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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MusicMusic Now podcast: corto.alto on their new LP SOME SMALL FORTUNE
On the latest episode of our Scottish music podcast, we chat to Liam Shortall of Glasgow jazz outfit corto.alto Read more »| 13 Nov 2026 -
MusicLos Bitchos – Los Bitchos & Friends Vol.1
Los Bitchos continue to spark international conversation through music by pulling together sounds and genres from different corners of the world Read more »| 13 Nov 2026 -
TheatreThe Haunting of Hill House @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The Haunting of Hill House boasts some impressive visuals but falls short of a successful spook Read more »| 12 Nov 2026 -
ArtGut Feelings: The Ham
On the surface, Manet's The Ham is an innocuous still life... one writer probes beneath the surface of its fatty flesh to find a darker subtext Read more »| 12 Nov 2026 -
ArtCommunity Magic: Fair Saturday 2026 highlights
Embrace community, reject mega capitalism – we've pulled out some highlights from this year's jam-packed Fair Saturday programme Read more »| 12 Nov 2026 -
ArtSimon Murphy brings Berlin's Photoautomat to Glasgow
In the age of instant images and filter face, Glasgow’s Photoautomat offers up something wildly inconvenient. Photographer Simon Murphy tells us why this clanking Berlin import is about more than looking cool Read more »| 11 Nov 2026
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MusicLike the New Past: The Miraculous Return of Life Without Buildings
Back to play some of their first live shows in almost 25 years, we celebrate the miraculous return of Life Without Buildings Read more »| 11 Nov 2026 -
ArtRuthella Dafnis on her solo exhibition Secondhand Smoke
The Skinny X RSA Contemporaries awardee Ruthella Dafnis' first solo exhibition shines a light on homelessness, addiction and care experience Read more »| 10 Nov 2026 -
MusicRoyal Blood – Dead Company
Royal Blood's latest album is competently made and frequently enjoyable, but almost entirely foreseeable Read more »| 10 Nov 2026 -
ClubsRise and Rise: KILIMANJARO on his new EP
Ahead of his live show at The Art School, we catch up with KILIMANJARO about growing up between Scottish and Zambian culture, working with siblings and getting vulnerable in his new EP, THE ASCENSION (INKAWAMI) Read more »| 10 Nov 2026 -
FilmCristian Mungiu on his Palme d'Or winner Fjord
Cristian Mungiu has got critics in a tizzy. His new film, Fjord, pits secular Nordic liberals against an Evangelical Christian family from Romania and refuses to take a side. He talks to us about escaping our cultural and societal bubbles Read more »| 09 Nov 2026 -
MusicBlackhaine – Saints In The Wethouse
The debut LP from multi-hyphenate artist Blackhaine builds his harrowed world grander than ever before, but loses some of its character in the process Read more »| 09 Nov 2026 -
FilmA new Indian Film Festival is coming to Edinburgh
A brand new film festival is coming to Filmhouse next month. The inaugural Indian Film Festival will be a three-day celebration of Indian cinema, covering films in Hindi, Tamil, Assamese and Gujarati Read more »| 05 Nov 2026 -
Theatre'Insurgent Theatricality' at Arika's Episode 12
Founding member of Arika, Barry Esson, and leading Afro-Brazilian theorist Leda Maria Martins speak to us about time, performance and solidarity beyond a fixed theatre Read more »| 05 Nov 2026 -
BooksPeter Mackay on Scotland's multilingual legacy
Scotland's Makar Peter Mackay explores the legacy of Scotland as a multilingual country ahead of his event at Push the Boat Out Read more »| 05 Nov 2026