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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...

Horror

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...

Education

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...

Video Games

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...

Education

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...

Film

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...

Horror

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...

Education

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