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Things To Do
How to support Black creative projects in Scotland
We spotlight some of the most exciting Black-led creative projects happening in Scotland and further abroad, including the Black Lives Matter mural and Fringe of Colour, and ways you can help out. Read more »| 03 Jul 2020 -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 9-23 Apr: IberoDocs & more
There's just over two weeks left until The Big Reopening but there's plenty to tide us over until then, including documentary film festival IberoDocs, live music by Lizabett Russo, and innovative Scottish digital theatre by Scott Silven and Rachel Chung. Read more »| 09 Apr 2021 -
Film
Duncan Cowles on Scary Adult Things
Duncan Cowles – long one of Scottish short film's most exciting talents – takes his brand of skew-whiff documentary to BBC Scotland with his first TV series, Scary Adult Things Read more »| 08 Apr 2021 -
Music
Emily Scott – The Garden (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for The Garden, the new single from Modern Studies' Emily Scott, from Blackford Hill's upcoming Transmissions / Volume One album Read more »| 08 Apr 2021 -
Comedy
Changing the culture: a new normal for the Fringe?
We catch up with Bilal Zafar, Eleanor Morton, Tom Mayhew, Chloe Petts and Sikisa about what the ‘new normal’ should be for future Edinburgh Fringe Festivals Read more »| 07 Apr 2021 -
Things To Do
Get The Skinny's April 2021 issue!
Pick up your free copy of the April 2021 edition of The Skinny at the following locations across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee Read more »| 30 Mar 2021
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Theatre
Watch our Future of Theatre livestream
We're hosting a live conversation on the future of theatre following the pandemic – here's how to get involved Read more »| 16 Mar 2021 -
Books
Fragile Monsters by Catherine Menon
Fragile Monsters is an immersive act of escapism, but some of its story threads lack resolution Read more »| 06 Apr 2021 -
Film
Sequin in a Blue Room
A gay 16-year-old lad with a passion for anonymous one night stands gets in hot water when one conquest doesn't take kindly to being pushed aside Read more »| 06 Apr 2021 -
Books
Lairies by Steve Hollyman
Steve Hollyman's Lairies is a timely and guttural novel which will stay with the reader for days to come Read more »| 06 Apr 2021 -
Music
Scottish new music round-up: April 2021
This month's Scottish music round-up highlights new music from Stanley Odd, Post Coal Prom Queen and James Lindsay, plus an exciting experimental project from Edinburgh label Blackford Hill Read more »| 01 Apr 2021 -
Books
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy's The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac is an engaging short story collection and whets the appetite for her upcoming novel Read more »| 01 Apr 2021
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Books
Helen McClory on her new novel Bitterhall
Helen McClory offers an insight into her chilling neo-gothic novel Bitterhall Read more »| 01 Apr 2021 -
Music
The Skinny On... Molly Linen
Ahead of releasing her new single, A Lot to Give, Lost Map's Molly Linen takes on this month's Q&A. She tells us of her fear of heights, love of trees, and recalls the time she once ate hamster food Read more »| 01 Apr 2021 -
Festivals
IberoDocs' 8th edition celebrates Art as a Need
IberoDocs returns with an online edition of the festival celebrating Ibero-American culture, with a programme of over twenty documentaries, filmmaker Q&As and a virtual exhibition Read more »| 30 Mar 2021 -
Sexuality
Why Dating Apps Still Suck for Trans People
Dating apps are tricky to navigate for everyone, but they're even trickier if you don't fit big tech's gender mould. Here one writer reflects on why dating apps need to become more inclusive to transgender and non-binary users Read more »| 29 Mar 2021