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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FilmStray Dogs and Samurai: Celebrating 100 Years of Akira Kurosawa
In celebration of the centenary of acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa we select five of his films which are essential viewing Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
MusicRPA & The United Nations of Sound – United Nations of Sound
Having walked in the shadow of his self-assumed messianic status since the release of The Verve’s critical and commercial haymaker, Urban Hymns, Richar... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
Theatre
Naked Ambition
In the past year, Julie Laidlaw's Blonde Ambition has become one of the most important - and adventurous - companies in cabaret Read more »| 23 Jul 2010 -
ArtMartin Creed @ The Fruitmarket Gallery
Martin Creed has a penchant for order. He likes to stack things according to their size, for instance. A stack of chairs, one on top of the other, might not ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2010 -
Books
A Game of Sorrows by Shona MacLean
The year is 1628 and Alexander Seaton of Aberdeen finds himself called to Ireland to break a curse that has been placed upon his estranged family. Th... Read more »| 23 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
DJ Yoda @ Headspin, 7 Aug
Headspin announce their break after twelve years but promise to end on a high Read more »| 23 Jul 2010
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Books
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor by Jerry Della Femina
Jerry Della Femina’s memoirs centre on his rise to fame in the lucrative advertising business in the 60s. It became an instant cult classic in ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Retro/Grade @ Sub Club, 6 Aug
What to do after dropping one of the best tracks of last year? Bugger off, work on a debut album and create a live spectacle the likes of which have never been seen, obviously Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Ghetto Fabulous
Forgo the 'upmarket' graveyards and follow us where technophobes and high heels fear to tread Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Art
Black and White @ David Dale Gallery & Studios
Recently set up by embarrassingly young Glasgow graduates, the David Dale Gallery & Studios already looks to be a prominent part of the Scottish art scen... Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Theatre
Wandering at the Fringes
An epic is updated via Lecoq and to Infinity and beyond Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Art
Markus Thorsen @ Edinburgh Music Library
Regular readers may be familiar with the photographs of Markus Thorsen. He’s worked for The Skinny for a while now, and if you’re into gig photog... Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Jamie Jones & Seuil @ Tic Tac Toe, 14 Aug
The Circo Loco resident climbs aboard the Renfrew Ferry Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
MusicMichael Morph – Something For The Weakened
Michael Morph’s natural groove appears to be fidget house, but Something For The Weakened is packed with plenty of gear changes to please more catholic... Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
Music
T in the Park 2010 – Saturday
The man responsible for placing Hacienda on the international scene as a home of forward-thinking music opens the Saturday of the Slam Tent in suitable style... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010