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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MusicCola – Cost of Living Adjustment
As the Montreal outfit Cola release their third album, the former Ought members are steadfastly standing on their own terms Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
BooksThe Colony by Christiana Spens
A woman heads to a commune on a remote Scottish island in this skewering of the wellness industry and how we grapple with our past traumas Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
MusicLoraine James – Detached From the Rest of You
Loraine James's self-styled "IDM popstar album" finds the London producer confronting imposter syndrome head-on Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
ArtTrongate 103: Community, Creativity, and Glasgow's Cultural Crisis
Glasgow's art scene is under threat. In light of City Property's decision to quadruple rent for tenants at Trongate 103, we question the profit-motivated decisions damaging the arts community Read more »| 06 May 2026 -
TheatreSusannah Wapshott on Scottish Opera's Marriage of Figaro
Scottish Opera’s Susannah Wapshott on accessibility, Mozart’s near-perfect score and why The Marriage of Figaro still resonates now Read more »| 06 May 2026 -
FilmLost Generation: Carla Simón on Romería
Spanish director Carla Simón is once again mining her own painful upbringing with Romería. She discusses recreating memories, embracing magic realism, and explains why now is the perfect time to look back at her parents' radical generation Read more »| 06 May 2026
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ArtDrawing Strength: Lorna Miller on comics, cartoons and creativity
Glasgow illustrator and artist Lorna Miller has spent decades moving between comics, political cartooning, and design work. We discuss the reinvention and resilience that come with the cycles of creative careers Read more »| 06 May 2026 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: May 2026
May is busy AF for Scottish releases, with albums and EPs from Saint Sappho, Acolyte, Bill Wells, Orla Noble, Dead Pony, and well, the list goes on, and on, and on... Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicCarla J. Easton on I Think That I Might Love You
As she gears up to release her fifth solo album, I Think That I Might Love You, we talk the past, present and future with Carla J. Easton Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicLykke Li – The Afterparty
Lykke Li’s sixth album, The Afterparty, is the poppiest the Swede has been since her 2008 debut, Youth Novels Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
TheatreStand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
National Theatre of Scotland's new retelling of the Lee Jeans Sit-In of 1981 is a wonderful retelling of workers' strength and solidarity that feels more vital than ever Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
FilmKokuho
Despite some iffy camerawork, Kokuho is a spectacular if overlong tribute to one of Japan’s most treasured art forms, with impeccable performances Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicAldous Harding – Train on the Island
On Train on the Island, Aldous Harding offers up more beautiful, inscrutable tales Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicConscious Pilot – Human Poultry
While Conscious Pilot choose eclecticism over coherence at times on their debut, at the heart of the record is absurdist humour delivered through a danceable groove Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
MusicCarla J. Easton – I Think That I Might Love You
Girl-group expertise and newly-minted guitar skills define this superb fifth record from Glasgow singer-songwriter Carla J. Easton Read more »| 04 May 2026