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FilmListen to The Cineskinny podcast!
The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – this week we preview three films from the Edinburgh International Film Festival; The Education of Jane Cumming, Goodbye Cruel World and Peril at Pincer Point Read more »| 03 Feb 2022 -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 6-12 Aug: Edinburgh International Festival & more
The OG Edinburgh festival kicks off this week with opera, performance and more. Elsewhere, Piping Live plays in Glasgow and Catherine Opie's new exhibition opens at RSA Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
MusicLawrence English – The Rest Is My Ghost
On his latest album, Australian composer Lawrence English offers a sonic essay on memory Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
MusicInteresting Things festival returns to Stirling
As Stirling's avant-garde all-dayer Interesting Things returns for its third year, we find out how Scotland's smallest city has become an unlikely home for musical discovery Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsSensations of Power: Anne Hardy transforms Talbot Rice for EAF
Edinburgh Art Festival Emerging Writer Eve Whittle follows her intuition at Talbot Rice Gallery, where British artist Anne Hardy has transformed the Georgian Gallery through sculpture Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
Things To DoGet The August 2026 Issue of The Skinny!
Looking for a copy of our August 2026 magazine? Here's where to find one in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Read more »| 04 Aug 2026
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MusicOvermono – Pure Devotion
Overmono's latest album Pure Devotion offers songs for reflection, whether the calm before the storm or the soul-searching afterwards Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
FilmMore Hockney than Cockney: In praise of Sexy Beast
EIFF's 25th anniversary screening of Sexy Beast will remind us of the film's place near the very top of the British gangster film canon Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
FilmThe Film's the Thing: Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet at 30
Kenneth Branagh will be celebrated in a big way at this year's EIFF, and rightly so! He helped resurrect Shakespeare on screen Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
Food And DrinkExplore Your City with Forever Edinburgh's Resident Rewards
From dungeons to distilleries to delicious dinners, Resident Rewards – Forever Edinburgh's programme of discounts and offers for Edinburgh locals – has something for everyone Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsIsle of Fight: Louis Paxton on EIFF opener The Incomer
Following a celebrated world premiere at Sundance, Louis Paxton's debut feature, The Incomer, will open Edinburgh International Film Festival. Paxton discusses the trials of getting the film off the ground and the joy he had in making it Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsFuture Vision: Catherine Opie on her first Scottish solo exhibition
Photographer Catherine Opie speaks to Edinburgh Art Festival 2026 Emerging Writer Anna Olivia Riley about capturing a hopeful portrait of humanity Read more »| 05 Aug 2026
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Musicmaya ongaku – Nothing Space Music
Nothing Space Music, the second album from Japanese band maya ongaku, finds beauty in patience and stillness Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
BooksBeth Frieden on Gaelic poetry and new pamphlet Acair san Talamh
We chat with Beth Frieden, a Glasgow-based poet and New Scottish Writers Award winner for Gaelic Poetry in 2021, about her debut pamphlet, Acair san Talamh, ahead of her appearance at Govanhill Book Festival Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
MusicDrone Logic: Piping Live! festival returns to Glasgow
Piping Live! returns for its 23rd year, this time with an expanded experimental programme – we catch up with the team behind the festival to talk minimalism, guided improvisation, and Angine de Poitrine Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-Up: August 2026
Celestial bodies and nocturnal animals star across this month's music – along with a flock of singles and EPs, we recommend records from Alex Amor, Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman, The Great Pleasure and a live album from our old friend Jacob Alon Read more »| 04 Aug 2026