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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BooksNoopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Anishinaabe author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson articulates the enduring spirit and colonial struggles through which their characters operate Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
FilmLynne Ramsay on Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay is back after eight years away with Die My Love, which takes her fans on another atmospheric trip into a disturbed psyche. The Scottish director discusses working with Jennifer Lawrence and lacing her intense movie with gallows humour Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
MusicDanny Brown – Stardust
Danny Brown's sixth solo album is a rejuvenated, feature-packed return to form for one of the most innovative rappers around Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2025
The SAY Award, a fresh batch of festivals, album launches for Simone Seales, Admiral Fallow and Swim School, and more – here's our November gig guide Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
MusicRic Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra – PROCESSION: The Environmental Symphony
On PROCESSION: The Environmental Symphony, Ric Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra create a lively and charming tapestry of natural sounds Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
FilmScottish Film Events: November 2025
This month's highlights include Noirvember double bills at Filmhouse, Melodrama practically everywhere and possibly too many film festivals Read more »| 03 Nov 2025
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BooksThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn
International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Olga Ravn returns with a new novel that's by turns delicate and visceral, pleasurable but disjointed Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
FilmScotland on Screen: David Mackenzie on Relay
David Mackenzie returns with the sharp and twisty Relay. We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay and why he tries to avoid repeating himself Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: November 2025
Oooh the nights are pure drawing in and we know you’ll be in need of some laughs to get you through the drudge that is November Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2025
Hats, gloves, and gun fingers at the ready. November’s top club picks include Timedance, Loose Joints, Iceboy Violet, George Riley, and 4am Kru Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2025
Two big festivals – Push the Boat Out and Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair – return to Edinburgh this month. Elsewhere, there's book launches aplenty in Porty and Glasgow Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
FilmScotland Loves Anime 2025: Our Top Five Picks
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering lineup of Japanese animation. Over 20 features screen across four venues in three cities – here are five of our favourites Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On… Loris S Sarid
Ahead of releasing his latest project, Ambient $, we shine the spotlight on Glasgow-based producer and artist Loris S Sarid Read more »| 30 Oct 2025 -
MusicWitch Fever – FEVEREATEN
In their second full-length album, Manchester's Witch Fever deliver a high impact, genre-bending rejection of hegemony Read more »| 30 Oct 2025 -
MusicU.S. Girls @ Stereo, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Meghan Remy and her shape-shifting band deliver a masterclass in controlled fury, spontaneous connectivity and an intuitive sense of musical affinity Read more »| 29 Oct 2025