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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MusicKelela – Raven
On Raven, the follow-up to 2017's Take Me Apart, Kelela explores autonomy, belonging, and self-renewal as healing Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
MusicSounds of Singeli: Inside Tanzania's underground
A new youth-driven sound is spilling out from the streets in Tanzania's largest city. At furious speeds as high as 300BPM, Singeli takes no prisoners Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
FilmBlue Jean
Georgia Oakley's devastating debut feature concerns a lesbian PE teacher trying to navigate her personal and professional life in the face of Section 28 Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
MusicYo La Tengo – This Stupid World
Yo La Tengo's sixteenth studio album is reflective, funny and defiant Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
FilmGeorgia Oakley on Section 28 drama Blue Jean
Georgia Oakley's debut feature takes us back to the dark days of Margaret Thatcher's Britain and the introduction of Section 28. Oakley talks about researching this era and finding moments of hope in this bitter period for LGBTQ+ people in the UK Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
MusicThe Delgados @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 25 Jan
Local favourites The Delgados return to remind us all what an underrated gem they are Read more »| 03 Feb 2023
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FilmLive music returns to Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival will once again be filled with music, from 90s house documentary I Am Weekender to the Icelandic punk documentary Band Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
ArtCCA Highlights: February 2023
CCA Glasgow kicks off spring with new exhibitions from Benjamin Soedira and Jack Cheetham, and a film programme from Living Rent Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: February 2023
Book festival shenanigans abound at Paisley Book Festival, while Aberdeen hosts the nation's first crime festival of the year, Granite Noir Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
ArtAbsolute Truth?: Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡 at Collective, Edinburgh
We meet Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡 to unpack their new exhibition at Collective, which examines Britain’s colonial legacy in Hong Kong Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
ClubsPonyboy on creating gender euphoria through music and fashion
Fast becoming one of Glasgow’s most iconic queer club nights, we speak to Reece Marshall and Dill Dowdall of Ponyboy ahead of their Stereo takeover Read more »| 02 Feb 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: February 2023
February has a lot on offer - picks include: LSDXOXO x Ponyboy, AMMOUROCCEAN, Overmono and David Vunk Read more »| 01 Feb 2023 -
FilmHorsin' Around: Jerzy Skolimowski on EO
The great Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski is back with curious donkey road movie EO. He speaks to us about bonding with his equine actors and creating a film that will leave audiences reconsidering their responsibilities towards their fellow creatures Read more »| 01 Feb 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: February 2023
We take a look at the Scottish releases we missed in December and January and get excited about what we already know about in February Read more »| 01 Feb 2023 -
BooksHijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
Lamya H's memoir teases out the latent queerness of their Muslim faith, discovering stories of rebel women whose strength, resilience and faith offer inspiration Read more »| 31 Jan 2023