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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ArtBen Soedira: The Skinny Showcase
A look at the work of Glasgow-based photographer Ben Soedira, and his Foreign Sands project focused on his home city of Dubai Read more »| 11 Jan 2018 -
ArtKate V Robertson @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Kate V Robertson's installation in Dundee Contemporary Arts combines monumental scale with material precarity to provide insight into concepts of productive failure Read more »| 11 Jan 2018 -
FilmMichelle Williams 'paid a fraction of Wahlberg's salary' for Spacey reshoots
Celebrated actor Michelle Williams made 1,500 times less than her co-star Mark Wahlberg for their roles in the re-shoots for All the Money in the World Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Music
Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus on I can feel you creep into my private life
Merrill Garbus tells us about exploring her relationship with whiteness on Tune-Yards' ominously-titled fourth album, I can feel you creep into my private life, and officially re-branding as a duo Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Film
Greta Gerwig speaks out against Woody Allen: ‘I will not work for him again’
The Lady Bird writer-director is the latest Hollywood star to express regret at having previously worked with alleged abuser Woody Allen Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
ClubsSofay on Subcity and life as a DJ
From her popular Subcity radio show to an opening slot at last year's Optimo 20 festival, Sophie Reilly – aka Sofay – is a talented DJ on the rise Read more »| 10 Jan 2018
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Art
Scottish Jewellery Design: 6 more great designers
In part two of our spotlight on jewellery design in Scotland we explore the work of six exceptional designers. Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Film
The Man with the Iron Heart
This World War II drama starring Rosamund Pike and Jack O’Connell is prettily framed and powerfully acted, but doesn't leave an impression as the credits roll Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Film
Meet Jennifer Reeder: the world needs her feminist short films right now
As Reeder’s knockout short Blood Beneath the Skin is released online, we celebrate this most unique and inventive of filmmakers Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Books
The Prime of Muriel Spark
As we begin the year of Muriel Spark's centenary celebrations, writers share how she influenced them, making a case for her placement as Scotland's great writer Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Theatre
The legacy and controversy of Miss Saigon
Ahead of the Scottish premiere of an acclaimed new production of the West End smash musical Miss Saigon, The Skinny travels to Dublin to meet two of the show's stars Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Comedy
Glasgow Comedy Festival announces 2018 Programme
From the original stand-up comedian to original shows, Glasgow Comedy Festival presents a refreshing line-up Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures
There are a lot of fine songs on display here, but they sadly don't amount to a whole hill of beans more than their influences Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Music
Typhoon – Offerings
Portland’s eleven-headed indie rock crew Typhoon return with their fourth album, Offerings; a difficult, cerebral journey through the fracturing of a single soul Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
FilmBafta 2018 snubs: from Get Out to Greta Gerwig
Bafta voters are famously clueless, but this year's set of nominations are particularly infuriating. We look over the award body's biggest oversights in this year's nominations, which were announced this morning Read more »| 09 Jan 2018