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 is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe's autobiography is fearless, funny and a staggeringly great read Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
BooksHouse of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma's House of Stone is a remarkable novel, using the intimacy of personal narratives to sculpt the history of Zimbabwe for the contemporary reader Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
Art
Scottish Art Exhibitions & Opportunities: June 2018
Degree show time is underway, and there's also a whole host of exhibitions, opportunities and events taking place throughout the month Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
ArtBetraying Expectations: ECA Degree Show 2018
This year's Edinburgh College of Art graduation show is an exciting showcase; full but manageable, it displays the wealth of talent finishing this year, and is peppered with moments of poignancy, confrontation, resistance and protest Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Art
Minimal/Poor/Present @ Pearce Institute
For one evening, pioneering 81-year-old Spanish artist Esther Ferrer performed alongside emerging Scottish-based artists Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Books
Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor by Dave Haslam
Dave Haslam’s love for Manchester and its music scene shines through in Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor Read more »| 01 Jun 2018
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MusicMore Than Conscious: Akala on Hip Hop and Beyond
London rapper Akala is increasingly known for writing books, appearing on Question Time and lecturing on Shakespeare. Ahead of his performance at Doune the Rabbit Hole, he assures The Skinny that making world-changing music is still his first love Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Film
The best film events in Scotland in June
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from Edinburgh International Film Festival to a must-attend Jane Campion season at GFT Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Music
Echo and the Bunnymen @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 28 May
No end of great songs can make Echo and the Bunnymen feel like a band in Manchester tonight Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Music
Joan of Arc – 1984
The experimental stalwarts' 24th album places guitarist Melina Ausikaitis front and centre, and the result is their best record in years. Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Music
Gabriella Cohen – Pink is the Colour of Unconditional Love
Gabriella Cohen’s genre-shifting Pink is the Colour of Unconditional Love is a mosaic of homage, impromptu influences and her own psyche Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Music
Neko Case – Hell-On
The veteran singer-songwriter is on the form of her life on her eighth studio album Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Music
The Breeders @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 28 May
The Deal sisters roll back the years with ease in front of a long sold-out Liquid Room audience, successfully bringing their signature sound into 2018 Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Theatre
Contemporary performance festival Take Me Somewhere returns
The Skinny chats to FK Alexander and Jamila Johnson-Small, two of the artists selected for Take Me Somewhere 2018, about their work and the space that the festival provides for contemporary artists Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
Film
François Ozon on sexy, twisty thriller L’Amant Double
French auteur François Ozon is back on provocative form with L'Amant Double, a feverish sex thriller that puts Fifty Shades of Grey in the shade Read more »| 31 May 2018