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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Books
Fluffy by Simone Lia
For those who are into gazing at carrier bags as they get blown around in the wind, this will be an easy-to-digest treat. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates
The three paths he takes to ease his pain: therapy, adultery and Alcoholics Anonymous. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Art
Goya: Monsters and Matadors
Sadly for us, these works are as important now as when they were created nearly 200 years ago. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Theatre
All My Sons
Miller shows us a version of the American dream, an every family, and then inexorably pulls it to pieces. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
has an ability to, at the very least, take you to the dancefloor Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Seth Lakeman - King & Country
neat fret-work Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Music
Switches - Drama Queen
debauchery inducing lyrics Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Ben Marwood Vs. Heartwear Process - Hold Your Breath / Swallow My Tooth
Marwood plays laid-back and wonderfully melodic modern folk. Heartwear Process carries the blatant noises of Sparklehorse and The Pixies. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Damien Rice - Rootless Tree
Let me out! Let me out! cries our hero Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
I don't know what a new rave sound might be, because there aren't any new rave albums. - Simon Taylor Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Miyagi & Friends @ The Mercat Bar
A successful folk/pop 'love in' Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Little John Rocket @ Barfly
their rhythmic power and harsh melodies are bleakly entrancing Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Jyrojets @ Cabaret Voltaire
The word on the street is that Inverness upstarts Jyrojets are going places Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Kevin Macdonald Interview
I thought maybe I should take the chance while someone was giving it to me, because it's not every day you get offered a feature film. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
James McAvoy Interview
We had to work hard to make him more of a dick. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007