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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MusicAlternative Peers' Ball @ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 25 Nov
Django Django, Siobhan Wilson, Pictish Trail and Meursault feature at Assembly Rooms' Alternative Peers' Ball Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Destroyer @ CCA, Glasgow, 5 Dec
Dan Bejar delivers his complex, highly literate ramblings with the fiery conviction of a hobo preacher Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
FilmPaul Thomas Anderson films returning to the big screen on 35mm
To coincide with the release of Phantom Thread, five great Paul Thomas Anderson joints are returning to the big screen on 35mm Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Comedy
CHUNKS' Alternative Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas shopping just became a lot easier thanks to Glasgow comedy collective CHUNKS curating a unique gift guide Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
MusicFuzzystar – Superhero (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Edinburgh-based Fuzzystar's new single, Superhero Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 6-11 Dec
There's everything from tropical pop to thrashcore hip-hop this week in Scotland's central belt – plenty to get your teeth sunk into and then some! Read more »| 06 Dec 2017
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Comedy
2017: The Year in Comedy and Humour
A round-up of the best comedy of 2017 from across the arts Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
TheatreAsk Auntie Trash: How to Survive Christmas
Our resident agony aunt helps a reader who's struggling at the thought of getting through the festive season Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Books
Paper View: Stephen King's Novels on Screen
Few authors have seen as much of their work take the page-to-screen path as Stephen King; we assess the best and worst King adaptations, and look at what could be in store in the future Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Art
Scottish Design Gift Guide 2017
We've brought together some of our favourite Scottish designers (and a handful from further afield) for the 2017 Christmas gift guide Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Tv Radio
Why do Westerns keep failing their female characters?
The new Netflix limited series Godless is a bloody western set in La Belle, a town where most the menfolk have been killed in a mining accident. But is Godless the feminist western we’ve been waiting for? Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Film
Lu Over the Wall
Sweet boy meets mermaid love story with an environmental message Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
The Charlatans @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 2 Dec
Technical difficulties aside, The Charlatans perform a competent set tonight, but we can't help but feel they can do better Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Saint Etienne @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 2 Dec
Saint Etienne tease out fan favourites and album tracks alongside a few surprise cuts and just enough festive numbers to get us in the mood Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Music
Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
Belle & Sebastian return to the EP format for the first of three new records Read more »| 05 Dec 2017