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Lettie Mckie - Saturday
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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
Saturday
Lettie Mckie
This morning red brick buildings
leant against the blue sky
and as the wind bit my cheeks
I eagerly swung my arms.
I launched myself into flight
like the birds, black arrows in the sky
soared above the common
soaking up the Saturday runners
the Saturday fathers
the Saturday freedom
bacon and eggs.
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