A Five Point Guide to British Folk Art

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Anyone who’s seen The Wicker Man might find the eerie cult classic popping to mind as they enter Tate Britain’s new folk-art exhibition. Farmer and thatcher Jesse Maycock’s own wicker man from 1961 – it’s King Alfred, made of straw – is there to greet you, and sits alongside the giant boots, gloves and locks that were once used as shopfront trade signs. Throughout, this show confronts you with objects that are, on the w...