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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FilmMoffie
Oliver Hermanus' South African gay military drama offers a flawed theory of masculine hatred Read more »| 14 Apr 2020 -
BooksExciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan's debut novel about a young woman moving to Hong Kong is sensational Read more »| 14 Apr 2020 -
MusicRina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA
SAWAYAMA is an avant-garde celebration of noughties iconography, from shiny R'n'B to emo-pop Read more »| 13 Apr 2020 -
BooksRainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
A complex and intersectional treatment of race, class, sexuality and sex work, Rainbow Milk is thrillingly accomplished Read more »| 10 Apr 2020 -
TheatreThe Skinny Q&A: Kieran Hurley
Beats and Mouthpiece playwright Kieran Hurley was meant to debut his new play, The Enemy, this month, but the COVID-19 crisis has postponed the premiere. Here he reflects on other important topics, like what to cook on lockdown and when he last spewed Read more »| 09 Apr 2020 -
MusicHoly Fuck's Graham Walsh on Deleter
After 15 years and five records, Holy Fuck have deconstructed their own DNA – and made their best album yet Read more »| 08 Apr 2020
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ComedyScotland's comedians improvising through the crisis
Most comedians are used to not knowing where their next paycheck is coming from, but today they don’t know when they’ll next perform at all Read more »| 07 Apr 2020 -
FilmLucio Castro on End of the Century
Lucio Castro discusses his elegant use of time, space and memory in the moving romance End of the Century Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
MusicGoth GF – Spooky Bitch EP
The debut EP from Glasgow trio Goth GF is a blur of riot grrrl energy and DIY spirit Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
Tv RadioTrue Story: The Great Unwatched
Jonah Hill and James Franco star in the under-appreciated True Story – we revisit the film in our streaming TV and movies column Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
TheatreJackie Wylie on NTS' Scenes for Survival
Jackie Wylie, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, tells us about Scenes for Survival, the NTS crisis project responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
BooksWendy Liu on Abolish Silicon Valley, technology and capitalism
Wendy Liu on the future of technology without capitalism, being a woman in a male-dominated industry and the pitfalls of corporate diversity Read more »| 03 Apr 2020 -
MusicDisco Dynamics: Walt Disco interview
We speak to Glasgow's Walt Disco about their new EP and how the coronavirus outbreak has affected them as a band Read more »| 02 Apr 2020 -
MusicYves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Yves Tumor's fantastic new record sends the message that there's always calmness to be found amid chaos Read more »| 02 Apr 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: Lauren Pattison on The Office
Prop'a Geordie lass Lauren Pattison meets the inimitable David Brent for the very first time in our TV comedy column Read more »| 01 Apr 2020