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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Books
Scottish Poetry News: June 2022
June's poetry and spoken word round-up includes new releases from SPAM Press, and a bumper anthology of new Black British poetry Read more »| 31 May 2022 -
Art
Scottish Art Events and Exhibitions: June 2022
June's Scottish art round-up includes an exciting site-specific commission by Abbas Akhavan on Bute and degree shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh Read more »| 31 May 2022 -
Music
Angel Olsen – Big Time
The sixth album from US songwriter Angel Olsen is a glorious symphony in love, loss and alt-country Read more »| 30 May 2022 -
Music
Hidden Door: Maranta and Post Coal Prom Queen on collaboration
We chat to Maranta and Post Coal Prom Queen to find out more about their forthcoming collaborative performances on the opening and closing nights of Hidden Door Read more »| 30 May 2022 -
Art
Mock Trial: Secure Scotland's Wool Scouring Moot
Secure Scotland's Luke Padfield and Jessica Wheeler tell us about their upcoming moot, debating the environmental ethics of wool scouring in the textiles industry Read more »| 30 May 2022 -
Comedy
ICYMI: Gabriel Featherstone on The Office (US)
Glasgow-based comedian and TinselGuts Cabaret co-founder Gabriel Featherstone watches The Office (US) Read more »| 30 May 2022
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Clubs
HAAi on her debut album, Baby We're Ascending
Following the release of her long-awaited debut album and ahead of making a return to Glasgow's Riverside Festival, we catch up with Australian-born DJ and producer HAAi Read more »| 27 May 2022 -
Books
Cyberman by Veronika Muchitsch
The new graphic novel by Veronika Muchitsch chronicles the life of Ari Kivikangas, who documented his life online on cyberman.tv Read more »| 27 May 2022 -
Books
Everyone In: Vicky Spratt on her new book, Tenants
We talk to Vicky Spratt about Tenants, her eye-opening new book looking at renters and their experience of Britain's housing emergency Read more »| 27 May 2022 -
Film
Cannes 2022: Stars at Noon
Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn make for uninspired romantic leads in this deeply disappointing and stagnant thriller from Claire Denis Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Theatre
All Of Me @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
With its portrayal of human complexity, All Of Me is a truly touching representation of mental illness Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Books
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
Hanna Bervoets tries to flesh out the world which surrounds content moderation, but the core questions she proposes feel somewhat out-of-date Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Music
Spotlight On... Theo Bleak
Almost a week on from releasing her debut EP Fragments, we have a very open and honest chat with Katie Lynch, the musician behind Theo Bleak Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Books
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
Bold, confident and sexy, Julia May Jonas' debut novel Vladimir tells two interweaving tales of desire and betrayal Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Books
More Fiya edited by Kayo Chingonyi
More Fiya is a passionately curated anthology showcasing a breadth of Black British poetics Read more »| 26 May 2022