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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BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: Helen Mort & Claire Askew
'You’re imagining her life… but you’re miles off.' Playful, self-referencing and blunt: these lines from Claire Askew’s poem Picker ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 16-23 Aug
Across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, this week sees exhibition talks and events on sculpture, videogames as art, and the still life genre, while the Edinburgh Art Festival continues... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
MusicWillis Earl Beal @ Summerhall, 11 Aug
Willis Earl Beal is a star. A timeless voice and an unnerving stage presence could have seen Beal conquer the mainstream mountain – but in small p... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
MusicShow Me The Body @ Soup Kitchen, 12 Aug
New York City trio Show Me The Body aren’t afraid to embrace the rot in the core of the Big Apple. Their debut album Body War’s thrilling mixture... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
Film
A look inside the new documentary on Gary Numan
Gary Numan is the subject of Steve Read and Rob Alexander's new documentary Gary Numan: Android in La La Land. Read tells us how he got under the electronic ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
Books
Walking the Lights: Glasgow's Feminist Withnail & I
Deborah Andrews' highly recommeded debut novel Walking the Lights offers an authentic portrayal of 90s Glasgow slackerdom. Here we present an exclusive extra... Read more »| 15 Aug 2016
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Film
What to Watch this Week (15-22 Aug)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Brady Corbet's extraordinary directorial debut, Andrz... Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
Music
The Liberation of Beth Orton
A head-spinning conversation with Beth Orton reveals an artist who is as passionate about her work now as she was 20 years ago Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
Music
Remembering The Lapelles' Gary Watson
The Skinny pays respects to Gary Watson, late frontman of The Lapelles, after the 22-year-old tragically passed away on Sunday morning. Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
Music
Dessa @ Soup Kitchen, 10 Aug
Just a few songs into what eventually develops into an epic and euphoric event, Dessa pauses to check in with a full and expectant house. "It's always hard t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
Film
Best film screenings in the North (12-19 Aug)
The best film events happening in the North this week, including the annual POUTFest at HOME and Wim Wender's The American Friend at Hyde Park Picture House ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Music
Two Different Ways: Factory Floor on 25 25
Ahead of hotly anticipated new album 25 25, Factory Floor's dynamic duo talk fluidity, geography, and why the term ‘post-industrial’ doesn’t do them justice. Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Playhouse, 10 Aug
The drone has been playing quietly in the background long before anyone realises it’s part of the show. Indeed, two of Godspeed’s eight-strong co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 11-18 Aug
Take your last opportunity to dance in the warm evening air of Constellations at Modu:lar's final roofless do of the summer, and book ahead for special nights from Helena Hauff and Henry Saiz. Read more »| 11 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 10-16 Aug
Our top three picks for Glasgow this week feature French visionary Joakim, Glaswegian duo Slam and the thought-provoking DJ Sprinkles Read more »| 11 Aug 2016