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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BooksScottish Books Events: November 2024
There's two big literary festivals arriving in Edinburgh this month: Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair. Elsewhere, the likes of Eliza Clark and Hannah Lavery launch new books Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: November 2024
There's a diverse set of new festivals, installations and exhibitions taking place across the country in November Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
FilmBlitz
Blitz sees Steve McQueen torn between telling a rousing tale of 'Blitz Spirit' and delving into the darker impulses of war-torn Britain Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
MusicIron & Wine @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Oct
Sam Beam and co. are firing on all cylinders for this exceptional Iron & Wine show in Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2024
November brings a trio of mini-festivals, big Scottish shows from Niteworks and Barry Can't Swim, and visits from English Teacher, Confidence Man and Billy Woods Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
BooksGaza poet Mosab Abu Toha on new collection Forest of Noise
We speak with Gaza poet Mosab Abu Toha, whose extraordinary new collection spans poems written before and during the genocide Read more »| 28 Oct 2024
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ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: November 2024
November is rammed with excellent comedy: highlights include mighty homegrown talent, an Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and The Office Australia’s new Michael Scott/David Brent Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
MusicMerope – Véjula
The latest from Lithuanian folk duo Merope is a masterful melding of gorgeous pastorals and the mysterious Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
BooksThe Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini
First published in 1972, Ángel Bonomini’s short story The Novices of Lerna is a masterpiece of surrealist fiction finally translated into English Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
FilmAnora
Sean Baker’s Anora, a screwball romance in which a brassy exotic dancer is swept off her feet by the gawky son of a Russian oligarch, is another of his razor-sharp humanist depictions of life for people on the margins Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
MusicLeft of the Dial: Cool Things at 2024's festival
One of the coolest showcase festivals we've ever been to, Rotterdam's Left of the Dial leaves us feeling energised and looking forward to doing it all again in the future Read more »| 25 Oct 2024 -
BooksThe White Pube's Gabrielle de la Puente on new book Poor Artists
We chat with Gabrielle de la Puente, one half of infamous critical duo The White Pube, about their first book Poor Artists ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair Read more »| 25 Oct 2024 -
MusicrEDOLENT win the 2024 SAY Award
Edinburgh outfit rEDOLENT have won this year's Scottish Album of the Year Award, picking up the £20,000 prize for their debut album, dinny greet Read more »| 24 Oct 2024 -
MusicDarkside @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 21 Oct
Now performing as a trio, Darkside appear to be enjoying the freedom of the live format with a show that twists and turns, often in unexpected directions Read more »| 24 Oct 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... mokusla
Following the release of her latest EP, lovely people here, but it's just not the same, we catch up with Glasgow-based dreampop artist mokusla Read more »| 24 Oct 2024