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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FilmMolly Manning Walker on How to Have Sex
Perhaps the strongest British debut of the year, Molly Manning Walker's How to Have Sex is a tale of liberating holiday shenanigans that descends into an ever-buzzing, neon-soaked hellscape of pressure to have more fun, more booze, and more sex Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2023
November brings darker nights and DJ debuts across the country, amongst a plethora of birthday celebrations. Top picks include Hamdi, Joy Orbison, Clara! and DJ Stingray Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
MusicJockstrap & Taylor Skye – I<3UQTINVU
I<3UQTINVU is a beautifully werd mish-mash of sounds that typifies Jockstrap's experimental aesthetic Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
TheatreTreason: The Musical @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Ricky Allan and Charli Eglinton's Gunpowder Plot musical Treason is all tell, no show Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2023
November offers a wide range of ambitious new work and classic favourites across Scotland's theatres Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: November 2023
November sees a glut of film festivals including Scotland Loves Anime, the French Film Festival and Inverness Film Festival, plus the BFI's Powell and Pressburger season Read more »| 30 Oct 2023
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BooksBlackouts by Justin Torres
Justin Torres' highly anticipated sophomore novel experiments with form to consider how we document and preserve queer histories Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
FilmHow to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature, following three teen girls on a holiday in Malia, is a remarkable feat in modern social realism Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicThere Will Be Fireworks – Summer Moon
There Will Be Fireworks' new album Summer Moon retains the most visceral and passionate elements of its predecessor, and blossoms new quirks and qualities Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicKing Creosote – I DES
King Creosote's latest album I DES is a largely jubilant and life-affirming meditation on life and mortality Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpace for Everyone: Wu-Lu on the importance of community
Ahead of his appearance at The Great Western, we speak to Miles Romans-Hopcraft, aka Wu-Lu, about the importance of community in the creation of his music and his audience Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
MusicTirzah – trip9love…???
Tirzah’s surprise new release brings an unprecedented level of propulsion and structure to her off-kilter romantics Read more »| 27 Oct 2023 -
MusicYoung Fathers win the 2023 SAY Award
Third time's a charm for Edinburgh outfit Young Fathers, announced as winners of the 2023 Scottish Album of the Year Award for their fourth studio album Heavy Heavy Read more »| 26 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... LAMAYA
Ahead of releasing her debut single, COMING FOR UR <3, we shine a spotlight on genre-agnostic East Kilbride artist LAMAYA Read more »| 26 Oct 2023 -
MusicThe Kills – God Games
Rock duo The Kills return with a new album for the first time in seven years, delivering more of their trademark grooves but failing to offer much in the way of new ideas Read more »| 26 Oct 2023