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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MusicKing Creosote – I DES
King Creosote's latest album I DES is a largely jubilant and life-affirming meditation on life and mortality Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpace for Everyone: Wu-Lu on the importance of community
Ahead of his appearance at The Great Western, we speak to Miles Romans-Hopcraft, aka Wu-Lu, about the importance of community in the creation of his music and his audience Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicTirzah – trip9love…???
Tirzah’s surprise new release brings an unprecedented level of propulsion and structure to her off-kilter romantics Read more »| 27 Oct 2023 -
MusicYoung Fathers win the 2023 SAY Award
Third time's a charm for Edinburgh outfit Young Fathers, announced as winners of the 2023 Scottish Album of the Year Award for their fourth studio album Heavy Heavy Read more »| 26 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... LAMAYA
Ahead of releasing her debut single, COMING FOR UR <3, we shine a spotlight on genre-agnostic East Kilbride artist LAMAYA Read more »| 26 Oct 2023 -
MusicThe Kills – God Games
Rock duo The Kills return with a new album for the first time in seven years, delivering more of their trademark grooves but failing to offer much in the way of new ideas Read more »| 26 Oct 2023
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ArtEAF 2023: Scotland’s International Art Fair
Edinburgh Art Fair is back with another dynamic programme of art, music, talks and workshops, alongside a carefully considered lineup of food and drinks featuring some truly spectacular art puns Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicEnglish Teacher @ McChuills, Glasgow, 22 Oct
Two hot pots of Yorkshire gold heat up Glasgow's McChuills on a Sunday night Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
ComedyEsther Manito @ The Stand, Glasgow
Hell Hath No Fury is an evocative and defiant title for Esther Manito’s most recent tour, and Manito’s material and performance live up to it Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksLet Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Twice winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, Jesmyn Ward returns with a stunning, defiant historical imagining of the American South Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Hot on the heels of releasing her excellent new EP Big Red, Katie Gregson-Macleod takes this month's Q&A Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksVengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye
In Marie NDiaye's quiet psychological thriller, a lawyer represents a woman on trial for murder, in whose past she is inescapably entangled Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
TheatreFemale Friendship and the AI Monster
We chat with Racheal Ofori about her new play FLIP!, directed by Emily Aboud, which centres on the relationship of two young Black women and their craving for social media fame and wealth Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicColin Currie on the SCO's Steve Reich + performances
Ahead of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Steve Reich + performances this November, we catch up with world-renowned percussionist and director Colin Currie Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicConfronting Demons: Gazelle Twin on her latest album
Exploring how childhood traumas can manifest in adulthood on her latest album Black Dog, we catch up with Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin Read more »| 25 Oct 2023