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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FilmPaddington 2
Paddington 2 is as delightful and slyly political as the first film, but with added Hugh Grant Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
FilmMichel Gondry and Elbow combine for John Lewis ad
French director Michel Gondry applies his whimsical touch to John Lewis’s annual Christmas ad, with Elbow providing a Beatles cover Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Music
Lomelda @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 6 Nov
Lomelda brings her songs about relationships, distance and the passage of time to Glasgow Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
TheatreThe Skinny Guide to Scotland's Christmas Theatre
Ain’t nothing like a dame? Or does panto make you want to cancel Christmas forever? Well, dinna fash, here’s Auntie Trash with the best panto guide she could pull together. Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Yung Lean – Stranger
Yung Lean's latest record feels like a creative regression packed with listless rhymes Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
MusicGirl Ray @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 2 Nov
North London trio Girl Ray bring their deep, introspective sound to Broadcast Read more »| 09 Nov 2017
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ArtLocal Heroes' Scottish Knit & Woven Textile Design
In Local Heroes' ongoing tour of outstanding Scottish design we turn to knitted and woven textiles to report on the individual designers and studios doing the most exciting things in this sector Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Japanese Breakfast @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 4 Oct
Michelle Zauner balances light and darkness to impressive effect as she brings the lo-fi pop of Japanese Breakfast to Edinburgh Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Music
Fiskur – I Become Silver (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for I Become Silver from Glasgow-based collective Fiskur Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Film
The Florida Project
Sean Baker follows Tangerine with another vibrant slice-of-life story about people on the fringes of American society, but this time focused on the life of a young girl and her mother Read more »| 09 Nov 2017 -
Art
Glasgow's Best Christmas Markets
As the nights draw in it's time to think about your Christmas purchases! You live in Glasgow, one of the greatest cities of art, design and innovation in the world – head along to one of these Christmas markets to grab yourself a piece of the action Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
Theatre
Royal Lyceum plan Touching the Void stage adaptation
Along with Bristol Old Vic, the Edinburgh theatre is presenting David Greig’s stage adaptation of Joe Simpson's stunning true-life survival story Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
Film
Wallace & Gromit’s creator takes on the Stone Age in Early Man
The new claymation from Aardman Animation, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, imagines a past where a tribe of cavemen realise the world has moved on from the Stone Age Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
Film
Could Spielberg's The Post be this year’s Spotlight?
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in this journalism drama about the publication of the Pentagon Papers Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
Music
Miracle Glass Company – Look at You Now (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Miracle Glass Company's latest single, Look at You Now Read more »| 08 Nov 2017