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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BooksScott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation by Stuart Kelly
If you grow up in Edinburgh, it’s hard not to do so in the shadow of Sir Walter Scott, or at least the massive ‘steam-punk version of Thunderbird... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Music
Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea – I Watched It From The Roadside
Brighton post-punk four-piece Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea begin their EP by rehashing Slow News Day from previous release A Small Version of a Part... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
BooksThe Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
‘The birth of medicine is irremediably bound up with the birth of negligence’ and other such musings are found within the two intertwining storyl... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
The Secret Grove of the Garden @ Royal Botanic Gardens
Escape the Festival and explore your own creativity Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
FilmMother
Mother is a thriller, but it's also a comedy, a mystery, a satire and an emotionally resonant drama. Such a blend of seemingly disparate styles and tones is ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Music
Being 747 – Amoeba to Zebra
I'm not a parent but if I was my kids would be getting this CD in the ear, and I'd drag them to the live show (featuring at this year's Fringe) as well. Imag... Read more »| 15 Aug 2010
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ComedyAbsolute Best of Absolute Beginners
These guys are really up against it. In a Fringe dominated by international acts and TV celebrities, it can be difficult for local talent to shine through. A... Read more »| 14 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
Steve Pretty on the Origin of the Pieces
A professional jazz musician, Steve Pretty found himself largely shielded from the sticky and sweet world of pop until, at the age of 29, he set out to liste... Read more »| 13 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
Norman Lovett @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
A festival as manic as the Fringe needs someone like Norman Lovett. Younger comedians equate noisiness with hilarity; Lovett shuffles around the stage and sp... Read more »| 13 Aug 2010 -
Music
Chaz Jankel – The Submarine Has Surfaced
The Blockheads (Ian Dury's old band) have always been a bit of an anomaly on the UK music scene, taking their cues just as much from soul and jazz as... Read more »| 12 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek
When I hear the words 'sketch show', I can’t help but feel mildly disinterested. It's a brilliant concept, but so often done badly that I can’t h... Read more »| 12 Aug 2010 -
Music
Tweak Bird – Tweak Bird
Were you to slam a handful of Big Business and two cups of Death From Above into a hefty, sticky dough of Black Sabbath, the cake that eventually emerges wil... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
Art
Martin Creed: Ballet Work No. 1020 @ Traverse Theatre
Calling this work a ballet is misleading. There are some ballet dancers who do a few ballet moves but otherwise the piece transgresses the form’s other... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
Art
Julie Roberts @ Talbot Rice
On the surface, the exhibition title – Child – seems solely to describe Julie Robert’s subject matter: kitsch and almost fashiona... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
Music
Newt @ The Lot, 7 Aug
Aberdonian guitarist Graham Stephen kicks off the evening in reflective mode, but soon enough he's heating up an already temperate room; he's got clean abstr... Read more »| 10 Aug 2010