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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MusicTaylor Swift @ Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 9 Jun
The closing night of Taylor Swift's three-night stadium run in Edinburgh is an almost flawless record-breaking triumph over 18 years, ten eras and 45 songs Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
MusicGrrrl Power: Kathleen Hanna on the return of Bikini Kill
Frontrunners for the riot grrrl feminist movement in the 90s, Bikini Kill are back. And while their manifesto remains the same, frontwoman Kathleen Hanna has worked through a thing or two Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
ArtTimorous Beasties on their new collection and Edinburgh showroom
We meet Glasgow-based design duo Timorous Beasties at their elegant brick mill headquarters for a preview of the pared-back Stucco collection, and to find out more about their new 2,500 sq ft showroom in Scotland’s capital, opening this month Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
MusicMartha Skye Murphy – Um
With the assistance of co-producer Ethan P. Flynn, Martha Skye Murphy stuns on her long-awaited, much-anticipated debut studio album Um Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
BooksWhy Would Feminists Trust the Police? by Leah Cowan
Leah Cowan's latest radical book is a historical look at the entanglements between the feminist movement and carcaral state, tracing narratives of both resistance and complicity Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
MusicPeggy Gou – I Hear You
I Hear You sets the barometer for summer, a nostalgia-soaked ode to 90s and 00s dance that harnesses Peggy Gou’s specific brand of cool Read more »| 07 Jun 2024
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ComedyDream Gig: Zara Gladman
Zara Gladman (of West End Mum fame) gives us a Dream Gig which will leave you wanting mor…dor Read more »| 07 Jun 2024 -
MusicCharli XCX – BRAT
Charli XCX's sixth studio album BRAT is literary, musically complex, and somehow effortless Read more »| 07 Jun 2024 -
MusicRed Vanilla – Days of Grey
On Days of Grey, Dundee's Red Vanilla have established themselves as a truly exciting new band on the Scottish scene Read more »| 07 Jun 2024 -
FilmRiddle of Fire
A trio of rambunctious kids head out on a quest for baking ingredients in this whimsical kids' adventure movie that has the feeling of playing make-believe Read more »| 06 Jun 2024 -
MusicIceboy Violet & Nueen – You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through the Fire
You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through the Fire is a gorgeous reflection of a relationship’s journey Read more »| 06 Jun 2024 -
MusicTakkak Takkak – Takkak Takkak
The self-titled debut of Takkak Takkak makes another exciting, eccentric collaboration from Nyege Nyege Tapes Read more »| 06 Jun 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Red Vanilla
An alt-rock quartet from Dundee whipping up a storm in the local scene, we chat to Red Vanilla ahead of their debut EP Read more »| 06 Jun 2024 -
MusicKAYTRANADA – Timeless
At its best, KAYTRANADA's new album Timeless is body music that doesn’t lose track of the present in search of something lasting Read more »| 06 Jun 2024 -
Musicclaire rousay @ The Glad Cafe, 31 May
Barring the odd stumble, claire rousay manages the shift to centre-stage singer-songwriter with aplomb Read more »| 05 Jun 2024