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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MusicRachel Sermanni – Swallow Me EP
The delicate and daring new EP from Edinburgh’s own Rachel Sermanni finds her embracing the new, fearful but poised Read more »| 01 Jun 2021 -
MusicA World So New: 20th anniversary of Since I Left You
As Australia's The Avalanches celebrate 20 years of Since I Left You, we take a fond trip down memory lane and relish in an album that made us think differently about music Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
FilmVictor Kossakovsky on Gunda
The star of the latest documentary from Russian director Victor Kossakovsky is a giant pig named Gunda. He hopes that you look on her and her offspring with respect and compassion, and not just wonder what she'll taste like with apple sauce Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
BooksAbsorbed by Kylie Whitehead
Through its eerie, genre-bending premise, Kylie Whitehead's visceral new novel touches on female insecurity and modern relationship issues Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
MusicJapanese Breakfast – Jubilee
On her third album as Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner moves confidently through a space befitting of the multi-hyphenate artist she has become Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
FilmAfter Love
Joanna Scanlan gets a showcase for her considerable dramatic talents in After Love Read more »| 28 May 2021
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ArtThe Skinny on... Jimmy Cauty
K-Foundation's Jimmy Cauty brings his new work ESTATE, a dystopian model village experience featuring four abandoned concrete tower blocks at 1:24 scale housed in a 40-foot shipping container, to Scotland this month Read more »| 28 May 2021 -
TheatreWhat's Next for Scotland's Theatres?
Pubs, restaurants, gyms and indoor leisure centres have all opened up for business again this summer. It is essential that theatres, bound by strict social distancing stipulations, don't get left behind Read more »| 28 May 2021 -
BooksInsignificance by James Clammer
James Clammer's novel is a careful exploration of how seismic personal events interact with the minutiae of everyday life Read more »| 28 May 2021 -
BooksResistance by Val McDermid and Kathryn Briggs
Val McDermid and Kathryn Briggs' new graphic novel is a realistic and unsettling look at a fast-spreading pandemic Read more »| 28 May 2021 -
BooksMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The new book from Taylor Jenkins Reid (Daisy Jones and the Six) is a gorgeous, sun-soaked novel that delves into the glamour and desperate hope of 1980s Malibu Read more »| 28 May 2021 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Mari Campistron
A look at the work of illustrator and printmaker Mari Campistron, whose work can be found on the cover of our May issue Read more »| 25 May 2021 -
FilmThe Feminist Legacy of Thelma & Louise
Three decades on, Thelma & Louise is still a poignant example of the rape-revenge genre colliding with reality. We consider how its tragic finale and portrayal of misogyny are echoed in a more recent example of female vigilantism fantasy Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
MusicTAAHLIAH on her debut EP, Angelica
Glasgow-based DJ and producer TAAHLIAH is set to release her debut EP, Angelica, this month. We talk to her about accolades, authenticity and the new record Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
BooksMeet Extra Teeth: Words With Bite
We meet Jules Danskin and Heather Parry, the duo behind Scotland's most exciting new literary magazine, Extra Teeth Read more »| 24 May 2021