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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival announces guests for 2026
James McAvoy will present his directorial debut, California Schemin', in person at GFF this year. Other filmmakers in attendance include Mark Jenkin, Alice Winocour and Felipe Bustos Sierra Read more »| 13 Feb 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Lou Mclean
Ahead of releasing Outline of a Girl, her debut album produced by Carla J Easton, we catch up with Edinburgh singer-songwriter Lou Mclean Read more »| 12 Feb 2026 -
FilmFelipe Bustos Sierra on Everybody to Kenmure Street
The Kenmure Street protest of 2021 saw a community save two of their neighbours from deportation through solidarity and collective action. Felipe Bustos Sierra's film Everybody to Kenmure Street immortalises this special day in Glasgow's history Read more »| 12 Feb 2026 -
MusicReimagining Glasgow: The Blue Nile's A Walk Across the Rooftops
Forty-two years on from its release, we explore why Glasgow needs The Blue Nile's A Walk Across the Rooftops more than ever for reimagination and reinterpretation Read more »| 11 Feb 2026 -
ArtNänni-pää on The Woom Room's spirit of collaboration
We speak to Nänni-pää, artist and founder of The Woom Room, about community and change Read more »| 11 Feb 2026 -
FilmHasan Hadi on The President’s Cake
Hasan Hadi’s directorial debut, The President’s Cake, sees a young girl go on an odyssey to bake Saddam Hussein a cake. Hadi explains why it was imperative that the film be shot in Iraq and his ambitions for it to encourage more filmmaking in the country Read more »| 10 Feb 2026
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FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals Scottish Competition films for 2026
Glasgow Short Film Festival has announced the films competing in its always-popular Scottish Competition for 2026, with GSFF favourites like Duncan Cowles, Will Anderson and Leyla Coll-O'Reilly among the lineup Read more »| 10 Feb 2026 -
MusicBratakus on their new album Hagridden
With their sophomore release, Scottish siblings Brèagha and Onnagh Cuinn of Bratakus reflect on imposter syndrome, recording with The Hives, and a decade of DIY punk Read more »| 10 Feb 2026 -
Musichemlocke springs – the apple tree under the sea
Beyond its musical execution, the apple tree under the sea is an immense literary accomplishment, and a nourishing meal for this cold and dark season Read more »| 09 Feb 2026 -
BooksMurder Bimbo by Rebecca Novak
In this thrilling yet uneven ride, a sex worker assassinates an extremist politician Read more »| 09 Feb 2026 -
ComedyBehind the Mic: Glasgow Improv Theatre
We chat to Glasgow Improv Theatre's founder Martin James ahead of their tenth birthday celebrations Read more »| 09 Feb 2026 -
BooksThe Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi
In Thea Lenarduzzi's The Tower, two complex narratives mingle and diverge in an exploration of storytelling and trauma Read more »| 09 Feb 2026 -
MusicRobbie Williams @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 4 Feb
Robbie Williams takes to the intimacy of the Barrowlands like a duck to water, celebrating his debut album almost 30 years on from its release alongside his weeks-old thirteenth, Britpop Read more »| 06 Feb 2026 -
MusicInsecure Men @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 2 Feb
A touch of farce is no match for the heart and talent of Insecure Men and Bell Practice, in yet another legendary night in the Cowgate sweatbox Read more »| 06 Feb 2026 -
FilmSundance 2026: Josephine
Beth de Araújo’s follow-up to 2022's Soft & Quiet is a lucid analysis of the banality of male aggression filtered through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl Read more »| 05 Feb 2026