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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ArtThe Skinny Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Find your ideal Christmas gift with the slightly idiosyncratic personal selections of our editorial team (things they love, with a local focus, plus some alpacas) Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: December 2019
The year might be coming to an end, but there are still plenty of poetry competitions to apply to and evenings out to be had, including a Die Hard inspired event at the Scottish Poetry Library Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: December 2019
To help you fill up your festive calendar with as many fun parties as possible, here's an extended edition of December's clubbing highlights Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
FilmThe Nightingale
Writer-director Jennifer Kent follows up her creepy debut The Babadook with brutal historical-revenge drama The Nightingale Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
BooksBuilding a better future at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair
This year’s Radical Book Fair was about looking to the future with radical hope. We went along and learned about the criminal (in)justice system, anticolonial resistance and Britain’s “hostile environment” amongst many other things. Read more »| 22 Nov 2019 -
FilmKaren Gillan on The Party's Just Beginning
Karen Gillan has a busy December ahead. As well as starring in a blockbuster sequel (Jumanji: The Next Level), she's also releasing The Party's Just Beginning, which she wrote, directed and stars in. She tells us where her love of directing began Read more »| 22 Nov 2019
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BooksEndland by Tim Etchells
Combining two of Tim Etchells' previous works, Endland is a savage and comical read Read more »| 22 Nov 2019 -
BooksLittle Weirds by Jenny Slate
Delicate yet gut-punching, comedian Jenny Slate mines the personal and political to unpack the modern female experience Read more »| 22 Nov 2019 -
BooksThe Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age by Claudia Hammond
The Art of Rest is an absorbing exploration of how and why we rest Read more »| 21 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Mountain Goats @ St Luke's, Glasgow, 18 Nov
John Darnielle and co's performance tonight is enough to rekindle the transformative power of art in the most cynical of souls Read more »| 21 Nov 2019 -
MusicDomiciles @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 13 Nov
With their ability to channel disparate noise into beautiful order, Domiciles are sure to be seeing bigger stages and longer sets in the future Read more »| 21 Nov 2019 -
BooksIsa Mazzei on Camgirl, sex work and finding her voice
We speak to Isa Mazzei about her memoir, Camgirl, which chronicles her journey into the world of camming Read more »| 21 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Great Western's takeover on EH-FM, 18 Nov
Listen back to 432 Presents's David Weaver's takeover of EH-FM show ahead of The Great Western festival, Glasgow's latest multi-venue festival Read more »| 20 Nov 2019 -
TheatreEmergence @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Programmed by YTAS (Youth Theatre Arts Scotland), Emergence is a celebration of works-in-progress and new ideas from Scotland's leading youth theatre directors, in collaboration with young performers. We review four of the shows presented Read more »| 20 Nov 2019 -
ComedyPlease can we talk about Harry Hill’s Clubnite?
The big-collared comedian strikes gold with his latest telly outing Read more »| 20 Nov 2019