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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ArtCreative Scotland Regular Funding: The winners & losers
Arts organisations across Scotland discover today if they are to receive awards from Creative Scotland's three year Regular Funding pot Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
Books
Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations
Banthology challenges nations being cut off and silenced, and features work from authors from the seven countries impacted by Donald Trump's 2017 travel ban Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
BooksThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is a masterful debut novel from Imogen Hermes Gowar, set in a richly textured London in the 1700s Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
Film
The Mystery of Picasso
Henri-Georges Clouzot's documentary presenting a direct, unfiltered look at Pablo Picasso's creativity is a sort of high art precursor to Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
Film
Phenomena
Dario Argento's late-80s horror fantasy is much maligned but has plenty that's worth admiring Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
FilmAmerican Assassin
Sub-Bourne action film American Assassin sees Dylan O’Brien play an ordinary young man who turns dead-eyed killing machine after his girlfriend is gunned down by terrorists Read more »| 24 Jan 2018
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Music
Erland Cooper – Shalder (Video Premiere)
Erland Cooper (The Magnetic North) shares the Orkney-shot video for the second single from his fantastic new ambient project Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
Music
Spring gig highlights with Skiddle
Get ready for a spring packed with great gigs, clubs and festivals across Scotland with our guide to some of the hottest tickets around, presented by Skiddle Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
Film
Oscar nominations: many good decisions and a few bad ones
The nominations are in for this year’s Oscars, and it’s a pretty progressive lineup, suggesting campaigns like #MeToo and #OscarSoWhite might be at last dragging Academy voters into the 21st century Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
MusicTy Segall – Freedom's Goblin
Freedom's Goblin is a sprawling 19 track, 75 minute opus jam-packed with all manner of sonic exploration Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Music
Dream Wife – Dream Wife
Dream Wife's self-titled debut album perfectly captures their live energy, packed with punk thrashers and pop gems Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Music
Hollie Cook – Vessel of Love
Vessel of Love is more ethereal, more dreamy, and more hazy than anything Hollie Cook has written before – there's a hidden depth to her breezy pop that will stay with listeners for days Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Music
Stick in the Wheel – Follow Them True
Follow Them True isn't a record that allows you to get comfortable, it's always trying new things, trying to wake you from your lethargy as a listener Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Music
Khruangbin – Con Todo el Mundo
Con Todo el Mundo is a celebration of what shared creativity and influence can bring – something the world needs a bit more of these days Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Music
No Age – Snares Like a Haircut
A quick, understated collection of pop songs, the latest No Age album Snares Like a Haircut is inventive without deviating from the band’s formula Read more »| 23 Jan 2018