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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ComedyThese Are a Few of the Funniest Things: 2025 in Comedy
Our writers pick their funniest things of the year, from Fringe shows to farting on the telly to seeing your pals rolling into the sea Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
ArtPolitical Highlights: On Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper's new exhibitions
Two solo exhibitions by Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper highlight their political points with vivid colour Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
ArtRae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊: •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• @ Tramway, Glasgow
A giant tentacled creature and its tiny co-conspirators occupy Tramway, as Rae-Yen Song’s world-building reaches hypnotic heights Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
BooksAll Consuming by Ruby Tandoh
Ruby Tandoh returns with All Consuming, an investigation into how taste is formed Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
BooksOpen Wide by Jessica Gross
Jessica Gross explores ideas of attachment and romantic infatuation in her smart and funny body horror-cum-romance novel Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
FilmJames McAvoy's California Schemin' to close Glasgow Film Festival
James McAvoy will close the 2026 Glasgow Film Festival with California Schemin’, his directorial debut that tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of two Dundee lads who hoodwinked the music industry into believing they were Californian hip-hop stars Read more »| 09 Dec 2025
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FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2025
The Skinny's film writers have put their heads together to choose their ten best films of the year. From a deeply sexy vampire flick to a low-energy heist movie via tales of trauma, reunion and resistance, 2025 was a great time to be a movie fan Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
FilmPreparation for the Next Life
Bing Liu's drama is most commendable when rooted in the textured aesthetics of its cinematography and sound design, but less so in its lightly-sketched script Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
FilmLurker
Théodore Pellerin plays an obsessive fan who finagles his way into a pop star's entourage in this smart cautionary thriller that avoids moral absolutes Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
MusicMothers of Invention: Celebrating 100 years of Daphne Oram
As the Oram Awards' oram/100 comes to Scotland to mark British composer Daphne Oram’s centenary, some of Scotland’s leading electronic artists reflect on her influence – and the persistent challenges in today’s electronic scene Read more »| 06 Dec 2025 -
BooksThe Skinny's Favourite Books of 2025
We asked The Skinny book team to name their favourite book of 2025 – it's not too late to make your reading goals for the year Read more »| 05 Dec 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of 2025
We take a moment to celebrate the wealth of music that's come out of Scotland this year, and celebrate ten of the best Scottish records of 2025 Read more »| 05 Dec 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Nani Porenta
Following the release of her latest EP, South Clerk St Demos, we catch up with Edinburgh-based artist Nani Porenta Read more »| 05 Dec 2025 -
MusicOklou @ QMU, Glasgow, 1 Dec
Oklou envelops her audience into cascading sounds as she brings her debut album choke enough to Glasgow Read more »| 05 Dec 2025 -
MusicScottish New Music round-up: December 2025
The year may be closing out, but there’s still plenty of exciting new Scottish music to be squeezed into what time we have left – we’re listening to new releases from Sonotto, Emma Capponi, Lacuna and more Read more »| 04 Dec 2025