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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BooksThis Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell
This Must Be the Place, the seventh novel from veteran chronicler of human emotion and relationships Maggie O’Farrell, follows the meandering life of D... Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
MusicRM Hubbert @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 21 Nov
The parts shouldn't really add up to the whole. Man with acoustic guitar, playing music derived from flamenco stylings and the dynamics of mid-90s post-rock,... Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
Books
A Literary Gift Guide: Challenging the Narrative
This year, while our books gift guide offers little Christmas sparkle it's anything but dull. These are literary suggestions aligned with the issues of our age offering knowledge, which, after a damning 2016, could let in the light Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
BooksWomen rule in 2016 Costa Book Awards shortlist
Rose Tremain, Sarah Perry and Kate Tempest are among the 20 nominated writers who are contenders for the Costa Awards' £30,000 top prize Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
Film
Martin Scorsese's Silence gets first trailer
This passion project from the Goodfellas director has been in the works for nearly 30 years For nearly three decades Martin Scorsese, the great director of ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 22-28 Nov
Brace yourselves for an eventful week ahead with two festival, previews, new shows, performances, a talk, and a symposium in Edinburgh and Glasgow, but at the start of next week there’s a chance to spoil your loved ones, (or yourself) at GSA Read more »| 22 Nov 2016
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Music
Yippee Ki Yay: Song, by Toad & The Happiness Hotel
On a dreich Sunday afternoon in November, we jump on the bus to the deepest darkest depths of Leith and catch up with Song, by Toad ringleader Matthew Young, at The Happiness Hotel. Read more »| 22 Nov 2016 -
Books
Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
Martin MacInnes’ aggressively postmodern detective tale takes place in an unnamed South American country, as an unnamed inspector tries to solve the ca... Read more »| 22 Nov 2016 -
Music
Wilco @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 18 Nov
There aren't many bands who own their back catalogue like Wilco. Where other acts might spurn their earliest releases, Wilco retrieve theirs like parts of su... Read more »| 22 Nov 2016 -
Film
What to Watch this Week: 21-28 Nov
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including David O Russell's short Past Forward and Jim Jarmusch's Paterson Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Kate Bush all at sea in And Dream Of Sheep video
Kate Bush appears in a new video to promote her new live album recorded during her 2014 Before The Dawn gigs in London Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Seven Rare Deems: SSE Commission Alex Menzies for Nordoff Robbins' 20th Anniversary
In Nordoff Robbins Scotland's 20th Year, headline sponsor of the SSE Scottish Music Awards, SSE has commissioned Scottish musician and composer Alex Menzies ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Art
Explore Leeds with a Christmas art trail
Christmas in Leeds this year is an arty affair, with a specially commissioned trail of art works encouraging visitors to explore the city and residents to discover it anew Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Exit Verse – Grant No Glory: Album Premiere
Stream the second album by Exit Verse, as former Karate frontman Geoff Farina returns with a second LP of prime indie rock Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Julia Jacklin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 8 Nov
It's not that Julia Jacklin has to silence the doubters: the response to her recent debut Don't Let the Kids Win was overwhelmingly positive, lauding the dep... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016