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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FilmThe Holdovers
Director Alexander Payne balances emotional realism with retro fun and biting comedy as he teams up with Paul Giamatti once again Read more »| 15 Jan 2024 -
MusicKali Uchis – Orquídeas
Orquídeas is a display of bravura and an entire album of sweet spots Read more »| 12 Jan 2024 -
MusicThe Vaccines – Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations
The Vaccines are back to their best on Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, an album full of singles Read more »| 12 Jan 2024 -
MusicJohn Maclean, Red Clydeside & Radical Remembrance
Ahead of Celtic Connections' John Maclean Centenary concert, we speak with writer and activist Henry Bell and musician Kapil Seshasayee Read more »| 11 Jan 2024 -
BooksYou Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
Álvaro Enrigue's latest novel is a hallucinatory reimagining of fateful violent events in colonial Mexico Read more »| 11 Jan 2024 -
MusicThe Skinny On... swim school
Ahead of what sounds like a pretty big year for the Edinburgh band, swim school's Alice Johnson takes on our January Q&A Read more »| 10 Jan 2024
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ComedyThe Skinny's Comedy Forecast for 2024
The Skinny’s Comedy Team reveal their hot picks for 2024 Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
ArtResisting Complicity: Art Workers For Palestine Scotland on their activism
The Skinny meets activists and organisers from Art Workers For Palestine Scotland to find out more about how they are challenging Scotland and the UK’s complicity in the genocide of Palestinian people Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... New Scottish Music in 2024
In a bold attempt to predict the future, we shine a spotlight on some of the artists we're excited about for 2024 Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: January 2024
We look back at what we missed in December, and look forward to new music from Kathryn Joseph and Lomond Campbell, Victoria Hume, Gillian Fleetwood and C Duncan, and more Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
MusicLewis Cook on Glasgow Library For Synthesized Sounds
We catch up with Free Love's Lewis Cook about his latest venture GLOSS – Glasgow Library of Synthesized Sounds – and their forthcoming Introduction to Electronic Music series Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
FilmHold the Scotch: Poor Things, Lanthimos, Gray and Scotland
The prospect of Yorgos Lanthimos adapting Poor Things has been mouthwatering for Alasdair Gray fans. But by changing the setting from Glasgow to London, has the book's political message been lost? Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
FilmPoor Things
Alasdair Gray’s skew-whiff take on Frankenstein is brought to life with wit, passion and invention by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, while Emma Stone is a revelation as Poor Things' wide-eyed heroine Bella Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
MusicDau – Gilly's Wood
The latest in Phantom Limb’s Psalms series is a minimal suite of uniformly gorgeous and beautifully simple organ pieces from Dau Read more »| 08 Jan 2024 -
BooksScottish Books Events: January 2024
This January, you'll find books launches from Ali Millar, Max Turner and Hisham Matar, plus a chance to dive into the Glasgow Women's Library archive Read more »| 08 Jan 2024