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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TheatreCock comes to the Tron
Andy Arnold chats about Valentine's Day plans and finally getting the rights to Cock. February is a romantic month, and the Tron Theatre are bringing r... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
FilmBen Wheatley on High-Rise
With his latest movie, Ben Wheatley takes on JG Ballard science-fiction classic High-Rise. Ahead of the film's screening at Glasgow Film Festival, the genre ... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
BooksWhy Women Love Horror
With February being the 7th Annual Women in Horror Month, US author Lauren A. Forry looks into the attraction of the genre. One that's part of her life and c... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
BooksStirred Poetry's Literary Heroes
Who are your literary heroes? Manchester-based poetry collective Stirred Poetry actively make work inspired by theirs. Here, they tell us about some of the writers they admire Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Music
Mark Lanegan announces tour dates for spring 2016
Former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan returns to Europe this spring for an extensive run of intimate dates. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Books
Inspired Scribes: Five of our Favourite Authors
Inspired by Stirred Poetry’s reflections on the work of great female writers and artists, our books team pick out five of their favourite authors. Ira... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016
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Art
Another Minimalism @ Fruitmarket Gallery
With Another Minimalism, The Fruitmarket Gallery conducts a broad enquiry into the Light and Space art movement without drily staying within art historical boundaries, looking towards contemporary practitioners and a continuing and live line of influence. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
Fred Fletch on 'Seducing like a Pick-up Pro'
With Valentine's Day upon us, our romance expert Fred Fletch gives a literary review of two of the most famous seduction manuals used by 'pick-up artists'. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Music
Where You’re Meant To Be tour & album announced
A string of tour dates have been announced for new documentary Where You're Meant To Be, starring former Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat, have been announced. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Music
“It’s time to plug the monster in!” Nevermen interviewed
Nearly a decade under wraps, Mike Patton, Adam Drucker and Tunde Adebimpe emerge as Nevermen this month. In their first full interview, the trio meditate on making music like tapas and driving around in a mega Godzilla. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Art
A Wonderful Travelling Show: British Art Show 8
The quinquennial British Art Show comes back for its eighth outing and this time the emphasis is on new technologies, media and the place of artist responses and craft in a newly interconnected present Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Clubs
Skinned #11: Jeen Bassa [22a]
The youngest of the Deenmamode bros steps up to the plate and smacks it clean from out of left field in his mix for The Skinny. Leon Thomas, The Last Poets and James Brown all make the cut... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Art
Flat Death @ Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
The sky is grey over Liverpool. On the road outside Open Eye a car drives over an already dead pigeon. His body is partially flattened but there are still st... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Art
Merlin James @ CCA
Merlin James' major career-spanning exhibition in its very form experiments with the conventions of the late stage painter, and continues to enquire into the possibilities of the medium Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: February 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESYour circle of friends appears to be just that; a circle of sinister hooded figures stood around you chanting ancient Satanic mantras. TAURUSPerfume ad... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016