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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FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2021
The history books will record 2021 as the year the movies bounced back from the brink, but the pandemic had little impact on the quality of work on our screens. Whether you saw these films in theatres or on your laptop, their artistry shone brightly Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
MusicBeldina Odenyo Onassis: A Tribute
Following the heartbreaking news of her passing on 5 November, we've brought together a collection of tributes to remember the iconic Beldina Odenyo Onassis, aka Heir of the Cursed Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
BooksThe Work: The Lyrics of Scott Hutchison
The love and care put into this book of Scott Hutchison's lyrics serves to lift up his work and focus on the legacy that he left behind Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Kobi Onyame
With a brand new album out now, former SAY Award nominee Kwame Barfour-Osei, aka Kobi Onyame, takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
ArtHow Open is the Door?: Arts accessibility in Scotland
As COVID-19 threatens to increase the diversity deficit in the arts, it’s more important than ever to create an inclusive arts sector in the UK Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
ArtA Circle Has No End: Howardena Pindell interview
Howardena Pindell's exhibition at Fruitmarket brings together her diverse body of work for her first major UK solo show. Here she gives an insight into her studio practice, and the last 60 years of making social change as an artist and activist Read more »| 26 Nov 2021
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BooksSomebody Loves You by Mona Arshi
Mona Arshi weaves a tapestry from a series of familial vignettes in new book Somebody Loves You Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
MusicGreentea Peng @ Stereo, Glasgow, 24 Nov
Stereo holds the intimate ambience of a candlelit dinner tonight as Greentea Peng plays a sold-out midweek set Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
MusicThe Great Eastern: Five Must-See Artists
More than 40 bands descend on a corner of Edinburgh's Southside this weekend for The Great Eastern; we've picked out five acts you won't want to miss Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
MusicKelly Lee Owens @ SWG3, Glasgow, 20 Nov
It’s clear Kelly Lee Owens has missed live music as much as the rest of us, and her joyous return reshapes her introspective offerings into moments of communal catharsis Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
MusicThe Skinny Q&A: Monorail's Stephen McRobbie
As frontman of The Pastels, Stephen McRobbie has been an integral part of Glasgow's musical DNA for decades. But an equally vital contribution to the scene is his record store Monorail Music, which he opened with Dep Downie in Kings Court in 2002 Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
MusicAnna B Savage on her debut album, A Common Turn
Ahead of her appearance at The Great Eastern in Edinburgh, we speak to Anna B Savage about her debut album, A Common Turn Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Zoë Tomalin on American Pie
Comedian, writer, producer and Edinburgh International TV Festival 'One to Watch' Zoë Tomalin takes a trip back to 1999 and immerses herself in teen comedy American Pie Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
MusicConverge and Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon: I
On Converge's tenth studio album, the band enlist goth-rock artist Chelsea Wolfe to create a record unlike anything they've produced before Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
FilmPetite Maman
An eight-year-old girl meets her mother at the same age in this gorgeous and elegiac time-travel fairytale from French filmmaker Céline Sciamma Read more »| 16 Nov 2021