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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ComedyBehind the Mic: Brass Tacks Comedy
Katie Palmer, head honcho at Brass Tacks Comedy, tells us how the production company came about and her big summer plans Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
BooksSasha Debevec-McKenney on her poetry collection Joy Is My Middle Name
In her poetry collection Joy Is My Middle Name, American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney navigates the tragedy and comedy of both past and present Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
FilmThe Shrouds
David Cronenberg explores the burials of the future in a personal, nightmarish meditation on tech and flesh in new film The Shrouds Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
ArtPalestine Museum Scotland, Edinburgh
A permanent space for Palestinian art and stories in Edinburgh's New Town explores themes of resistance and perseverance in the face of brutality Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
MusicThe Hard Quartet @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 25 Jun
Saint Luke's welcomes the stewed 'supergroup' featuring Stephen Malkmus and Matt Sweeney for a night of indie nostalgia, ample goofing and seriously massive guitar moments Read more »| 27 Jun 2025 -
MusicLorde – Virgin
Lorde may not break entirely new ground on fourth album Virgin, but its warmth and texture make it consistently compelling and quietly brilliant Read more »| 27 Jun 2025
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MusicSpotlight On... Megan Black
Ahead of releasing her latest single, Clementine, we catch up with West Lothian's Megan Black while she's in LA to talk origin stories, inspirations and more Read more »| 26 Jun 2025 -
MusicScottish Album of the Year Award heading to Dundee
The Scottish Album of the Year Award – or SAY Award for short – has a new home for 2025. It's coming to Dundee this November! Read more »| 24 Jun 2025 -
MusicHAIM – I quit
On their fourth album I quit, HAIM are all about reclaiming their space and striking out on their own Read more »| 23 Jun 2025 -
MusicDurand Jones & The Indications – Flowers
Durand Jones & The Indications deliver another entree of soul food on new album Flowers Read more »| 23 Jun 2025 -
MusicFrankie Cosmos – Different Talking
A warm blanket of bedroom pop vignettes, Frankie Cosmos's sixth album is a comforting listening, but hesitant to experiment Read more »| 23 Jun 2025 -
MusicLoyle Carner – hopefully !
The influence of having children can be felt across Loyle Carner's beautiful and personal hopefully !, showing his progress not just as an artist but as a person too Read more »| 20 Jun 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Water Machine
Ahead of releasing their debut album, God Park, we catch up with Glasgow outfit Water Machine Read more »| 19 Jun 2025 -
ArtHanna Tuulikki: Mimicry Migrancy
Ahead of the Folkestone Triennial, Glasgow-based artist Hanna Tuulikki tells us about her new sound-based work which traces the migratory path of the sampling marsh warbler Read more »| 19 Jun 2025 -
MusicHidden Door 2025, 11 & 12 Jun: The Report
We head along to the first couple of nights of the 2025 edition of Hidden Door, and revel in the camaraderie and blurring of boundaries of how art can be presented Read more »| 18 Jun 2025