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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ArtDreaming New Landscapes: Interview with Shalmali Shetty
After a busy 2023, curator, writer and artist Shalmali Shetty reflects on her experiences of living and working between Scotland and India, her international curatorial projects and how the Glasgow arts community has welcomed her Read more »| 14 Dec 2023 -
BooksOur favourite Scottish bookshops (and their favourite books)
We chat with some of our favourite bookshops about their books of the year, and give an overview of Scotland's independent bookshop scene where you can buy them Read more »| 14 Dec 2023 -
MusicM for Montréal 2023: The Report
We eat, sleep and breathe music at Canada's M for Montréal festival, leaving with a new tattoo as well as a new favourite band Read more »| 13 Dec 2023 -
MusicBrìghde Chaimbeul on bringing the smallpipes to a big audience
We sit down with award-winning smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul to hear how she’s pushing the sound out of the glens of Scotland and onto a global stage Read more »| 12 Dec 2023 -
ComedyDream Gig: Susan Riddell
Glasgow's Susan Riddell brings us a perfectly festive dream gig to round off 2023 Read more »| 12 Dec 2023 -
MusicThe Spook School @ SWG3, Glasgow, 8 Dec
The Spook School make a glorious, goofy return to celebrate the 10th anniversary of debut album Dress Up Read more »| 12 Dec 2023
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FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2023: Our Writers' Top 10s
Our film writers' personal top tens in 2023, plus honourable mentions, rereleases of the year and a few stinkers thrown in for good measure Read more »| 11 Dec 2023 -
MusicCold Turkey's Festive Frolic @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 8 Dec
Cold Turkey's Festive Frolic is a celebration of friendship, channelling love and loss into art with more than a dose of good fun and festive cheer Read more »| 11 Dec 2023 -
FilmGodzilla Minus One
This Japanese sort-of prequel to the original Godzilla delivers jaw-dropping set pieces and characters you care about between the carnage Read more »| 11 Dec 2023 -
MusicIce Cube @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 5 Dec
It's a rowdy night at the Hydro as some of hip-hop's elder statesmen prove they've still got the goods, with Ice Cube, Cypress Hill and D12 impressing in Glasgow Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny's Album of 2023: Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Edinburgh's very own Young Fathers top our Albums of the Year poll – we take a closer look at the band's fantastic fourth album, Heavy Heavy Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
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The Skinny's Albums of 2023
We've once again polled our music writers for their standout records of the year, and as expected, 2023's list features a gorgeously diverse range of artists Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
MusicShygirl @ QMU, Glasgow, 4 Dec
All eyes are on Shygirl as the genre-blending artist dazzles in Glasgow Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
ClubsBeautiful Imperfections: KAVARI on her debut LP
We sit down with Cam Winters, aka KAVARI, ahead of the release of her debut album Against The Wood, Opposed To Flesh Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2023
The best films of the year feature acts of protest and resistance, alongside work that reckons with horrors wreaked by abusers, narcissists and racists – which seems particularly apt for 2023... Read more »| 07 Dec 2023