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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FilmAngus Macfadyen on Robert the Bruce
You wait years for a Robert the Bruce film... and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of Outlaw King, Angus Macfadyen reprises the role he played in Braveheart and tells us why he felt compelled to write an anti-war version of the Bruce legend Read more »| 21 Jun 2019 -
FilmHurt by Paradise
Female friendship is at the heart of Greta Bellamacina's debut feature, although she sometimes lets her visual style get in the way of her charismatic characters Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
ComedyJames Acaster @ Sands Centre, Carlisle
Everyone loves a bad boy. We're just surprised that James Acaster now qualifies as one. Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
MusicHoly Ghost! – Work
Holy Ghost! explore the full spectrum of dance-pop on their new album Work Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
Tv RadioChernobyl
Orwellian self-denial meets Kafkaesque nightmare in this gripping dramatisation of the Chernobyl disaster Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
MusicKate Tempest on The Book of Traps and Lessons
We speak to Kate Tempest about her third album, The Book of Traps and Lessons, which sees her viewing the Britain of today with a much wider lens than usual Read more »| 20 Jun 2019
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MusicHatchie – Keepsake
Hatchie adds some welcome fuzz to her dream-pop sound on her debut album, Keepsake Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
BooksThe Sun on My Head by Geovani Martins
Geovani Martins' debut collection of short stories paints a vivid portrait of life on the fringes of Rio de Janeiro Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
BooksThe Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
Megan Miranda's psychological thriller has all the required elements, but lacks the wow factor to take it from enjoyable to excellent Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
ArtGray's Degree Show 2019: Frenetic Energy
This year's graduates from Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen offer enthusiastic approaches to issues of home, changing landscapes and the fraught political climate Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
MusicHot Chip – A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Hot Chip's new album is a giddy, nerdy and camp appreciation of all sides of dance music Read more »| 19 Jun 2019 -
MusicTitus Andronicus – An Obelisk
Titus Andronicus go back to basics on their new album An Obelisk Read more »| 19 Jun 2019 -
MusicSigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun (20th Anniversary Edition)
Twenty years after its release, a new reissue of Sigur Rós's seminal album Ágætis Byrjun shows why the Icelandic outfit remain so vital Read more »| 19 Jun 2019 -
FilmGet Duked!
Eddie Izzard plays a murderous aristocrat tracking four working-class teens hiking in the Highlands in this wildly comic class satire from music video director Ninian Doff Read more »| 19 Jun 2019 -
MusicBaby Strange @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 14 Jun
While it may not be one of the most sophisticated show in the world, for Baby Strange's young crowd it sure feels like one of the best Read more »| 18 Jun 2019