
Does anyone know what ‘bad writing’ is? I read plenty of reviews and essay about film, TV, video games, and theatre, and I can’t figure...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
May 18, 20217 min read
The Snyder Cut's Confusing Legacy
The tragedy of Zack Snyder’s Justice League was chronicled in gossip columns and interviews for more than four years. The public got a...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Apr 26, 20217 min read
Midnight Ghosts and Ending An Era
Imagine the smell of the place first. What does a collapsing room smell like? Imagine the smell of the rotting seats, the moulding...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Mar 12, 20216 min read
Learning to Hate Shakespeare
I hate Romeo and Juliet. My first exposure to Shakespeare was in my Year 9 English classroom. I can still recall that burning anger I...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Feb 12, 20216 min read
Magic in a Lantern- Something Wicked 2020
Happy Halloween everybody. This year has obviously been a strange and terrifying one. Death, illness, corruption, and fear have been...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Oct 31, 20205 min read
The Tale of McKamey Manor- Something Wicked 2020
Do you remember your first haunted house? The idea of the haunted attraction dates back to the early 19th century. Madame Tussaud’s...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Oct 26, 20207 min read
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