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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FilmGreta Gerwig speaks out against Woody Allen: ‘I will not work for him again’
The Lady Bird writer-director is the latest Hollywood star to express regret at having previously worked with alleged abuser Woody Allen Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
ClubsSofay on Subcity and life as a DJ
From her popular Subcity radio show to an opening slot at last year's Optimo 20 festival, Sophie Reilly – aka Sofay – is a talented DJ on the rise Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Art
Scottish Jewellery Design: 6 more great designers
In part two of our spotlight on jewellery design in Scotland we explore the work of six exceptional designers. Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Film
The Man with the Iron Heart
This World War II drama starring Rosamund Pike and Jack O’Connell is prettily framed and powerfully acted, but doesn't leave an impression as the credits roll Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
FilmMeet Jennifer Reeder: the world needs her feminist short films right now
As Reeder’s knockout short Blood Beneath the Skin is released online, we celebrate this most unique and inventive of filmmakers Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
BooksThe Prime of Muriel Spark
As we begin the year of Muriel Spark's centenary celebrations, writers share how she influenced them, making a case for her placement as Scotland's great writer Read more »| 10 Jan 2018
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Theatre
The legacy and controversy of Miss Saigon
Ahead of the Scottish premiere of an acclaimed new production of the West End smash musical Miss Saigon, The Skinny travels to Dublin to meet two of the show's stars Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival announces 2018 Programme
From the original stand-up comedian to original shows, Glasgow Comedy Festival presents a refreshing line-up Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures
There are a lot of fine songs on display here, but they sadly don't amount to a whole hill of beans more than their influences Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Music
Typhoon – Offerings
Portland’s eleven-headed indie rock crew Typhoon return with their fourth album, Offerings; a difficult, cerebral journey through the fracturing of a single soul Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Film
Bafta 2018 snubs: from Get Out to Greta Gerwig
Bafta voters are famously clueless, but this year's set of nominations are particularly infuriating. We look over the award body's biggest oversights in this year's nominations, which were announced this morning Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
FilmThe Post
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lead this timely newsroom procedural about the release of the Pentagon Papers Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Music
The Xcerts: Under the Influence
As The Xcerts get ready to release their third album, Hold on to Your Heart, frontman Murray Macleod tells us about the influential songs which helped shape the album Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Art
John Byrne Award profiles: Katie Blair Matthews
In the latest edition of our series profiling recipients of the John Byrne Award, we meet 23-year-old Edinburgh photographer Katie Blair Matthews Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 9-15 Jan
Get back into the gigging swing of things with King Tut's New Year's Revolution, a Shirley Collins documentary, and an Edinburgh show from a former Kraftwerk member Read more »| 09 Jan 2018