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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BooksLiving Memory: Patricia Duncker reimagines George Eliot
The appetite for Victoriana is endless; it seems we can’t get enough of corsets and bonnets. As Patricia Duncker releases a new novel, she talks to us about the neo-Victorian tale, her fascination with George Eliot and the nature of literary celebrity Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art
80s Icons, Human Donation, and a Hermit Genius: This Month in Scottish Art
This month's pick of Scottish contemporary art sees four exhibitions run through the month, across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Music
Thomas Truax – Jetstream Sunset
The Dr Seuss of pop returns. With The Hornicator (the home-made assemblage of various instruments and components that drives his off-beat – in both sen... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
MusicFöllakzoid – III
III promises more of the same for Chilean ‘cosmic music’ band Föllakzoid, masters of the mantric ten-minute krautrock groove. However, this ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art
Be My Guest: Glasgow Open House Festival 2015
Glasgow Open House Festival is set to be the most exciting and genuinely unique art festival of this year. We talk to the organisers Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art1 Royal Terrace: Conversations About Art
We catch up with the founders of up and coming Glasgow gallery 1 Royal Terrace in advance of their second programme of exhibitions, now underway Read more »| 01 Apr 2015
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Books
Aye Write! All Write: 10 Years of Literature in Glasgow
We discover how literary festival Aye Write! has become a key date in the Glasgow cultural calendar, speaking to its guest programmer and the writers who have grown with it: Louise Welsh, Christopher Brookmyre, Alan Bissett and his birthday suit. Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
BooksKarin Altenberg: “I’ve always felt like an outsider”
We chat to bestselling author Karin Altenberg about her new book Breaking Light, and landscapes lost and found Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Music
Whisky in the Water: Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard Interviewed
The Death Cab For Cutie frontman on surviving breaks and staying publicly personal for the band's eighth album Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Music
Nothing Ever Happens Here: Broken Records / Garden Of Elks / Fuzzystar @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 27 Mar
Can’t fault the folks behind Nothing Ever Happens Here for their noble intention to reignite the Edinburgh live music scene; enthusiastic cheers please... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
MusicBop English – Constant Bop
At first glance Constant Bop just looks like a sixties pastiche. From the pastel-washed cover to the cheesey title, this could pass for a lost Tim Buckl... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – April 2015
A brand new poetry series launches in Liverpool this month, while non fiction and spoken word nights continue to thrive in Manchester Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Music
Sleater-Kinney @ Manchester Albert Hall, 24 March
This most potent of returns finally reaches the UK and manifests itself in a performance of extreme emotion: an experience that leaves both band and aud... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Art
In-situ in Pendle: When Will We Three...
As six new artists are announced for Pendle's in-situ residency, The Skinny travels to Brierfield to catch up with the founders and find out what's next for the organisation Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – April 2015
Balearic boat parties, plus visits from NTS residents and some techno heavyweights attempt to bring that speck of summer on the horizon a little closer Read more »| 31 Mar 2015