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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MusicSiobhan Wilson on her Fringe show FLOWERCORE
Ahead of bringing her immersive gig theatre FLOWERCORE to this year's Fringe, we catch up with singer-songwriter, composer and artist Siobhan Wilson Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
MusicCitizen – Halcyon Blues
Toledo group Citizen's sixth record signifies another significant brick in the road towards the band's mature sonic identity Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
MusicLawrence English – The Rest Is My Ghost
On his latest album, Australian composer Lawrence English offers a sonic essay on memory Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
MusicInteresting Things festival returns to Stirling
As Stirling's avant-garde all-dayer Interesting Things returns for its third year, we find out how Scotland's smallest city has become an unlikely home for musical discovery Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
MusicOvermono – Pure Devotion
Overmono's latest album Pure Devotion offers songs for reflection, whether the calm before the storm or the soul-searching afterwards Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
FilmMore Hockney than Cockney: In praise of Sexy Beast
EIFF's 25th anniversary screening of Sexy Beast will remind us of the film's place near the very top of the British gangster film canon Read more »| 06 Aug 2026
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FilmThe Film's the Thing: Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet at 30
Kenneth Branagh will be celebrated in a big way at this year's EIFF, and rightly so! He helped resurrect Shakespeare on screen Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
Musicmaya ongaku – Nothing Space Music
Nothing Space Music, the second album from Japanese band maya ongaku, finds beauty in patience and stillness Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
BooksBeth Frieden on Gaelic poetry and new pamphlet Acair san Talamh
We chat with Beth Frieden, a Glasgow-based poet and New Scottish Writers Award winner for Gaelic Poetry in 2021, about her debut pamphlet, Acair san Talamh, ahead of her appearance at Govanhill Book Festival Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
MusicDrone Logic: Piping Live! festival returns to Glasgow
Piping Live! returns for its 23rd year, this time with an expanded experimental programme – we catch up with the team behind the festival to talk minimalism, guided improvisation, and Angine de Poitrine Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-Up: August 2026
Celestial bodies and nocturnal animals star across this month's music – along with a flock of singles and EPs, we recommend records from Alex Amor, Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman, The Great Pleasure and a live album from our old friend Jacob Alon Read more »| 04 Aug 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: August 2026
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August, and it's joined by the Book Fringe and Govanhill Book Festival Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: August 2026
It's a month of festivals big and small, from a host of gigs at the Fringe to a batch of all-dayers in Glasgow, via the return of Fringe By The Sea and Interesting Things Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
FilmScottish Film Events: August 2026
EIFF dominates the cinema calendar in Scotland this month, but there's also a celebration of summer horror movies at GFT, Andrei Tarkovsky receives a full retrospective at DCA, and Filmhouse gets excited for the new meta work from Jane Schoenbrun Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
MusicMan/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball
At its core, Man/Woman/Chainsaw's debut LP is a darling collection of love songs; some danceable, others perfect to sit and have a sulk to Read more »| 03 Aug 2026