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Laura on Life: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Who's Afraid of Edward Albee? Here is the article that began a small internet war. If you Google "Laura Parker" "Edward Albee" you'll see what I mean. Originally published in The Economist's More Intelligent Life, here. In the 50 or so years that he has been writing plays, Edward Albee has. That ran without any intervals ("Bulgarians don’t like intervals," Albee explained). Large chunks of the play were cut. Albee was outraged. Biggins suggested these views to Albee, but the pl...
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Laura on Life: May 2008
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Sunday, May 18, 2008. I hate it when. You're the only person getting on the bus and the bus if full and. Stares at you whilst you fumble in your bag for your change and let out a croaky 'hello' the the unenthused bus driver before beginning the dangerous WALK OF INBALANCE as the bus starts to move and sure enough you lose your balance and, as people look on, you career head-first into an old lady with drool sitting in the disabled seat. Sunday, May 11, 2008. I was waiting, in vain, for hours. Finally...
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Laura on Life: Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum
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Thursday, November 20, 2008. Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. An article about the new Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum for the Sydney Morning Herald. Original here. The Powerhouse Museum has the answer. Its new exhibition, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, will use the Star Wars films to introduce visitors to real scientific concepts that are being developed today. People have always been inspired by science-fiction, and that creative spark leads to innovation," she ...
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Laura on Life: February 2009
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009. South Australian Attorney General speaks out on R18. The South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, wrote this article exclusively for GameSpot AU, a few months after I requested an interview with him. South Australian attorney general says he is not the only classification minister to oppose R18 classification; lauds current system's ability to "encourage modification.". South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson:. The South Australian government takes a str...
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Laura on Life: November 2008
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Thursday, November 20, 2008. Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. An article about the new Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum for the Sydney Morning Herald. Original here. The Powerhouse Museum has the answer. Its new exhibition, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, will use the Star Wars films to introduce visitors to real scientific concepts that are being developed today. People have always been inspired by science-fiction, and that creative spark leads to innovation," she ...
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Laura on Life: Australia's Internet Censorship
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008. This is an article on internet censorship for The Guardian. Original can be found here. Won't somebody think of the children? The plan was put together by Australian Labor senator Stephen Conroy, the minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, with the aim of protecting children from pornography and violent websites and the banning outright of illegal material. Australians will be unable to opt out of the scheme. Senator Conroy told the Australian med...
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Laura on Life: Are video games art?
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Are video games art? The most debated topic in gaming, and one of my better-received GameSpot AU investigations. Check out some of the comments! Gamers don't mess about. In 1917 French artist Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Eighty-seven years later it was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century by 500 art world professionals. Do they want the games they make to be labelled as art? In his book titled Everything Bad is Good for You, US autho...
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Laura on Life: South Australian Attorney General speaks out on R18+
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009. South Australian Attorney General speaks out on R18. The South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, wrote this article exclusively for GameSpot AU, a few months after I requested an interview with him. South Australian attorney general says he is not the only classification minister to oppose R18 classification; lauds current system's ability to "encourage modification.". South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson:. The South Australian government takes a str...
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Laura on Life: July 2008
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008. I live in a two-bedroom apartment in a block of six units. All of the units are occupied by women. Horrifying enough in itself, there are at least a dozen different ways that these women make my life a living hell. I'm thinking about the M word. A lot. Thursday, July 3, 2008. Greece and Romania, June 2008. Thursday, June 5 - Athens. So we arrived in. S definition of 'breakfast'. So you see this simply couldn't. Be happening to us. But you know, it was, and we had to accept i...
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Laura on Life: December 2008
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Are video games art? The most debated topic in gaming, and one of my better-received GameSpot AU investigations. Check out some of the comments! Gamers don't mess about. In 1917 French artist Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Eighty-seven years later it was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century by 500 art world professionals. Do they want the games they make to be labelled as art? In his book titled Everything Bad is Good for You, US autho...
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