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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MusicKelly Lee Owens @ SWG3, Glasgow, 20 Nov
It’s clear Kelly Lee Owens has missed live music as much as the rest of us, and her joyous return reshapes her introspective offerings into moments of communal catharsis Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
MusicThe Skinny Q&A: Monorail's Stephen McRobbie
As frontman of The Pastels, Stephen McRobbie has been an integral part of Glasgow's musical DNA for decades. But an equally vital contribution to the scene is his record store Monorail Music, which he opened with Dep Downie in Kings Court in 2002 Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
MusicAnna B Savage on her debut album, A Common Turn
Ahead of her appearance at The Great Eastern in Edinburgh, we speak to Anna B Savage about her debut album, A Common Turn Read more »| 22 Nov 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Zoë Tomalin on American Pie
Comedian, writer, producer and Edinburgh International TV Festival 'One to Watch' Zoë Tomalin takes a trip back to 1999 and immerses herself in teen comedy American Pie Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
MusicConverge and Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon: I
On Converge's tenth studio album, the band enlist goth-rock artist Chelsea Wolfe to create a record unlike anything they've produced before Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
FilmPetite Maman
An eight-year-old girl meets her mother at the same age in this gorgeous and elegiac time-travel fairytale from French filmmaker Céline Sciamma Read more »| 16 Nov 2021
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FilmTime Warp: Céline Sciamma on Petite Maman
Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Tomboy director Céline Sciamma returns to the world of childhood in her intimate time-travel film Petite Maman, in which a grieving eight-year-old girl meets her mother at the same age Read more »| 16 Nov 2021 -
MusicRina Sawayama @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 Nov
Rina Sawayama’s sensational performance leaves lasting feelings of elation, togetherness and all-round queer joy Read more »| 16 Nov 2021 -
MusicCallum Easter on his new album System
One of Scotland's most beguiling artists, Callum Easter is back with a politically-charged, stylistically challenging new album Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
BooksThings We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi
The first fiction collection from Harper’s Bazaar’s Short Story Prize winner Huma Qureshi pairs interwoven themes of family and homesickness with a confessional tone Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
ArtFresh Fruit of the Loom: Tapestry Makers Talk
We've woven together interviews with 21 tapestry makers to bring some insight into what it means to work with a medium that's often more associated with antiques than contemporary art Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
MusicOsees @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 8 Nov
John Dwyer brings his prolific, ever-moving ensemble to Edinburgh for raucous, energetic good times Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
Tv RadioStef Smith on LGBTQ+ micro-drama Float
We speak to acclaimed playwright Stef Smith about her first TV show, Float – an innovative, heartfelt and mint fresh micro-drama centred on a tender lesbian romance Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
MusicDamon Albarn – The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Inspired by Iceland's otherworldly landscapes, Damon Albarn's new album is an arresting blend of ecopoetics and meditations on grief Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
FilmPlay Poland 2021: Festival preview
Play Poland returns after a four-year hiatus to bring the best of contemporary Polish cinema to Scottish audiences Read more »| 09 Nov 2021