JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
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Andy Croft’s 21st-century poetry
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MANCHESTER poet Dave Puller’s A Bit of a Leftie (Puller Publications, £5.99) is a strong and likeable follow-up to his Peace, Love and War.
A lot of these poems have been written for particular occasions, including two tributes to Benny Rothman which were commissioned for the Morning Star’s annual “mass trespass” on Kinder Scout.
Others, like the poems ridiculing the British monarchy, are funny.
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