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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ArtJames Richards on Migratory Motor Complex
We meet James Richards to discuss Migratory Motor Complex, his first solo show in Scotland arriving at Collective for Edinburgh Art Festival this month Read more »| 26 Jul 2019 -
BooksGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia beautifully weaves the glamour and possibility of the Jazz Age with Mexican folklore, crafting a lush, enthralling coming of age fairytale Read more »| 25 Jul 2019 -
BooksThe Unmaking of Ellie Rook by Sandra Ireland
Sandra Ireland's new novel tries to fit a lot into its short length, but it's a well-crafted narrative blending fantastical folklore and bleak domestic reality Read more »| 25 Jul 2019 -
ClubsNight Fever: Clubbing at the Edinburgh Festivals
We speak to some of the promoters behind Scotland's best club nights about their Edinburgh festivals residencies and the benefits of late licensing for Scottish club culture Read more »| 25 Jul 2019 -
MusicBill Ryder-Jones – Yawny Yawn
Bill Ryder-Jones returns with a tender, sobering and strikingly intimate piano re-work of his last studio record, Yawn Read more »| 25 Jul 2019 -
MusicRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever @ St Luke’s, Glasgow, 15 Jul
Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever come to a heatwave-battered Glasgow with an evening of faultless beach pop and tightly-packed grooves Read more »| 24 Jul 2019
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TheatreHamlet @ Bard In The Botanics, Glasgow
In the beautiful surroundings of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, something rotten unfolds in the state of Denmark Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
TheatreA Game of Death and Chance @ Gladstones Land, Edinburgh
This interactive and immersive production at Gladstones Land is strengthened by stellar performances Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
MusicLloyd Cole – Guesswork
Singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole returns with a keyboard-heavy record that doesn't hit all the right notes Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
Tv RadioBig Little Lies: Season 2
Our feelings about season 2 of Big Little Lies are complicated. On the one hand, give Laura Dern the Emmy! On the other, fuck HBO for preferring Jean-Marc Vallée's vision to Andrea Arnold's Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
MusicViolent Femmes – Hotel Last Resort
A posied and provoking record, Hotel Last Resort consolidates Violent Femmes as one of the greatest contributors to both the punk and the American musical canon Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
MusicYip Man of Scotland – Here Comes the Feelings (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Here Comes the Feelings, the latest single from Dumfries artist Yip Man of Scotland Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Stephen Buchanan on I'm Alan Partridge
BBC New Comedy Award Winner Stephen Buchanan dives headfirst into the wonderful world of Partridge. Jurassic Park! Read more »| 23 Jul 2019 -
BooksMy Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams
Rachel DeLoache Williams' tale of her relationship with fraudster Anna Delvey is an intimate, methodical look at the pair's relationship Read more »| 23 Jul 2019 -
MusicEH-FM SAY Award Special – 22 Jul (Listen Again)
Listen back to our Scottish Album of the Year Award Special on EH-FM ahead of the Live at the Longlist event at The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh on 26 July Read more »| 22 Jul 2019