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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ComedyICYMI: Amy Matthews on Smack the Pony
Scottish Comedy Award Best Newcomer Amy Matthews sheds some light on seminal late-90s sketch show, Smack the Pony Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2019: Our Writers' Top 10s
We polled 20 of our film writers to find their ten favourite films of the year. Read their personal lists below Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2019
A portrait of an artist as a young woman and an epic about some ageing gangsters top our films of the year poll. Elsewhere, there's the story of convicts in space, class tensions in a Cornwall fishing village and the reimaging of a Hollywood tragedy Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
MusicTegan and Sara @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 19 Nov
The Canadian duo lay bare their teenage years in endearing, and slightly frustrating, fashion Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
MusicHayden Thorpe @ Stereo, Glasgow, 25 Nov
Powerful vocals feel steeped in sadness, as Hayden Thorpe delivers moments of beauty in a somewhat subdued performance Read more »| 28 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Great Western Festival, Glasgow, 23 Nov
We don our finest raincoats and hit the slippery streets of Maryhill for the debut edition of the Great Western Festival Read more »| 28 Nov 2019
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MusicLung Dart – Slouching Towards Meridian
Lung Dart's Slouching Towards Meridian contains moments of beauty; they’re just often a bit too fleeting Read more »| 28 Nov 2019 -
MusicFontaines D.C. @ SWG3, Glasgow, 21 Nov
Despite some recurring sound issues, Fontaines D.C.’s latest Scottish show at SWG3 is an excellent showcase of their talents Read more »| 28 Nov 2019 -
MusicTRNSMT's 2020 line-up: Stale, pale and male
As TRNSMT announce the first wave of acts for its 2020 edition, the festival's line-up fails to show any improvements on past criticisms Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: December 2019
Watch out, he's behind you! (and no, we don't mean Boris) Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
MusicScottish AOTY: The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
The Twilight Sad's fifth album is heartbreaking and heartwarming, specific in detail and inclusive in scope. But, more than anything, it's honest Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of 2019
With some truly excellent music coming out of Scotland in 2019, we asked our music team to whittle it down and pick their favourites – here's the top ten Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
Tv RadioThe Skinny's TV shows of 2019
Nuclear apocalypse, a chronically depressed equine, and the most toxic family in the history of TV were among our favourite shows of the last 12 months Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
MusicBat for Lashes @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 23 Nov
Natasha Khan strips back the sound of latest album Lost Girls for an intimate and occasionally spooky show in Edinburgh Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#1): Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
On Ghosteen, The Skinny's favourite album of 2019, Nick Cave has found the tools, philosophy and creative direction for his grief Read more »| 26 Nov 2019