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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FilmTiree film festival Sea Change announces programme
Sea Change, Scotland’s annual film festival celebrating female filmmaking talent, returns to the Hebridean island of Tiree this autumn. Expect wild swimming, daily walks and a great selection of humane films celebrating community Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
FilmJanis Pugh on Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby is a queer love story and quasimusical that will both break your heart and get your toes tapping. We speak to writer-director Janis Pugh about this irrepressible crowdpleaser Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
FilmMeet Edinburgh Film Festival's new director, Paul Ridd
Ahead of Edinburgh International Film Festival's programme launch last week, we sat down with Festival director Paul Ridd to discuss his vision for EIFF’s future and the films that have shaped his taste in cinema Read more »| 18 Jul 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... DARA DUBH
Following the release of void – her collaborative single with Edinburgh producer Haquin – we catch up with Edinburgh-based, Northern Irish musician Dara Dubh Read more »| 18 Jul 2024 -
MusicLos Campesinos! – All Hell
The seventh album from grown-up emo kids Los Campesinos! is all dazzling wordplay, gorgeous imagery and pristine production Read more »| 17 Jul 2024 -
MusicThe National @ Edinburgh Castle, 11 Jul
Amidst interpretative dance and prop-based anarchy, this evening’s show from The National is a heady mix of big, big feelings meeting a defeated contemporary existentialism Read more »| 15 Jul 2024
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FilmCrossing
Levan Akin presents a push-and-pull story of empathy, rectification and the unexpected expanse that can be found in seemingly dead ends Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
MusicSHHE – DÝRA
With her new project DÝRA focusing on ambient field recordings made in Iceland, SHHE’s new music is not just transcendental – it is also remarkably profound Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
MusicThe Joy Hotel – Ceremony
The Joy Hotel invite you to stay a while and sop up the impeccable songwriting, instrumentation and production of their debut album Ceremony Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
BooksKate Zambreno on her memoir The Light Room
We speak to Kate Zambreno about her new memoir The Light Room and how to articulate moments of everyday in the midst of extreme crisis Read more »| 12 Jul 2024 -
ClubsMassie on Doric, Bothy Bass and Gaming
Aberdeenshire’s finest clubbing export – Massie – discusses Doric, Boiler Room, and a brand-new game Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
MusicLive & Kicking: A guide to Edinburgh's gig venues
As part of our 2024 Edinburgh Guide, we shout out the best live music venues and gig spots, in all shapes and sizes Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
ClubsGoing Out-Out: A Guide to Clubbing in Edinburgh
From our 2024 Guide to Edinburgh, our Clubs Editor gives his top picks of the club nights you can rely on for a great night out in the capital Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
ComedyDream Gig: Alex Franklin
Stand-up Alex Franklin gives a super meta Dream Gig for July, shedding light on her unusual comedy beginnings Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
MusicFantastic Man on their Speyside Fantastic Party
Ahead of their inaugural all-dayer in Aviemore, we catch up with David Weaver to find out more about the promoters behind the festival – Fantastic Man Read more »| 11 Jul 2024