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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BooksOur London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
An epic yet intimate tale of immigration, Christine Dwyer Hickey's Our London Lives is a beautiful mediation on the everyday Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
BooksScottish Books Events: September 2024
September's a quiet month on the book front, but there's still a fair bit to catch in Scotland's bookshops and beyond Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Boab
Ahead of releasing Open Wider the Door, his debut solo record as Boab, we catch up with Sweaty Palms frontman Robbie Houston to find out more Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
ArtHidden Door moves to Maybury paper factory for 2025
Hidden Door have announced their 2025 home – a vast former paper factory in Maybury in the west of Edinburgh – with a launch party at the venue this autumn Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
FilmWatch the trailer for Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
Since Yesterday – the new documentary celebrating the Scottish girl bands who should be on every young music fan's walls but aren’t – gets a new trailer ahead of its UK cinema release and tour Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: September 2024
In September's Scottish gig guide, Sonica, Outwith and Freakender festivals return, plus visits from Chappell Roan, Gossip and American Football Read more »| 04 Sep 2024
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FilmStarve Acre
Daniel Kototajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s 70s ghost story Starve Acre is a winning piece of folk horror Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
ClubsDEMS, Szentek & An Education in East Coast Clubbing
Scotland's east coast has beaches galore and is the birthplace of modern golf. However, what lies along the shore, unbeknown to most, is a different kind of club Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: September 2024
Even after we’ve gulped down all the comedy we could manage in August, September’s here to say ‘look what else we’ve got in store for you’! Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2024
In September's theatre highlights, a clutch of new touring shows criss-cross Scotland, and Findhorn Bay Festival returns Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: September 2024
Summer is over and September is overwhelming for new Scottish music. We celebrate releases from Hen Hoose, Joe Hearty, LUSA, Zerrin and more! Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
MusicFat Dog – WOOF.
WOOF. is an intense, joyful introduction to South London genre-smashers Fat Dog Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
MusicMJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
While nothing is quite so charmingly ramshackle as anything found on Boat Songs, Manning Fireworks is still some of the best indie rock music around Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
MusicThe Dare – What's Wrong With New York?
Sonic debauchery laced with moments of introspection, The Dare’s debut is worth the hype Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
FilmRed Rooms
This beguiling psychological thriller withholds many of its mysteries, but its steely central performance from Juliette Gariépy keeps you hooked Read more »| 02 Sep 2024