News
The latest music, comedy and arts news from Scotland.
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Books
Hot off the comics press: an introduction
Hello and welcome to a little revamping of the comic book section here at The Skinny. As more and more intrepid individuals brave their way into the comic bo... Read more »| 08 Mar 2011 -
Art
Gray's in Crisis
As well as being heavily criticised for plans to confer an Honorary Degree on controversial American tycoon Donald Trump, Robert Gordon University recently informed employees of plans to cut staffing levels at its Art School by around 20% Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Music
Kyuss returning to Glasgow without Josh Homme
Following the success of frontman John Garcia's 'Plays Kyuss' tour earlier this year, fellow core members of the seminal Palm Desert stoner outfit are set to... Read more »| 03 Nov 2010 -
Festivals
EIFF 2011 open for business
Submissions for EIFF 2011 are now open Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Art
Get your designs into production
We hear about a lot of opportunities here at The Skinny, but this one particularly caught our eye, perhaps because it involves slicing through rubber and met... Read more »| 19 Oct 2010 -
Music
Win a place on the Hogmanay stage!
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay have just launched a new scheme, inviting up and coming bands to do battle for a coveted spot upon the stage of the capital’... Read more »| 07 Oct 2010
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TV Blog: PhoneShop
Seeing as the entire Internet seemed to be shouting about it, I decided to pay a visit to E4’s new sitcom PhoneShop for its online premier ahead of it ... Read more »| 07 Oct 2010 -
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London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011
Forget about the darkening of the nights, forget about the cooling of the breeze, and forget about Autumn’s imminent arrival, if only for a while... S... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
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TV Blog: This is England '86
It’s with some pleasure that I witnessed the death throws of Big Brother this month – not least because the end of the reality giant has freed up... Read more »| 15 Sep 2010 -
Film
Electric Dreams: David Barras on a new low-budget Edinburgh film
Nicola Balkind finds out about Electric Man, a low-budget film being made in Scotland's capital, described as The Maltese Falcon meets Clerks Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Joanna Newsom @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 20 Sep
Having tempered her pixy-toned tendencies for this year’s epically ambitious, masterfully executed third album, Have One on Me, Joanna Newsom has remov... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
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TV Blog: Sherlock
“Elementary, my dear Watson!” I thought I'd better get the clichés out the way as you'll find precious little staid in the BBC's superb mo... Read more »| 09 Aug 2010 -
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TV Blog: Rev
Whilst summertime is blockbuster season at the cinema, it’s regarded as something of a graveyard slot in the TV world. Holidays, sunny evenings and fes... Read more »| 09 Aug 2010 -
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TV Blog: Lennon Naked
It’s not hard to see why the mass of contradictions that was John Lennon make him the most compelling Beatle. Peace activist and wife beater, multi-mil... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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TV Blog: Dappers
“From the writer that brought you Mamma Mia!” – hardly words to endear a programme to me. Still, regardless of my feelings towards embarras... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010