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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BooksThere's No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
Kikuko Tsumura's new novel is a deadpan look at the sometimes-mundane, often-surreal and ever-changing world of the 'easy job' Read more »| 26 Nov 2020 -
BooksTheatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic
Chilean author Andrea Jeftanovic's debut novel, newly translated into English, is a powerful exorcism of one family’s inherited trauma Read more »| 23 Nov 2020 -
MusicMEMES' debut EP, track-by-track
With the release of their self-titled EP this month, Glasgow laptop punk-rock duo MEMES talk us through the record, track by track Read more »| 23 Nov 2020 -
MusicScottish Alternative Music Awards: The 2020 winners
Callum Easter, TAAHLIAH and Fauves were among the winners at this year's Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) Read more »| 19 Nov 2020 -
FilmThe Skinny Q&A: Mark Cousins
Mark Cousins is always on the move with new projects, but he's gone back to an old one this month, updating The Story of Film, his seminal 2004 book rethinking film history – we dig into what makes him tick Read more »| 17 Nov 2020 -
FilmHenry Blake on County Lines
Henry Blake takes his experience as a youth worker into his debut feature County Lines, which he hopes will change perception of the kinds of young people he works with, who often find themselves exploited into a life of crime Read more »| 16 Nov 2020
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FilmCounty Lines
Henry Blake's debut feature combines raw realism and a knack for visual storytelling to lift the lid on child exploitation in the drug trade Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
FilmCameron Mackay on filmmaking as activism
We meet Glasgow environmental activist, filmmaker and composer Cameron Mackay, who's about to embark on a series of films for Glasgow Science Centre's Our World, Our Impact programme, which marks a one-year countdown to COP26 in Glasgow next November Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
ArtCaroline Walker @ Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Caroline Walker's neat compositions offer intimate insight, while allowing for their central character to remain enigmatic Read more »| 12 Nov 2020 -
MusicBlue Tiger – Eta Carinae (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Eta Carinae by Edinburgh-based musician Blue Tiger Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
ComedyJaney Godley, Brett Goldstein and The Pin on comedy in lockdown
With stand-up on pause, Twitter videos are full of comedy club energy – and have been seen by everyone from politicians to film producers Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
MusicSound and Vision: A look at Cryptic's Sonic Bites series
With COVID-19 showing no sign of abating, Glasgow luminaries Cryptic are taking an ambitious new approach to live streams Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
TheatreHannah Lavery on Lament for Sheku Bayoh
We speak to writer and director Hannah Lavery about paying homage to Sheku Bayoh, the father and Kirkcaldy resident who died in police custody in 2015, in her new play Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
BooksXstabeth by David Keenan
David Keenan's new novel blends the metaphysical and metatextual on a journey from St Petersberg to St Andrews Read more »| 09 Nov 2020 -
MusicMaking Moves: Bemz and Kobi Onyame in conversation
As Bemz releases his The Saint of Lost Causes EP, Kobi Onyame chats to the Glasgow-based rapper about his life and musical journey up until now Read more »| 09 Nov 2020