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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MusicWu-Lu – Loggerhead
The restless approach to instrumentation and vocal styles found across Wu-Lu's debut album are at once disparate but somehow coherent in its vision Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
BooksChildren of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Children of Paradise, following an usher drawn into the carnivalesque world of an independent cinema, is a wry cautionary tale for cinema lovers Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
FilmParis, Texas and the Masculine Urge to Walk into the Desert
With Wim Wenders' masterpiece Paris, Texas back in cinemas this month, one writer explores the film's central motif of a taciturn man trying to make amends after abandoning his life and his loved ones Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
ArtWhat's On: Edinburgh Art Festival 2022
This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival negotiates the course of the city’s Union Canal, marking the 200th anniversary of its opening. From the Lochrin Basin to Wester Hailes, exhibitions this year reflect on the canal’s cultural and social significance Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
MusicViagra Boys – Cave World
Viagra Boys' third album continues their run of warped, but excellent, post-punk excursions Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
FilmFutura
A tryptic of films from three of Italy's most exciting filmmakers that forms a compelling portrait of Italian youths Read more »| 04 Jul 2022
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MusicKaty J Pearson – Sound of the Morning
Katy J Pearson's latest album Sound of the Morning is filled with momentum, boasting undeniably matured songwriting and a fuller sound Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
BooksMichael Pedersen on Boy Friends
As he prepares to unleash his first book of prose, Boy Friends, we meet Michael Pedersen to discuss friendship, love and grief Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: July 2022
As well as the blockbuster Edinburgh Art Festival from 28 July, this month offers three new exhibitions at Collective and new shows across Glasgow Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: July 2022
July's spoken word and poetry round-up has new a new queer Scottish anthology, a new open mic in Edinburgh, and festival fun at Kelburn and Belladrum Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: July 2022
Wim Wenders is celebrated across Scotland in July, plus Christopher Nolan and Céline Sciamma retrospectives, and a showcase of Arab cinema comes to Glasgow Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
BooksHoney & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Honey and Spice is lyrical, witty, and maintains all the genre trappings that we love in romcoms, while doing something completely new Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
TheatreIndepen-dance on inclusive dance festival, Gathered Together
As Indepen-dance's Gathered Together festival returns, we take a look at this year's programme and talk to Dawn Hartley & Laisvie Ochoa Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
ArtCCA Highlights - July 2022
CCA Glasgow's summer programme includes the first non-London showings of SAFAR Film Festival and a delightful reading group with Small Trans Library Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
ArtEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2022: The review
The 2022 Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show sees the ECA graduates focus on ideas of dwelling, belonging, space and place Read more »| 01 Jul 2022