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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ArtLocal Heroes: Still Lifes at New York City Jewelry Week
With the largest and most diverse showcase of talent, ideas and jewellery in one virtual week, New York City Jewelry Week offered Local Heroes the perfect platform for their first international show Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
ArtLife After Love @ Generator Projects, Dundee
Two solo exhibitions come together as artists Ross Fleming and Joseph Cotgrave envision the present and futures of queer clubbing, sex and socialising Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: Jain Edwards on Spitting Image
Staple of the Manchester comedy scene, Jain Edwards watches political Punch and Judy, Spitting Image Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
FilmScottish cinema and festival heads reflect on 2020
There has been lots of heartache in the world of cinema this year. We asked the Scottish film community to reflect on this cursed year, and give us their films of 2020 Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2020: Our Writers' Top 10s
For this year's Top Ten Films of 2020 feature, we polled 21 of our film writers to find out their films of the year. Bong Joon-ho's blistering tragicomedy Parasite came out top, but take a look below to read the writers' personal lists Read more »| 03 Dec 2020 -
MusicOff the Record launch music industry PDF Guides
Ahead of their virtual conference taking place this Friday and Saturday, Off the Record launch five invaluable music industry PDF guides in association with The Skinny Read more »| 03 Dec 2020
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FilmWhat to Watch: Film & TV in December 2020
The best of December's new releases, from David Fincher's Mank to Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology Read more »| 01 Dec 2020 -
MusicLove Music Hate Racism release The Beautiful Resistance
The Glasgow branch of the nationwide, events-based political campaign Love Music Hate Racism are releasing a compilation album, The Beautiful Resistance. We chat to some of the organisers and artists involved in its creation Read more »| 01 Dec 2020 -
MusicThe Skinny's Top 10 Albums of 2020
We polled our music team to find out what albums have helped them get through 2020, and it's a dizzying mix of disco, hip-hop, dance and pop, taking on the political, tackling racism, misogyny, toxic masculinity and more. Sounds about right! Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
BooksYou Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Zaina Arafat's You Exist Too Much is a fresh, witty novel which packs a heavy punch Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2020
From the breakneck chaos of Uncut Gems to the dark satire of Parasite – via two Spike Lee joints – we find plenty to celebrate from 2020 in film Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
BooksCategory Is, Lighthouse and Book Nook on supporting indie bookshops
"Shop indie" is a common slogan, and in a year where Amazon's profits have soared while the majority struggle, Anahit Behrooz explores exactly why independent bookshops are important, and why your support matters more than ever Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
ArtTrinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize @ Cooper Gallery, Dundee
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is the largest open call prize of its kind, and the 71 works in this year's exhibition represent the expansive possibilities of drawing as a medium Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
BooksI Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom
This collection of personal essays from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom is blisteringly funny with some insightful gut punches on the way Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
BooksStrange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
Yan Ge's postmodern tales of strange and unusual beasts offer ecological parables and evocative thoughts on the way we interact with the world Read more »| 27 Nov 2020