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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BooksI Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom
This collection of personal essays from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom is blisteringly funny with some insightful gut punches on the way Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
BooksStrange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
Yan Ge's postmodern tales of strange and unusual beasts offer ecological parables and evocative thoughts on the way we interact with the world Read more »| 27 Nov 2020 -
FilmFokus: Films from Germany 2020 Preview
Fokus returns for its sixth edition with a slimmed-down but no less nourishing programme of features and documentaries giving a snapshot of the best of Germany filmmaking over the last year Read more »| 27 Nov 2020 -
BooksThere's No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
Kikuko Tsumura's new novel is a deadpan look at the sometimes-mundane, often-surreal and ever-changing world of the 'easy job' Read more »| 26 Nov 2020 -
BooksTheatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic
Chilean author Andrea Jeftanovic's debut novel, newly translated into English, is a powerful exorcism of one family’s inherited trauma Read more »| 23 Nov 2020 -
MusicMEMES' debut EP, track-by-track
With the release of their self-titled EP this month, Glasgow laptop punk-rock duo MEMES talk us through the record, track by track Read more »| 23 Nov 2020
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MusicScottish Alternative Music Awards: The 2020 winners
Callum Easter, TAAHLIAH and Fauves were among the winners at this year's Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) Read more »| 19 Nov 2020 -
FilmThe Skinny Q&A: Mark Cousins
Mark Cousins is always on the move with new projects, but he's gone back to an old one this month, updating The Story of Film, his seminal 2004 book rethinking film history – we dig into what makes him tick Read more »| 17 Nov 2020 -
FilmHenry Blake on County Lines
Henry Blake takes his experience as a youth worker into his debut feature County Lines, which he hopes will change perception of the kinds of young people he works with, who often find themselves exploited into a life of crime Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
FilmCounty Lines
Henry Blake's debut feature combines raw realism and a knack for visual storytelling to lift the lid on child exploitation in the drug trade Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
FilmCameron Mackay on filmmaking as activism
We meet Glasgow environmental activist, filmmaker and composer Cameron Mackay, who's about to embark on a series of films for Glasgow Science Centre's Our World, Our Impact programme, which marks a one-year countdown to COP26 in Glasgow next November Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
ArtCaroline Walker @ Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Caroline Walker's neat compositions offer intimate insight, while allowing for their central character to remain enigmatic Read more »| 12 Nov 2020 -
MusicBlue Tiger – Eta Carinae (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Eta Carinae by Edinburgh-based musician Blue Tiger Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
ComedyJaney Godley, Brett Goldstein and The Pin on comedy in lockdown
With stand-up on pause, Twitter videos are full of comedy club energy – and have been seen by everyone from politicians to film producers Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
MusicSound and Vision: A look at Cryptic's Sonic Bites series
With COVID-19 showing no sign of abating, Glasgow luminaries Cryptic are taking an ambitious new approach to live streams Read more »| 11 Nov 2020