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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MusicAlabaster DePlume @ The Hub, Edinburgh, 8 Aug
The Edinburgh International Festival's Up Late series featuring Alabaster DePlume provides a lovingly curated evening of warmth, humour and communal spirit Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
MusicOasis @ Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 8 Aug
At the first of three sold-out Edinburgh shows, Oasis deliver a jaw-dropping masterclass in rock and roll Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
MusicAlison Goldfrapp – Flux
On Flux, Alison Goldfrapp proves that the 'difficult second album' strikes even veteran industry icons, as solo outing number two floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FilmScotland on Screen: David Hayman
David Hayman discusses his debut feature, Silent Scream, a forgotten Scottish masterpiece from 1990, ahead of a screening at EIFF in tribute to the film's late, great producer, Paddy Higson Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FilmRobin Hood and the Gender Canon
Ahead of the classic Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Adventures of Robin Hood screening at Cameo, one writer recalls how their obsession with the film helped shape their own ideas on gender Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FilmCharlie Shackleton on Zodiac Killer Project
Charlie Shackleton was about to make a film about the Zodiac Killer when the rights to the source material fell through, leaving him to make Zodiac Killer Project, a meta documentary about the film he wasn't permitted to make Read more »| 11 Aug 2025
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MusicMŮO Live @ The French Institute, Edinburgh
Lomond Campbell combines nuclear physics with his own compositions for a unique and fully immersive, experimental, science-forward hour of music Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
MusicThe Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers
The Black Keys deliver infectious optimism across their thirteenth studio album, No Rain, No Flowers Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
MusicAmaarae – Black Star
Amaarae’s third album has moments of truly sublime pop magic, but only once you get past its early bloodlessness Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
![Air @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug [for use with review only]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/151/113/151113_widescreen.1.jpg "Air @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug [for use with review only]")
MusicAir @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug
Playing Moon Safari in full at North Berwick's Fringe by the Sea, 27 years after it was first released, French electronic outfit Air prove there is still no one doing it quite like them Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Martha May & The Mondays
Following the release of their latest EP, Zeroes & Villians, and ahead of a launch party at Nice N Sleazy, we catch up with Martha May & The Mondays Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FilmQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
ArtWyrd Encounters: Jonathan Baldock @ Jupiter Artland
At Jupiter Artland, Megan Rudden – an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer – stumbles upon a gathering of hybrid animals staged by Jonathan Baldock Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
ArtOpen Studio with Olivia Priya Foster
Every Saturday during Edinburgh Art Festival, Olivia Priya Foster will open up their studio to the public. We caught up with the artist about slow making, queer rurality and their works-in-progress Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
MusicEthel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
On her latest album, Ethel Cain has once again translated incredibly personal experiences into deeply universal feelings Read more »| 04 Aug 2025