Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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BooksWhat I Learned from Johnny Bevan by Luke Wright
With its cute couplets and wry nods to Twitter and twerking, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan reads at first like a piece from a poetry night at a good ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Music
Tim Hecker – Love Streams
Montreal's ambient drone wunderkind returns with his eighth album, and first for 4AD. Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
MusicKowton – Utility
Utility may be a debut, but it certainly shows no signs of inexperience. This assured first release from Bristolian native Kowton (who first popped up with a... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
TheatreTalawa Theatre on King Lear & Shakespeare at 400
As his company prepares to stage a new production of King Lear, Talawa Theatre's artistic director Michael Buffong discusses the relevance of Shakespeare to a time of division and turmoil Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Art
Glasgow International 2016 Openings: Booze Guide
A rundown of Glasgow International's first weekend opening extravaganza, with an eye on the free beers, wines and whiskeys promised around the city. GI 2016: one beer at a time Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: April 2016 Horoscopes
Mystic Mark returns with his April predictions, turning his powers to technology, the Islamic State, and your cat Read more »| 30 Mar 2016
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Theatre
5 Films You May Not Know Are Based on Shakespeare
From unrequited love to the circle of life, we look at some of the films (and TV) adapted from and inspired by the works of William Shakespeare Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Books
And The Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis
Last January, Yanis Varoufakis was catapulted from a quiet life as an economics professor into the centre of the eurozone crisis, as finance minister in Gree... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
FilmScottish Film Event Highlights – April 2016
It's anarchy in our cinemas this month, with blood, radicalism and alchemy on our screens courtesy of Dead by Dawn, the Radical Film Festival and the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Film
Couple in a Hole
A mysterious study in the devastating power of loss Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights – April 2016
Our rundown of this month's best nights in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
MusicJohn Carpenter – Lost Themes II
There's always a strong sense of trepidation when it comes to approaching any sequel; difficult to supress the scepticism that it's not the usual indolent of... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Film
Eureka
Nicolas Roeg's underappreciated Eureka, starring Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke and Joe Pesci, comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Film
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti epic family saga gets its first Blu-ray release, from Masters of Cinema Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Music
Composer-Curator: Isabel Jones and Duncan Chapman
As part of new music charity Sound and Music's Composer-Curator programme, Isabel Jones and Duncan Chapman are touring White Cane – an explor... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016