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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BooksGazed & Confused: On a Literary Female Gaze
Inspired by a conversation with author Siri Hustvedt and her current collection of essays, our writer takes a look at the gendered gaze in literature, discussing works such as Deborah Levy's Hot Milk and Naomi Alderman's The Power Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
ArtTimothea Armour on the future of the pub
Timothea Armour is one of this year's selected participants in the mentorship programme Satellites, by Collective Gallery. She has structured a series of events and publications around different Edinburgh pubs and the precarity of these establishments Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: October 2017
Caroline Bird of Flint & Pitch introduces her new collection, and we look ahead at a month of poetry events across Scotland Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Music
Sleaford Mods @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 6 Oct
Sleaford Mods open on a giddy high that doesn't subside for their entire set Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Music
Baby In Vain @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 4 Oct
The Danish rock trio invade Scotland, bringing their debut album More Nothing and a double dose of wrath to Sneaky's tonight Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Books
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
Indian-Canadian novelist Anosh Irani's latest book delves into the world of India's transgender community Read more »| 10 Oct 2017
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Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 10-16 Oct
This week sees visits from Melvins, Downtown Boys and HMLTD, the return of Oxjam Takeover and the SAMAs, and birthday parties for The Glad Cafe and La Cheetah Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
FilmMudbound
Dee Rees’s latest is an epic tale of racial divide in 1940s Mississippi starring Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, and Garrett Hedlund Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Music
St. Vincent – Masseduction
Annie Clark lets us get closer than ever on the latest St. Vincent album Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Books
Dundee Literary Festival: A city on & off the page
With the Dundee Literary Festival now just a whisker away, The Skinny tracked down organiser Peggy Hughes to pick her brains on the programme, the city and the role of literature in today’s modern world Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Tusks – Dissolve
Drawing from a number of influences, Tusks' debut album is imperfect, but that's what debuts are all about Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Mass Datura – Sentimental Meltdown
This is music to escape to – with Sentimental Meltdown, Mass Datura don’t want you to dwell on life’s grievances, but celebrate overcoming them instead Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Jonnie Common @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 Oct
Jonnie Common is on top form tonight, rattling off lines with quick-witted precision, and new songs go down just as well as older favourites Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Film
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying sees Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne's ex-marines take to the road for a knockabout comedy that needs more rage Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Watch the Tapes: Cassette Store Day 2017 preview
We look ahead to Cassette Store Day 2017 and ask if the cassette format is really making a comeback, and if so, why? Read more »| 06 Oct 2017