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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MusicDeeper Listening: SHHE's D Ý R A sound installation
With her immersive sound installation DÝRA taking place at Summerhall this August, we catch up with Su Shaw, aka SHHE, to find out more Read more »| 29 Jul 2022 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: August 2022
August centres on Edinburgh Art Festival, but this month also sees an array of exciting new shows across the country Read more »| 29 Jul 2022 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: August 2022
Here's the latest news on poetry performances and collections across Edinburgh for August Read more »| 28 Jul 2022 -
BooksDelphi by Clare Pollard
Lyrical and ambitious, humorous and disturbing at points, Delphi is a relatable tale which captures 2020 as a sharply realised microcosm Read more »| 27 Jul 2022 -
BooksReclaiming by Yewande Biala
Yewande Biala offers piercing honesty and a sisterly voice in her new essay collection, Reclaiming Read more »| 27 Jul 2022 -
ComedyThe QI Elves take No Such Thing as a Fish on tour
James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski, 50 percent of the QI Elves, chat to us about their smash podcast and their upcoming No Such Thing as a Fish live tour Read more »| 25 Jul 2022
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MusicMaggie Rogers – Surrender
Even with songs that are brash, chunky and loud, Maggie Rogers gives over to pared back singer-songwriter fare that reigns it all in Read more »| 25 Jul 2022 -
MusicFlorist – Florist
A heartfelt collection of loose and explorative folk songs, Florist's new album is a warm hug which asks the listener to smell the flowers every now and then Read more »| 25 Jul 2022 -
MusicModest Mouse @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 20 Jul
There's a celebratory mood in the air at the first Modest Mouse show in Scotland for seven years Read more »| 22 Jul 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Clair
Following the release of her brand new single Body Blossom, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow musician, producer and label boss Clair Read more »| 21 Jul 2022 -
FilmHit the Road
Iranian director Panah Panahi explores the anxiety of his home nation through an irresistible road movie that's elegant, elegiac and defiantly open-hearted Read more »| 20 Jul 2022 -
ArtLocal Heroes: Design To Take With You
Daytrippers! is a special summer collaboration between Local Heroes and V&A Dundee celebrating Scotland’s contemporary design scene, which supports designers by commissioning limited edition, collectable design products Read more »| 19 Jul 2022 -
FilmPanah Panahi on his debut feature, Hit the Road
Iranian filmmaker Panah Panahi – the son of Jafar Panahi – makes his debut with bittersweet family road movie Hit the Road. He speaks to us about creating cinema within Iran's oppressive regime and the importance of combining heartbreak with humour Read more »| 19 Jul 2022 -
FilmMoonage Daydream
Brett Morgen’s expressionistic Bowie doc Moonage Daydream is a feast for the eyes and ears, and full of well-chosen clips and tracks by this legendary pop star, but its overload of sound and vision eventually proves exhausting Read more »| 18 Jul 2022 -
BooksPaper Cuts by Ted Kessler
Ted Kessler, Editor of Q magazine when it folded in 2020, bears witness to the precarious, and often extreme, world of music publishing Read more »| 18 Jul 2022