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Gallery: Vivid Sydney 2012

From huge 3D mapped projections on Sydney Opera House, Customs House and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia to interactive light art sculptures, giant glowing dandelions, fibre optic sea grass and animatronic dancing lamps, this year’s lighting at Vivid Sydney will once again transform Sydney into a colourful playground of light.

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Eurovision ‘Euphoria’ for Sweden

In the Swedish capital, Stockholm, the Eurovision Song Contest victory celebrations went on long into the night. Their big hope, Loreen, gave the country its first Eurovision win since 1999.

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Meet Miss Maureen

Miss Maureen has written more than 200 songs for young children. Her daughter Anna Whitehead chats about her mum’s debut album.

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Watch: The Great Gatsby trailer

Shot in Sydney and set in New York City in 1922, the trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ has arrived.

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Gallery: Sennowe Park

Take a stroll through Sennowe Park, one of Norfolk’s most romantic and impressive large Edwardian country houses set in sweeping parkland.

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MiNDFOOD Radio: Scott Hill

Former Kangaroos and Melbourne Storm rugby star Scott Hill has consulted some of Australia’s best sportspeople for his latest book, Secrets of Top Captains Revealed. He shares with us what he believes makes a great leader in any field.

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GALLERY: Damien Hirst

See our gallery of images of some of acclaimed artist Damien Hirst’s confronting artworks.

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Marking a Titanic anniversary

Ceremonies are held in Ireland and at sea to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

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GALLERY: Onboard the Titanic memorial cruise

Relatives of survivors and those who perished on the doomed Titanic are among 1,300 passengers aboard the Titanic memorial cruise. It will retrace the ship’s historic journey before it crashed into an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic ocean in 1912. Take a look at some images of the historic journey.

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MiNDFOOD Radio Episode 4: Liz Ann Macgregor

Museum of Contempory Art Artistic Director Liz Ann Macgregor talks about the recently reopened MCA.

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MiNDFOOD Radio Episode 4: Julia Roberts & Lily Collins

Award winning actress Julia Roberts and her latest co-star Lily Collins talk about their new film Mirror Mirror and the subject of inner beauty.

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Gallery: 47th Annual Country Music Awards

Taylor Swift ad Miranda Lambert were among the winners at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Scroll through our gallery to see the other winners.

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MiNDFOOD Radio episode 3: Alfie Boe

Tony Award winning English tenor Alfie Boe chats about his status as the ‘bad boy of opera’ and working with Baz Luhrmann.

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MiNDFOOD Radio episode 3: Paulini

Former Australian Idol star Paulini talks about her new songwriting career, upcoming tour, and breaking the international market.

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MiNDFOOD Radio episode 3: Angela Goddard

Curator Angela Goddard discusses how some of the greatest works in French art now hang on the walls of the Queensland Art Gallery.

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Gallery: In the studio with Helen Eager

Artist Helen Eager commissions her works for the soon to be reopened MCA in Sydney. Scroll through images of her at work in the studio.

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Gallery: Liam Neeson career retrospective

We take a look back at the film career of famed actor Liam Neeson, and the various roles he’s taken on over the years.

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MiNDFOOD Radio show 1 – Dannielle Miller

Dannielle Miller is a mother to two teen girls and a major innovator and expert in the field of education and student welfare. She is the CEO and founder of Enlighten Education, Australia’s leading provider of in-school workshops.

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Brit Award Winners 2012

All the winners from the 2012 BRIT Awards.

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Scarlett Johansson gallery

From horse-whispering to zoo-keeping we take a look back in pictures at actress Scarlett Johansson’s impressive film career.

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Ans Westra ‘Wash Day at the Pa’ gallery

Forty-seven years ago Ans Westra provided the text and forty-four images for a Department of Education journal made for primary schools. Titled ‘Washday at the Pa’ the book followed a day in the life of a rural Maori family of eight children awaiting relocation to a state house in the city.

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Choose the next MiNDFOOD cover star

Tell us who you’d like to see on the front cover of MiNDFOOD.

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Birth of a nation

The Beehive is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished buildings – but as parliamentary historian Dr John E Martin reveals, its journey from a design on a napkin to iconic status has been met with considerable challenges. MiNDFOOD reports.

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Nature’s Canvas

Artist, Jim Denevan embraces the idea of temporary ‘exhibitions’ preferring to create his beautiful artworks on an ever-changing canvas that he doesn’t have to store. Manipulating sand, ice, dry lakes and mud flats with sticks and rakes, he creates awe inspiring patterns that reflect natures curves and symmetry.

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