The Skinny Current Issue

It's August, the month that the Edinburgh International Festival, the Festival Fringe, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Book Festival, and Art Festival all converge on our capital. The Skinny's new issue is overflowing with articles on how to get the best out of the cultural scene this summer.

Comedians Dan Tiernan and Lara Ricote each have interviews on their return to the Fringe, plus we've got a double-paged spread asking comedians about the pressing issue of money that's slowly accessibility in the world's biggest arts festival. Edinburgh International Film Festival is here, and we speak to Louis Paxton about his genre-bending folk horror comedy The Incomer, which opens the festival's programme – plus, Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei talk to us about adapting the 70s exploitation franchise Faces of Death into a modern day social commentary.

Edinburgh Art Festival 2026 is covered by our Emerging Writers programme, and in honour of Edinburgh International Book Festival, we look back on the legacy of Scottish indie press 404 Ink. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Pick up the magazine at the locations listed below for much much more, or keep an eye on the website as our reviews of Edinburgh shows roll in over August. 

- Rosamund West