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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TheatreSteps In Time
Twenty five years old and still tapping away... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Books
Voluntary Madness by Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent's account of her year admitted by choice to mental institutions in America is carefully articulated, yet personal. She talks realistica... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
FilmFour Lions
A dark comedy about Muslim suicide bombers was always going to be a contentious endeavour, but in the qualified hands of satirist Chris Morris it proves bewi... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
MusicLCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, 28 April
At times, LCD Soundsystem live feels like the greatest show on earth. The highlights of tonight's Barrowlands set are mesmerising: the raucous second-half cl... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Theatre
Senior Moments
Òran Mór grows old gracefully Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
ComedyFlight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords return to British stages for the first time in five years with two nights in the Clyde Auditorium. Read more »| 06 May 2010
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Music
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Band of Horses’ second LP – Cease to Begin – was largely billed as a response to their changing circumstances; the band had left Seattle to... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Books
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
This is a story to rival most works of fiction. Cesare Borgia, with the backing of his father (the Pope!), is trying to dominate Italy and create a f... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Music
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Teenage Fanclub are a reliable bunch, in the sense that even if the overall quality varies from album to album – though even here they’ve... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Music
Born Ruffians - Say It
With their 2008 debut album Red, Yellow and Blue, Canadian trio Born Ruffians eschewed derivative CYHSY comparisons by injecting some Monks-style silliness i... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Music
Track-by-Track: Band of Horses' Infinite Arms
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell offers an exclusive insight into the heart of their forthcoming third album Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
BooksDoctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter by Russell T.Davies and Benjamin Cook.
Comprising two and a half years' worth of emails between Doctor Who’s outgoing head writer Russell T Davies and fan journalist Ben Cook, readers are gi... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Theatre
Entity Preview
Contemporary style arrives from the man behind Royal Ballet's new works. Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Music
The Mason Manifesto
Ahead of polling day on 6 May, Steve Mason offers a (strictly non-) political party broadcast Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Music
Steve Mason: The End of the Beta Biscuit Affair
Steve Mason explains why he's ditched the myriad pseudonyms to step out of the shadows as, well, himself Read more »| 04 May 2010