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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MusicJulie Byrne – The Greater Wings
A sonically patient, cinematic and hopeful record, The Greater Wings grabs you and pulls you down into Byrne’s slowly breathing world of all-encompassing grief Read more »| 04 Jul 2023 -
MusicPJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
With I Inside the Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey has produced her most beguiling work yet Read more »| 04 Jul 2023 -
MusicMeursault – Meursault
The self-titled, sixth record from Neil Pennycook and company reflects upon their past and journeys through a post-apocalyptic future with chaotic synths, mournful strings and feedback-riddled crescendos in tow Read more »| 04 Jul 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: July 2023
This summer, the neophytes and newcomers of the Scottish music scene show their ability in looking back, reflecting on influences, and mastering a canon of retro genres, all while putting their own styles on these emerging trends Read more »| 04 Jul 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: July 2023
As visual arts' busiest months arrive, new exhibitions by Christian Noelle Charles, Sebastian Thomas and Jala Wahid open in Glasgow and Edinburgh Read more »| 04 Jul 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: July 2023
SAFAR, the UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema, comes to GFT, while DCA and Cameo get us revved up for Barbie with Greta Gerwig seasons Read more »| 04 Jul 2023
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MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: July 2023
July's live music round-up feels very festive – TRNSMT and Edinburgh Jazz Festival return, plus month-long fests at King Tut's and the Hug & Pint Read more »| 03 Jul 2023 -
ArtDualchas: Design and its peripheries
Much of our recent writing about contemporary design explores how it overlaps and intersects with other artforms; we speak to writer and film director Peter Marsden about his work on the Dualchas installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale Read more »| 03 Jul 2023 -
FilmSmoking Causes Coughing
A band of tobacco-powered superheroes save the world in this brisk and daft comedy from the mind of Quentin Dupieux (Deerskin, Rubber) Read more »| 03 Jul 2023 -
BooksSarah Bernstein on new novel Study for Obedience
Canadian-born, Highlands-based author Sarah Bernstein unpacks her second novel Study for Obedience, a gothic tale of power and complicity Read more »| 03 Jul 2023 -
ArtGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2023: The review
This year's degree show at Glasgow School of Art sees graduates thoughtfully addressing chronic illness, queer representation and working class pride Read more »| 30 Jun 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2023: The review
An interest in language and a devotion to craft define Edinburgh College of Art's degree show this year Read more »| 30 Jun 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: July 2023
Scotland might have seen plenty of sun in June, but July is looking equally HOT. Top picks include Theo Kottis, Ponyboy Pride, and Shoot Your Shot Read more »| 30 Jun 2023 -
BooksBellies by Nicola Dinan
Nicola Dinan's powerful and vulnerable debut Bellies marks a watershed moment in British trans fiction Read more »| 29 Jun 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... Rudi Zygadlo
Ahead of releasing his third solo album, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Rudi Zygadlo Read more »| 29 Jun 2023