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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MusicHailey Beavis – Stranger Inside (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Stranger Inside, the brand new single from Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Hailey Beavis Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: January 2020
Kick off 2020 with a slam poetry championship, the Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Awards Showcase and supporting your local, indie poetry publisher Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in January
As the new year begins, lose yourself in the fantasies of Alejandro Jodorowsky and the dreamscapes of Federico Fellini Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
TheatreTheatre in Scotland: January 2020 highlights
Your drinks may be dry this month, but your culture doesn't have to be – here's our pick of the month's best theatre Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
MusicGeorgia – Seeking Thrills
Georgia's new album is filled to the brim with dance touchstones, but with a polished pop sheen Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
BooksSPAM on making poetry cool again
SPAM Poetry are publishing some of Scotland and the UK’s best and brightest poets. Over Google doc, we have a chat about their origins, the internet and why Glasgow is the perfect home for poetry Read more »| 06 Jan 2020
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ClubsDance Dance Revolution: The 2010s in Scottish Clubbing
As we enter a new decade, we look back on the last 10 years of Scotland's electronic music and club scene, with help from Optimo's Keith McIvor and Jonnie Wilkes, and Huntleys + Palmers' Andrew Thomson Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
ArtAlex Impey @ The Hunterian, Glasgow
Alex Impey's solo show in the Hunterian Gallery subtly heightens the perception of audiences to notice what usually goes unseen Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
BooksA Good Man by Ani Katz
Ani Katz's edgy debut unravels the image of an everyday 'good' man Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
Film1917
Over a series of long takes, director Sam Mendes shows himself to be a filmmaker in complete command of his craft, while George MacKay makes for a compelling surrogate for the generation of young men sacrificed in the First World War Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
MusicThe Curious Case of Gerry Cinnamon
The music industry has changed a lot over the last decade, and one of Scotland's greatest musical success stories, Gerry Cinnamon, is a perfect example of an artist thriving in a changing musical landscape Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: John Aggasild on Marion & Geoff
Stand-up and host of Glasgow's Vision Board night, John Aggasild takes a look at early-noughties hidden gem Marion & Geoff Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
MusicGreat Scots: 2019 in Scottish Music
Continuing the tradition we launched in 2017, we've pulled together a playlist of some of the best music to come out of Scotland in 2019 – 91 songs to hopefully whet your appetite for Scottish music in 2020 Read more »| 20 Dec 2019 -
MusicSave Leith Walk: Developers lose appeal
It’s a Christmas miracle, as the property developers planning the Stead’s Place development on Leith Walk lose their appeal. But what does it mean now for this tight-knit community? Read more »| 20 Dec 2019 -
Tv RadioThe Witcher
At its best, The Witcher suggests an adult Lord of the Rings; at its worst, Xena: Warrior Princess Read more »| 20 Dec 2019