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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MusicScottish Music Highlights: 6-11 Dec
There's everything from tropical pop to thrashcore hip-hop this week in Scotland's central belt – plenty to get your teeth sunk into and then some! Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Comedy2017: The Year in Comedy and Humour
A round-up of the best comedy of 2017 from across the arts Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: How to Survive Christmas
Our resident agony aunt helps a reader who's struggling at the thought of getting through the festive season Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Books
Paper View: Stephen King's Novels on Screen
Few authors have seen as much of their work take the page-to-screen path as Stephen King; we assess the best and worst King adaptations, and look at what could be in store in the future Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Art
Scottish Design Gift Guide 2017
We've brought together some of our favourite Scottish designers (and a handful from further afield) for the 2017 Christmas gift guide Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Tv RadioWhy do Westerns keep failing their female characters?
The new Netflix limited series Godless is a bloody western set in La Belle, a town where most the menfolk have been killed in a mining accident. But is Godless the feminist western we’ve been waiting for? Read more »| 05 Dec 2017
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Film
Lu Over the Wall
Sweet boy meets mermaid love story with an environmental message Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
The Charlatans @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 2 Dec
Technical difficulties aside, The Charlatans perform a competent set tonight, but we can't help but feel they can do better Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Saint Etienne @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 2 Dec
Saint Etienne tease out fan favourites and album tracks alongside a few surprise cuts and just enough festive numbers to get us in the mood Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
Belle & Sebastian return to the EP format for the first of three new records Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Helicon – Helicon
Helicon's long-awaited self-titled debut LP very much meets expectations Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Visible Cloaks – Lex
Visible Cloaks take a conceptual glimpse at a global musical language on their new mini album Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Kllo @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 28 Nov
Kllo bring their melancholic harmonies and fusion of deep house, UK garage and R'n'B back to Edinburgh Read more »| 04 Dec 2017 -
Music
Songhoy Blues @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 3 Dec
The Malian desert punk quartet bring boundless energy and bags of groove to an unexpectedly damp night in Glasgow Read more »| 04 Dec 2017 -
Books
Wreath All About It: Books Gift Guide
As a celebration of Christmas, here are a handful of Scottish books from 2017 that are timely, transformative and begging to be cracked open on a cold winter’s evening Read more »| 04 Dec 2017