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A dragon-led recovery: how a community is reaping the benefits of a spooky Halloween festival

  • Written by Tony Matthews, Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
imageIncluding community members as participants and co-creators of the Dragon of Shandon is central to the festival's success.OpenLens.ie/Dragon of Shandon

In just over a decade, the Dragon of Shandon has become one of Ireland’s largest and best-known Halloween festivals.

The annual event, led by Cork Community Artlink (CCAL), is a creative...

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Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween

  • Written by Lizzy Lowe, Postdoctoral fellow, Macquarie University
imageHalloween spiders.Flickr/Scott McLeod , CC BY

Spiders are a traditional part of a Halloween scare and for some people they have been a source of fear for years. But in reality, spiders deserve to instil a sense of amazement, not fear.

Spiders have amazing survival strategies, beautiful colour displays, complex social interactions, and play...

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Revisiting the Reformation: how passions sparked a religious revolution 500 years ago

  • Written by Susan Broomhall, Director, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Western Australia
imageLuther's act quickly came to be seen as the foundation of the Reformation, as shown in this centenary broadside, Göttlicher Schrifftmessiger, 1617.Jfhutson, Wikipedia

October 31 2017 marks 500 years to the day when Martin Luther famously sent his Ninety-Five Theses to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, criticising what...

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