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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MusicRachel Sermanni on new album So It Turns
The acclaimed Scottish folk singer discusses her forthcoming record, pregnancy, desire and transformative decisions Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
MusicJade Imagine – Basic Love
In spite of the banalities of life cloying at their backs, Basic Love sees Jade Imagine endearingly leap for the light Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
FilmGurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor on Blinded by the Light
Fancy a Bruce Springsteen musical set in [check notes]...Luton? Director Gurinder Chadha and writer Sarfraz Manzoor tell us how they convinced the Boss to lend his all-American songbook to their film about a Muslim teen coming-of-age in Thatcher's Britain Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
MusicTy Segall – First Taste
The prolific Ty Segall returns with First Taste, his first album in a while with a unified sonic vision Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
MusicMabel – High Expectations
Despite some over-zealous attempts to crack the Top 40, Mabel's debut album High Expectations is a well-rounded pop record Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
MusicJenny Lewis @ Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27 Jul
Projecting a mixture of fearlessness and vulnerability, Jenny Lewis thrills a Saturday night crowd in the capital Read more »| 01 Aug 2019
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MusicJosh Ritter @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Jul
Josh Ritter is in a celebratory mood, sharing songs from Fever Breaks in the city he studied in two decades ago Read more »| 01 Aug 2019 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in August
The Scottish film events you should make time for this month; from a Spike Lee season to some eccentric cinema at Matchbox Cineclub's Weird Weekend Read more »| 01 Aug 2019 -
BooksSarong Party Girls by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Sarong Party Girls is a delectably vulgar look at the racism, sexism and classism in the upper echelons of Singaporean society Read more »| 01 Aug 2019 -
FilmWatch the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci all appear in the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Irishman, which looks epic Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
MusicKohla – T O U C H (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for T O U C H by Kohla, shot in Glasgow's Sub Club Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: August 2019
A guide to the poetry publications, events and happenings on the way in August Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
BooksRoseanne Watt: On Moder Dy
In 2018, Roseanne Watt won the prestigious Edwin Morgan Poetry Award celebrating the country’s best young poets. She talks to The Skinny about her beautiful prize-winning debut Moder Dy Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
ArtArt Events and Opportunities: August 2019
It’s August, and the country is past saturation point with culture and tourists – here's our pick of the art to take in across Scotland this month Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
BooksLot by Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington explores the intersections and tumult of those in the margins in fantastic short story collection Lot Read more »| 31 Jul 2019