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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MusicScottish New Music Round-up: July 2024
Songwriters around Scotland spend July doing what they do best: releasing records indie, ambient, trad, techno, basically every type of tune for keeping cool this summer Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
FilmOrlando, My Political Biography
Spanish writer and philosopher Paul B. Preciado makes his directorial debut with this intriguing study on gender inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
BooksThe Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
A late-career magical realist gem from a literary titan, somehow never before published in the UK, arrives at Charco Press Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
BooksMisrecognition by Madison Newbound
In Misrecognition, an adrift young woman becomes fixated by a famous actor and his relationships Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: July 2024
Desperate to get out and see some live music? Wait no longer – It's July and we’ve reached peak festival season! Read more »| 01 Jul 2024 -
BooksRosarita by Anita Desai
In Anita Desai's latest novel, the reader is directly implicated in a magical realist fable of identity and generational trauma Read more »| 01 Jul 2024
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BooksPerson Unlimited: An Ode to My Black Queer Body by Dean Atta
In his memoir Person Unlimited, Dean Atta traces his life through seven different lenses, exploring ideas of identity, race and queerness Read more »| 01 Jul 2024 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: July 2024
Sun cream, pollen, the clubs are calling. Top picks include: Bothy Bass, Juliana Huxtable, Princess Superstar, and LUCY Read more »| 01 Jul 2024 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: July 2024
July’s mainly your month for catching a glimpse of Fringe shows for a fraction of the cost, plus a couple of brilliant stand alone gigs Read more »| 01 Jul 2024 -
FilmProwess beyond the pecs: Zac Efron's dynamism
Ahead of A Family Affair coming to Netflix, we look back on Zac Efron’s eclectic career and underrated star power Read more »| 28 Jun 2024 -
MusicThe Jazz Bar to reopen as a C.I.C. from 1 July
Following its shock closure in April, The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh will reopen on 1 July – to celebrate, we catch up with the venue's new co-owners, Nick and Justyna Mushlin Read more »| 28 Jun 2024 -
FilmLina Soualem on her documentary Bye Bye Tiberias
In her intimate new documentary Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem turns her camera on her actor mother, Hiam Abbass, as she returns to Tiberias, her ancestral village in Palestine Read more »| 27 Jun 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Jewel Scheme
Ahead of releasing Spectral Index, we catch up with Jewel Scheme frontman Martin John Henry to find out more Read more »| 27 Jun 2024 -
ArtEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2024: The Review
Graduates from Edinburgh College of Art's Fine Art degree show this year examine nationalism, gender identity and coastal ecologies Read more »| 27 Jun 2024 -
ArtGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2024: The Review
The Glasgow School of Art's undergraduate degree show sees graduates invoking childhood memories, family lineages and concerns about our natural environments Read more »| 26 Jun 2024