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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Tv RadioStef Smith on LGBTQ+ micro-drama Float
We speak to acclaimed playwright Stef Smith about her first TV show, Float – an innovative, heartfelt and mint fresh micro-drama centred on a tender lesbian romance Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
MusicDamon Albarn – The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Inspired by Iceland's otherworldly landscapes, Damon Albarn's new album is an arresting blend of ecopoetics and meditations on grief Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
FilmPlay Poland 2021: Festival preview
Play Poland returns after a four-year hiatus to bring the best of contemporary Polish cinema to Scottish audiences Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
FilmDénes Nagy on WWII drama Natural Light
Hungarian director Dénes Nagy discusses his bracing new World War Two film Natural Light, which follows a Hungarian soldier tasked with keeping order in occupied Ukraine at the behest of the Axis Powers Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
BooksMy Body by Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski’s new essay collection is an honest and thoughtful first-hand take on the patriarchy and commodification of the fashion industry Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
BooksRadical Archive: 30 Years of Glasgow Women's Library
We chat with Gabrielle Macbeth, the Volunteer Coordinator at Glasgow Women’s Library, about documenting erased histories, the rich community of Glasgow’s East End, and the importance of radical practices Read more »| 08 Nov 2021
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MusicCourtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
Courtney Barnett's third album showcases a more intimate, pensive side to the Melbourne artist Read more »| 08 Nov 2021 -
BooksRead Think Act: Lighthouse on books and activism
Lighthouse Books have launched a video series looking to explore the connections between books and activism. We speak to Digital Campaigns Manager Jessica Gaitán Johannesson to learn more Read more »| 08 Nov 2021 -
ComedyComedy historian Robert Ross on his new book
Comedy historian Robert Ross talks to us about his new book, which shines an overdue spotlight on more than a century of overlooked comic greatness Read more »| 08 Nov 2021 -
FilmFriends and Strangers
James Vaughan’s comedy of manners Friends and Strangers is wonderfully awkward, strikingly shot and full of hilarious moments of social confusion Read more »| 08 Nov 2021 -
MusicThe Great Western: Five Must-See Artists
The Great Western festival returns to Glasgow this weekend; we dig into the programme to pick out five bands and artists to check out Read more »| 08 Nov 2021 -
TheatreManipulate festival announces 2022 programme
Puppet Animation Scotland's festival returns for its fifteenth anniversary edition with a programme of live performance in Edinburgh Read more »| 04 Nov 2021 -
MusicScottish Music Round-up: November 2021
Spanning a multitude of genres, from rock’n’roll to hip-hop via folk and experimental, November is another busy month in Scotland's release calendar Read more »| 04 Nov 2021 -
ClubsDJ iona on developing her style and keeping it fun
The first guest to grace the booth at Redstone Press's new party series at Sneaky Pete's is London-based DJ iona, going B2B with label co-founder Lewis Lowe. She tells us about getting into DJing, sourcing music, and the importance of the element of fun Read more »| 04 Nov 2021 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2021
Missing Persons Club bring us a B2B of B2Bs, Hobbes Music celebrate their eighth birthday, two new parties – Planet Dance and Shelflife – launch, Szentek returns for its fifth addition, and much more... Read more »| 04 Nov 2021