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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Music
Jungle – Loving In Stereo
Jungle's signature sound remains in effect on album three, but the earworms are proving a little harder to come by Read more »| 09 Aug 2021 -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: August 2021
With live gigs firmly in our sights, this month brings new music from Andrew Wasylyk, Post Coal Prom Queen, wor_kspace, Nun Habit and more Read more »| 09 Aug 2021 -
Books
Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Combining mystery, sci-fi and social commentary, Girl One is a testament to the importance of female relationships Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
Books
Nina Mingya Powles on Small Bodies of Water
Nan Shepherd Prize winner Nina Mingya Powles discusses her new book Small Bodies of Water, periods, nature writing and colonialism Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
Comedy
ICYMI: The Improverts on Bridesmaids
We catch up with Joshua Garrett, Director of long-running Edinburgh-based improvised comedy group The Improverts, as he encounters Kristen Wiig's semi-improvised Bridesmaids for the first time Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
Art
Ruined: Dissecting the National Galleries of Scotland archives
Showcasing four years worth of young people experimenting and pulling apart the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, the exhibition Ruined: Reinventing Scottish History comes from the work of the Image Liberation Force project Read more »| 04 Aug 2021
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Books
Monument Maker by David Keenan
David Keenan is pushing boundaries, and pushing readers, in his towering new novel Monument Maker Read more »| 04 Aug 2021 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: August 2021
This month, a low-key Edinburgh International Film Festival is on the horizon while the tactile cinema of Wong Kar Wai continues to dazzle Glasgow cineasts Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
Art
Art Events & Exhibitions in Scotland: August 2021
August brings us the blockbuster Edinburgh Art Festival, two new solo shows at Dundee Contemporary Arts, along with a special milestone 25th birthday at Generator Projects Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
Books
The Turnout by Megan Abbott
The Turnout is a dance that begins slowly and lures the reader in, with Megan Abbott offering a precise dissection of complex relationships Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
Music
Liars – The Apple Drop
Angus Andrew returns with a tenth Liars album that's a mix of showy highs, pulpy lows, and enigmatic experiments Read more »| 02 Aug 2021 -
Books
Torrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Ahead of her Skinny-sponsored event at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Torrey Peters discusses Detransition, Baby Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
Music
What's On: Live Music in Scotland, August 2021
Live music returns this month with plenty of gigs to check out in Glasgow and Edinburgh – here are some of our highlights... Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
Film
Edgar Wright on his new Sparks documentary
Edgar Wright likes Sparks a fair bit. If The Sparks Brothers, his exuberant 140-minute documentary celebrating the genius pop duo doesn't convince you of that, then our chat with the Shaun of the Dead director surely will Read more »| 29 Jul 2021 -
Books
The Roles We Play by Sabba Khan
Sabba Khan's tenderly sketched graphic memoir is an unequivocal labour of love that hones in on the Kashmiri immigrant experience Read more »| 27 Jul 2021