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
Muriel Spark (1918-2006)
She was perhaps the most popular and successful female, Scottish author in history Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Books
Call of the Weird - Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux is best known for that scene with Christine Hamilton where she's hammered and tries ungracefully to flirt with him, but he is also famous for t... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
XFM May - The Summer Anthem - Place Your Bets
Futureheads àVery difficult to make a festival audience bounce in 7/8 time. (20/1) Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Billy Woods presents Melange A Go-Go with Eric Duncan (Rub 'N' Tug) @ The Riverside Club, 16th April
A healthy disregard for genre boundaries, but with an eye firmly fixed on the dancefloor Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
The Black Dog - Riphead EP
Some sounds are so elegant they never go out of style. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Surface Emp - Lucky Me EP
A breath of fresh air to the UK hip hop scene Read more »| 16 May 2006
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MusicTwo Gallants - Steady Rollin'
Gravely vocals and a mouth-organ conjuring images of small-town USA. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Flaming Lips @ Usher Hall
there is always some warmongering dipshit who will rain on your ""wanna be enlightened"" parade Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicThe Church - Uninvited Like The Clouds
Like most bands reaching their twilight years The Church sound weary Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicShack - On the Corner of Miles and Gil
timeless melodies worm their way into your brain, put their slippers on, and settle down for an extended stay Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Books
Speculative Architecture
Innovative designs to stimulate the public's interest in architecture, art and design. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Jeniferever - 'Choose a Bright Morning'
sprawling vistas of lush orchestration unfolding to reveal a yawning gap where there should be a solid tune Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
turns academic analysis up to eleven Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Mission Impossible 3
If there's one movie that has the pedigree and potential to blow away the opposition in May, it's this one. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Interview: Love + Hate
Understanding, by being taken into other people's lives, is what I like about making these kind of films. - Director Dominic Savage Read more »| 16 May 2006