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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ArtScottish Art Highlights: August 2025
Edinburgh Art Festival's programme is fuelled by communal reflection and queer resistance, while an exhibition in Dundee centres the Palestinian practice of tatreez Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
FilmTen films to see at Edinburgh Film Festival 2025
Here are ten titles to add to your Edinburgh Film Festival watchlist, from sparky dramas to documentaries about competitive porridge-making Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
BooksLost Boys: Chris McQueer on His Debut Novel Hermit
We chat with Glasgow author Chris McQueer on his debut novel Hermit ahead of his appearance at the Govanhill International Festival Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
FilmBring Her Back
Anchored by a monumental Sally Hawkins performance, Bring Her Back bypasses the supernatural lore to give audiences the frights of their lives Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
MusicLAMAYA @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 24 Jul
LAMAYA is effortlessly cool tonight as she delivers a thrilling showcase of vocal control, dance, movement and personality at King Tut's as part of their Summer Nights series Read more »| 29 Jul 2025 -
MusicDeerhoof @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 25 Jul
Deerhoof remain a magnificent entity with no signs of slowing up, showing exactly why they remain cult heroes Read more »| 29 Jul 2025
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ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: August 2025
Whether you’re partying till 5am, or steering clear of the Fringe, August’s clubbing picks are packed with Samedia Shebeen, Gary McF, Rozaly, and more Read more »| 29 Jul 2025 -
BooksScottish Books Events: August 2025
So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage, alongside a handful of other launches and workshops Read more »| 29 Jul 2025 -
MusicCANVAS: Introducing Dundee's newest venue
Fresh from their opening night with Theo Bleak in June, we look to the future and catch up with the team behind Dundee's latest venue – CANVAS Read more »| 29 Jul 2025 -
BooksLaura C. Forster and Joel White on Friends in Common
We chat with Laura C. Forster and Joel White about their book Friends in Common, the intersection between friendship and organising, and why our intimate lives are political Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
BooksNight of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
A curious formalistic work, Morgan Talty's collection of short stories reads more like a novel as it traces a community living on the Penobscot Indian Reservation Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: August 2025
August brings a bumper crop of festivals across the country, as Mogwai's Big City, Bemz' M4 and Edinburgh Psych Fest all return alongside EIF and the Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
FilmScottish Film Events: August 2025
Cinema Rediscovered goes on tour, some classics from Comic Strip Presents... screen at the Fringe, and Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud gives us a new arthouse trilogy we didn't know we needed in our lives Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
MusicFringe by the Sea: A Love Letter to Scotland’s Freshest Festival
Ahead of this year's Fringe by the Sea, one East Lothian local invites you to ditch the cobbles, skip the crowds, and get yourself to the coast this August Read more »| 25 Jul 2025 -
MusicMŮO: turning cosmic rays into music with Lomond Campbell
Ahead of bringing his purpose-built muonophone to the Fringe for MŮO, we catch up with Lomond Campbell to talk physics and turning cosmic rays into music Read more »| 25 Jul 2025