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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MusicWolf Alice @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 7 Dec
Wolf Alice are in a sentimental mood at the Hydro, reminding us that true beauty can be found within vulnerability and raw emotion Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
MusicMermaid Chunky @ Mono, Glasgow, 4 Dec
Mermaid Chunky build a glorious case for live music: that it can be surprising, playful, and a complete blast Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
MusicSudan Archives @ QMU, Glasgow, 6 Dec
Bringing her Gadget Girl persona and new album The BPM to Glasgow, watching Sudan Archives feels like witnessing the future of music Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
MusicThe Festive Five: Johnny Lynch on Little Drummer Boy
Ahead of their annual Christmas party, we do the dirty on Lost Map Records label boss Johnny Lynch, aka Pictish Trail, and make him listen to five different versions of Little Drummer Boy. Here are the results! Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
ArtGut Feelings: Garnethill Murals
A walk through Glasgow's muralled streets brings up memories of visiting the tenement flat of the late John Kraska, a community activist and artist Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
ComedyThese Are a Few of the Funniest Things: 2025 in Comedy
Our writers pick their funniest things of the year, from Fringe shows to farting on the telly to seeing your pals rolling into the sea Read more »| 10 Dec 2025
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ArtPolitical Highlights: On Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper's new exhibitions
Two solo exhibitions by Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper highlight their political points with vivid colour Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
ArtRae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊: •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• @ Tramway, Glasgow
A giant tentacled creature and its tiny co-conspirators occupy Tramway, as Rae-Yen Song’s world-building reaches hypnotic heights Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
BooksAll Consuming by Ruby Tandoh
Ruby Tandoh returns with All Consuming, an investigation into how taste is formed Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
BooksOpen Wide by Jessica Gross
Jessica Gross explores ideas of attachment and romantic infatuation in her smart and funny body horror-cum-romance novel Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
FilmJames McAvoy's California Schemin' to close Glasgow Film Festival
James McAvoy will close the 2026 Glasgow Film Festival with California Schemin’, his directorial debut that tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of two Dundee lads who hoodwinked the music industry into believing they were Californian hip-hop stars Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
FilmPreparation for the Next Life
Bing Liu's drama is most commendable when rooted in the textured aesthetics of its cinematography and sound design, but less so in its lightly-sketched script Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
FilmLurker
Théodore Pellerin plays an obsessive fan who finagles his way into a pop star's entourage in this smart cautionary thriller that avoids moral absolutes Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
BooksThe Skinny's Favourite Books of 2025
We asked The Skinny book team to name their favourite book of 2025 – it's not too late to make your reading goals for the year Read more »| 05 Dec 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of 2025
We take a moment to celebrate the wealth of music that's come out of Scotland this year, and celebrate ten of the best Scottish records of 2025 Read more »| 05 Dec 2025