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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MusicM for Montréal 2023: The Report
We eat, sleep and breathe music at Canada's M for Montréal festival, leaving with a new tattoo as well as a new favourite band Read more »| 13 Dec 2023 -
MusicBrìghde Chaimbeul on bringing the smallpipes to a big audience
We sit down with award-winning smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul to hear how she’s pushing the sound out of the glens of Scotland and onto a global stage Read more »| 12 Dec 2023 -
ComedyDream Gig: Susan Riddell
Glasgow's Susan Riddell brings us a perfectly festive dream gig to round off 2023 Read more »| 12 Dec 2023 -
MusicThe Spook School @ SWG3, Glasgow, 8 Dec
The Spook School make a glorious, goofy return to celebrate the 10th anniversary of debut album Dress Up Read more »| 12 Dec 2023 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2023: Our Writers' Top 10s
Our film writers' personal top tens in 2023, plus honourable mentions, rereleases of the year and a few stinkers thrown in for good measure Read more »| 11 Dec 2023 -
MusicCold Turkey's Festive Frolic @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 8 Dec
Cold Turkey's Festive Frolic is a celebration of friendship, channelling love and loss into art with more than a dose of good fun and festive cheer Read more »| 11 Dec 2023
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FilmGodzilla Minus One
This Japanese sort-of prequel to the original Godzilla delivers jaw-dropping set pieces and characters you care about between the carnage Read more »| 11 Dec 2023 -
MusicIce Cube @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 5 Dec
It's a rowdy night at the Hydro as some of hip-hop's elder statesmen prove they've still got the goods, with Ice Cube, Cypress Hill and D12 impressing in Glasgow Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny's Album of 2023: Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Edinburgh's very own Young Fathers top our Albums of the Year poll – we take a closer look at the band's fantastic fourth album, Heavy Heavy Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
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The Skinny's Albums of 2023
We've once again polled our music writers for their standout records of the year, and as expected, 2023's list features a gorgeously diverse range of artists Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
MusicShygirl @ QMU, Glasgow, 4 Dec
All eyes are on Shygirl as the genre-blending artist dazzles in Glasgow Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
ClubsBeautiful Imperfections: KAVARI on her debut LP
We sit down with Cam Winters, aka KAVARI, ahead of the release of her debut album Against The Wood, Opposed To Flesh Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2023
The best films of the year feature acts of protest and resistance, alongside work that reckons with horrors wreaked by abusers, narcissists and racists – which seems particularly apt for 2023... Read more »| 07 Dec 2023 -
MusicElectric Six @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 30 Nov
Detroit disco rockers Electric Six do their best to start a nuclear war in Edinburgh with an explosive celebration of their classic debut album Read more »| 06 Dec 2023 -
MusicHighs and Lows: 2023 in Scottish Music
From venue closures and festival cancellations, to award-winning artists and community radio birthdays, we take a look at the highs and lows of the year in Scottish music Read more »| 06 Dec 2023