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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MusicHannah Diamond – Picture Perfect
Hannah Diamond's second album is a reflection on our relationships with modern technology, and with each other Read more »| 06 Oct 2023 -
BooksIranian storyteller Zahra Afsah on The Voice Shall Always Remain
Ahead of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, we chat with Iranian storyteller Zahra Afsah, whose collaboration with Syrian storyteller Khloud Ereksousi explores the possibility of female revolution Read more »| 06 Oct 2023 -
ArtMaking Better Worlds: SCAN's Summer Campaign
Scottish Contemporary Art Network has been tirelessly advocating for cultural workers in Scotland for many years – director Moira Jeffrey fills us in on their latest public campaign, Artists Make A Better World Read more »| 06 Oct 2023 -
MusicRuby Gaines @ Mono, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Two very different special guests help launch neo-soul EP Heavy Good – but without a doubt, Ruby Gaines is the shining star of the evening Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
MusicScottish Album of the Year Award 2023: Shortlist revealed
The SAY Award shortlist includes Young Fathers, Hamish Hawk, Becky Sikasa and Andrew Wasylyk among others, while Paolo Nutini’s debut album is chosen as a Modern Scottish Classic Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... Almost Nothing
Ahead of its physical release, Roddy Woomble talks us through his eponymous album as Almost Nothing, track-by-track Read more »| 05 Oct 2023
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Theatre2:22: A Ghost Story @ Festival Theatre
Time colours the suspense in this bone-chilling domestic drama Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
ArtTransient Edinburgh
Can the festival city serve its creative communities year-round? We look at Edinburgh's relationship with the arts, the fringe, and its various communities Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Roundup: October 2023
It's another busy month for Scottish music with new releases from Broken Records, PAWS, Theo Bleak, Katie Gregson-MacLeod, Budgee and more Read more »| 04 Oct 2023 -
ClubsCommunity Spirit: Creative Models in Scottish Clubbing
Desperate times call for creative measures. In exclusive conversations with The Skinny, some of Scotland’s most innovative promoters and venues provide insight into their creative models and the clubbing climate in which they operate Read more »| 04 Oct 2023 -
MusicĠENN – unum
The technical skill and musical talent of ĠENN – on show across new album unum – is indisputable, far exceeding guitar band expectations Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
MusicPJ Harvey @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 26 Sep
PJ Harvey’s perpetual strive for unpredictability shows its face once more as she welcomes the eager crowd of Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom into the ambitious, archaic world of her new album – I Inside the Old Year Dying Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
BooksThe Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
In a near-future world where industrial agriculture has ground to a halt, a chef finds work at the illicitly stocked house of a wealthy mogul Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
FilmMatt Johnson on BlackBerry
BlackBerry essays the incredible rise and then the spectacular demise of the world's first smartphone. Writer, director and star Matt Johnson tells us why he identifies with these tech bro losers and wanted to tell their story Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
BooksLovebug by Daisy Lafarge
Daisy Lafarge's lyrical non-fiction book uses metaphors of love and disease to explore ideas of intimacy and contagion Read more »| 03 Oct 2023