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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MusicSharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory – Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Born out of jam sessions in the desert, Sharon Van Etten – joined by her band The Attachment Theory – sounds perfectly at ease on her most playful album yet Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
MusicSquid – Cowards
Squid graduate the post-punk revival with an exceptional record, proving them more than worthy of recognition as Britain's new rock innovators Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: February 2025
As well as EP launches and all-dayers, February is full of gigs with Scottish circuit mainstays like Sacred Paws, Hamish Hawk, Mogwai and more Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
FilmThe Seed of the Sacred Fig
Having fled Iran after being given an eight-year prison sentence for his filmmaking, director Mohammad Rasoulof releases this blistering critique of his nation's corrupt regime centred on tensions within a family unit Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: February 2025
Exhibitions and events across February include a Derek Jarman deep dive, a discussion of printmaking as a political tool, and a show exploring the feminist power of saying no Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
BooksAsk Me Again by Clare Sestanovich
In Clare Sestanovich's debut novel Ask Me Again, tautological questions and half-answers lend a frustrating air to proceedings Read more »| 31 Jan 2025
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ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: February 2025
February’s an absolute belter for comedy with Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees, one-off gigs and home-grown talent aplenty Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
FilmDavid Lynch, a filmmaker who opened up the world
The late David Lynch was not an artist you had to understand. His films were not puzzles to solve, they were journeys that had to be experienced. One writer reflects on how dipping her toes in Lynch's films after years of reluctance opened up the world Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2025: Ten Films to See
Ahead of the 2025 edition of Scotland's biggest film festival, our film editor picks out some highlights from the Glasgow Film Festival programme Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Isabella Strange
Ahead of releasing their debut EP, and a headline show at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, we catch up with playful punks Isabella Strange Read more »| 30 Jan 2025 -
ArtCreative Scotland reveal Multi-Year Funding awards
The recipients of nearly £200 million of Creative Scotland funding have been announced, as the long-delayed Multi-Year Funding process concludes Read more »| 30 Jan 2025 -
MusicNeck Deep @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 26 Jan
With fervent energy and a sold-out Glasgow crowd, it’s easy to see why Neck Deep have become stalwarts in the pop-punk scene Read more »| 29 Jan 2025 -
MusicBethlehem Calling @ Tramway, Glasgow, 25 Jan
Bethlehem Calling assumes the spotlight as perilous Storm Éowyn lulls; meanwhile, the siege of Gaza, bombardment of the West Bank, and colonisation of Palestine violently continues Read more »| 28 Jan 2025 -
BooksThe Lamb by Lucy Rose
In this mesmerising Gothic debut, a mother and daughter in the Cumbrian forest prey on strays that cross their path Read more »| 28 Jan 2025 -
BooksThe Book of George by Kate Greathead
Kate Greathead’s millennial campus novel is a well-written portrait of a slacker that can't help but grate Read more »| 28 Jan 2025