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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ArtSamuel R Delany on sci-fi, politics and Arika
Acclaimed 75-year-old sci-fi writer Samuel R Delany has consistently produced some of the most radical examples of the genre over the previous six decades, and this month he comes to Glasgow for Arika Episode 9 Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Music
The War on Drugs @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 9 Nov
The drawling vocals and guitar work of Adam Granduciel and The War on Drugs make for an immersive Barrowlands gig Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
FilmStar Wars: New trilogy of films announced
Rian Johnson, the director of upcoming Star Wars film The Last Jedi, will be the creative force behind the new films Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Music
Jonnie Common on his Drawn to Light project
Jonnie Common's been so busy lately he wrote a song about it – we catch up with him at Glasgow's Hug & Pint to talk about his recent appearance on the Beeb and making music out of museums Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
ComedyLouis CK accused of sexual misconduct
Five women call out comedian Louis CK on sexual misconduct in a new story in the New York Times Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
FilmPaddington 2
Paddington 2 is as delightful and slyly political as the first film, but with added Hugh Grant Read more »| 10 Nov 2017
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Film
Michel Gondry and Elbow combine for John Lewis ad
French director Michel Gondry applies his whimsical touch to John Lewis’s annual Christmas ad, with Elbow providing a Beatles cover Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Music
Lomelda @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 6 Nov
Lomelda brings her songs about relationships, distance and the passage of time to Glasgow Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
TheatreThe Skinny Guide to Scotland's Christmas Theatre
Ain’t nothing like a dame? Or does panto make you want to cancel Christmas forever? Well, dinna fash, here’s Auntie Trash with the best panto guide she could pull together. Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Yung Lean – Stranger
Yung Lean's latest record feels like a creative regression packed with listless rhymes Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Girl Ray @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 2 Nov
North London trio Girl Ray bring their deep, introspective sound to Broadcast Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Art
Local Heroes' Scottish Knit & Woven Textile Design
In Local Heroes' ongoing tour of outstanding Scottish design we turn to knitted and woven textiles to report on the individual designers and studios doing the most exciting things in this sector Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Japanese Breakfast @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 4 Oct
Michelle Zauner balances light and darkness to impressive effect as she brings the lo-fi pop of Japanese Breakfast to Edinburgh Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Fiskur – I Become Silver (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for I Become Silver from Glasgow-based collective Fiskur Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Film
The Florida Project
Sean Baker follows Tangerine with another vibrant slice-of-life story about people on the fringes of American society, but this time focused on the life of a young girl and her mother Read more »| 09 Nov 2017