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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BooksCaleb Femi on his house party poetry collection The Wickedest
We chat with Forward Prize-winning poet Caleb Femi about his sophomore poetry collection The Wickedest, which explores the intimate mechanisms of a house party in London Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
ArtThe Power of the Unseen: Tayo Adekunle at Edinburgh Printmakers
In her show at Edinburgh Printmakers, Tayo Adekunle finds affinity with a Yoruban Orisha in new photographs, prints and textile works Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
MusicLUSA – The Colour of Space track-by-track
Following the release of his debut album as LUSA, Niteworks' Innes Strachan talks us through The Colour of Space track by track Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
FilmScotland on Screen: In Praise of Far-Flung Film Festivals
Love films? Like to travel? Adore the scenic beauty of Scotland? Dig wild swimming? If so, we recommend you consider a trip to a far-flung film festival like Sea Change in Tiree or LandxSea in Montrose Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
MusicEdinburgh Psych Fest 2024: The review
The second year of Edinburgh Psych Fest is the survey of a musical scene with tendrils extending everywhere, and a triumph for the gang who put it together Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
MusicHinds – Viva Hinds
The latest from Madrid indie-rockers Hinds, Viva Hinds celebrates life, love, lust, and band survival Read more »| 05 Sep 2024
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BooksOur London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
An epic yet intimate tale of immigration, Christine Dwyer Hickey's Our London Lives is a beautiful mediation on the everyday Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
BooksScottish Books Events: September 2024
September's a quiet month on the book front, but there's still a fair bit to catch in Scotland's bookshops and beyond Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Boab
Ahead of releasing Open Wider the Door, his debut solo record as Boab, we catch up with Sweaty Palms frontman Robbie Houston to find out more Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
ArtHidden Door moves to Maybury paper factory for 2025
Hidden Door have announced their 2025 home – a vast former paper factory in Maybury in the west of Edinburgh – with a launch party at the venue this autumn Read more »| 05 Sep 2024 -
FilmWatch the trailer for Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
Since Yesterday – the new documentary celebrating the Scottish girl bands who should be on every young music fan's walls but aren’t – gets a new trailer ahead of its UK cinema release and tour Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: September 2024
In September's Scottish gig guide, Sonica, Outwith and Freakender festivals return, plus visits from Chappell Roan, Gossip and American Football Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
FilmStarve Acre
Daniel Kototajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s 70s ghost story Starve Acre is a winning piece of folk horror Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
ClubsDEMS, Szentek & An Education in East Coast Clubbing
Scotland's east coast has beaches galore and is the birthplace of modern golf. However, what lies along the shore, unbeknown to most, is a different kind of club Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: September 2024
Even after we’ve gulped down all the comedy we could manage in August, September’s here to say ‘look what else we’ve got in store for you’! Read more »| 03 Sep 2024