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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MusicThe Year in Music: Songs about Global Warming
The past 12 months have seen a slew of artists engaging with global warming, from Radiohead to Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq. While environmental issues were sidelined in the mainstream media discourse, these musicians refused to look away Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
MusicHot Shorts - Hot Shorts
In the barren wastes of the pre-Christmas release schedules: an album that gives the finger to half-assed consumerism and dumb material aspiration. If album ... Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 17-24 Nov
It's a wide-ranging week in Leeds' club scene, with Lucy bringing techno to Wire, a new night of next-generation grime at Headrow House, and soul/disco vinyl addict Sadar Bahar playing the HiFi Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 17-24 Nov
It's birthday time at 24 Kitchen Street with Paranoid London helping them celebrate, while a new monthly party comes to Blade Factory headed up by The 2 Bears' Raf Daddy. Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
FilmKong: Skull Island trailer: load of monkey business
The trailer for the latest remake of King Kong, starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, offers up a very different beast. We hope you love the smell of monkey in the morning Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Manchester this week: 17-24 Nov
John Digweed, Jeremy Underground and other DJs not beginning with the letter J all play Manchester this week. Plus, there are free parties at Soup Kitchen, Cottonopolis and Eastern Bloc for the pre-payday skint among us Read more »| 17 Nov 2016
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Books
New book imagines Iraq in 100 years' time
An anthology of short stories published today asks ten Iraqi writers what their country might look like in the year 2103 Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
Comedy
2016's Best Comedy Books
From the evolution of sexual desire to Beyoncé, 2016 has been a special year for books by comedians Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
Film
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
This much awaited prequel to Harry Potter starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell and Katherine Waterston has little magic, and certainly isn't "fantastic". Read more »| 17 Nov 2016 -
Film
Adam Curtis on South Park: “the best documentary”
Sage for our time Adam Curtis reckons fiction films are where you'll find the best documentaries Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 16-22 Nov
Country (both old school and alt), metal acts dressed as monsters and the return of Black Grape... another busy week for music in Liverpool Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Film
Celebrate Christmas with a Back to the Future prom
Get set to be transported back to 1955 (or is it 1985?) with HOME’s Enchantment Under The Sea disco, inspired by the high school prom Michael J Fox’s Marty McFly gatecrashes in Back the the Future Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Art
Christmas gift guide: Northern artists and makers
With – dare we say it – Christmas around the corner, we collect some of our favourite local designers from Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds together for some festive shopping inspiration. Scroll through the gallery above and find out more about them below. Read more »| 16 Nov 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 15-21 Nov
House for an Art Lover and Edinburgh's Fruitmarket Gallery preview new exhibitions from emerging and established artists alike, plus take your pick of talks, lectures, a book launch and numerous performances and film screenings Read more »| 15 Nov 2016 -
Music
The Kazimier's NYE party returns to Liverpool
Cancel your New Year’s Eve plans: The Kazimier end-of-year party returns at new venue Invisible Wind Factory Read more »| 15 Nov 2016