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FilmListen to The Cineskinny podcast!
The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – on this week's episode, the team discuss Disclosure Day, Blue Heron and other films about memory, and our upcoming screening of Gregg Araki's Nowhere at Glasgow Film Theatre Read more »| 03 Feb 2022 -
FilmA Private Life
Rebecca Zlotowski directs another complex investigation into a guarded female character, with an impeccable Jodie Foster as a bad psychiatrist-turned-detective Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
BooksAnimal Spiral by Luis Othoniel Rosa
Told (and possibly read) in non-linear order, Luis Othoniel Rosa's expansive sci-fi novel weaves myth alongside radical scientific imaginings Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
MusicDowntown Boys – Public Luxury
Ten years on, Downtown Boys have lost none of their angry edge Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
FilmSophy Romvari on her debut feature Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari's extraordinary debut, Blue Heron, explores the unmoored nature of memory. She tells us how she uses cinema as a way of grappling with the past and filling in the gaps in her memories that may not have even existed in the first place Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
Things To DoGet The June 2026 Issue of The Skinny!
Looking for a copy of our June 2026 magazine? Here's where to find one in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Read more »| 06 Jan 2026
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FilmBlue Heron
Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari depicts a story reminiscent of her own childhood in this deeply evocative family drama where the line between memory, family history and filmmaking collide Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Both Hands
With singles Sea Spray and Lips Parted out now, we ask Both Hands – the synth-pop project of Hailey Beavis and Brian Pokora – about how they came together, and what to expect from new album Be Like a Mountain In a Moonlit Way Read more »| 18 Jun 2026 -
Food And DrinkWild, Wild Country: Whisky, Speyside, and the changing climate
Whisky takes water and grains and turns them into something special, but it also takes a toll. Anna Comrie reflects on a childhood in the heart of whisky country, and the impacts of the region's lifeblood industry on its land and inhabitants Read more »| 18 Jun 2026 -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 18-24 Jun: TRNSMT & more
TRNSMT Festival takes over Glasgow Green this weekend. Elsewhere, there's Pride clubbing in Edinburgh and Arooj Aftab plays Usher Hall Read more »| 18 Jun 2026 -
Food And DrinkTo The Source: 10 of the UK's top whisky distilleries
Want a dram? Sometimes you gotta go direct – here are a few distilleries to pop onto your map, from city centre spots you can reach on the bus, to island adventures into worlds of peat and big chunky waves Read more »| 17 Jun 2026 -
IntersectionsDating Outwith: On romantic relationships across ethnic groups
How does love orientate us? One writer explores dating someone outside her ethnic group and considers its impact on her Pakistani identity Read more »| 17 Jun 2026
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Food And DrinkA Poet’s Pour: Whisky in a Dry City
Whisky is a portable, shareable piece of its environment – and it can go to somewhat unexpected places. Janette Ayachi reflects on one such experience, bringing Scotland's national drink and poet to the UAE Read more »| 17 Jun 2026 -
Food And DrinkBring It Home: 20 great whisky-adjacent shops
Bring it home – some of the best shops around the UK to get your at-home whisky fix, as well as a whole load of related and adjacent goodies (chocolate, beer, hot sauce, square sausage rolls etc) Read more »| 17 Jun 2026 -
Food And DrinkThis Woman's Work: Women in Whisky History
Women have played an integral role in whisky history – Ellie Nichols highlights a few key figures from across the centuries Read more »| 16 Jun 2026 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival reveals 2026 lineup
Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with an ambition to "change your mind" and appearances from authors like Colson Whitehead, Maggie O’Farrell, Douglas Stuart and John Grisham Read more »| 16 Jun 2026