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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ComedyClimate chaos: Edinburgh Fringe's most urgent challenge
We speak to Matt Winning, Jon Long and Isla Cowan about the pressing challenge that is our climate emergency Read more »| 18 Jul 2019 -
BooksThe Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
Alix Nathan's latest is an impressively-written novel let down by a lack of focus on the heart of its intriguing premise Read more »| 18 Jul 2019 -
Tv RadioKilling Eve: Season 2
Picking up moments after the first series’ bloody finale, Killing Eve dives into familiarly, hilariously perverse territory throughout its second series Read more »| 18 Jul 2019 -
MusicTRNSMT 2019 @ Glasgow Green, Glasgow, 13 Jul
We report back from Saturday at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow, with stand-out sets from Fontaines DC, Zoe Graham and Sigrid Read more »| 17 Jul 2019 -
MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Journey to Inchcape (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) (Premiere)
Watch the video for the Miaoux Miaoux remix of Andrew Wasylyk's Journey to Inchcape Read more »| 17 Jul 2019 -
MusicAlexandra Levy on her debut album as Ada Lea
Ahead of her debut LP as Ada Lea, we chat to Alexandra Levy about Virginia Woolf, the colourful visualisation of music and breaking down the barrier between the public and the private Read more »| 16 Jul 2019
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FilmScotland gets its first Kung Fu Film Festival
Summerhall in Edinburgh will play host to a Kung Fu Film Festival featuring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan classics, as well as two films from Stephen Chow Read more »| 16 Jul 2019 -
MusicZamilska – Uncovered
Zamilska's new album is unsettling and far from pleasant, but Uncovered clings to you like little else released this year Read more »| 16 Jul 2019 -
MusicAda Lea – what we say in private
On what we say in private, Ada Lea marries sun and moon, dark and light, in her offering of a delicately unique narrative of the darkness of the human experience Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
MusicTycho – Weather
Tycho's fifth album incorporates vocals from Saint Sinner in a new evolution of Scott Hansen's electronic project Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
MusicMungo's Hi Fi & Eva Lazarus on More Fyah and KID_X
Ahead of releasing More Fyah, the accompanying soundtrack to futuristic stage show KID_X, we speak to Glasgow's Mungo's Hi Fi and Bristol-based MC Eva Lazarus Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
FilmThe Lion King
Jon Favreau’s photo-realistic remake of The Lion King is a gasp-inducing visual spectacle, but the magic of the original isn’t quite there Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
MusicHelp Musicians Scotland: Do It Differently fund with Stina Tweeddale
Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale talks about the practical skills you need when you're starting out as a musician as we introduce Help Musicians' Do It Differently fund Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
MusicElbow @ Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, 9 Jul
Manchester's poets laureate Elbow return and hint at more greatness to come with a sneak peak at their upcoming new album Giants of All Sizes Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Hari Kanth on The Mighty Boosh
BBC New Comedy Award Finalist Hari Kanth takes us on the ultimate journey through time and space as he takes a look at The Mighty Boosh Read more »| 12 Jul 2019