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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ArtManchester School of Art Degree Show 2016
Manchester School of Art boasts one of the largest offerings of art and design courses in the UK. The annual degree show is its opportunity to present this v... Read more »| 14 Jun 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 14-20 June
It's a week of big events with Print Festival Scotland 2016 and Embassy Annuale 2016 Read more »| 14 Jun 2016 -
ArtAlice Myers: The Skinny Showcase
Between 2012 and 2014, photographer Alice Myers traveled backward and forward to Calais, where she worked with migrants and refugees who were attempting to cross the Channel. Read more »| 13 Jun 2016 -
Books
Literary event highlights in the North: June 2016
There's something for everyone in this month's roundup of literary events and readings across the North – whether you're interested in the backstr... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Music
Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
Retrophobiacs look away now: Max Kakacek and Julian Ehrlich of the glam-rock cribbing Smith Westerns have returned, except this time they’ve dialed the... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Music
Deerhoof – The Magic
So you’re one of your generation’s most hyper-creative and hard-to-pin-down acts, riding a hot streak that lasts well over half of your 20-year-p... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016
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Music
Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves @ The Hug and Pint, 4 June
Whoever released Kaspar Hauser from their box is certain to be looking sheepish. Loud, unctuous, and wielding darkwave hooks straight out of some 1983 nether... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
Music
Zyna Hel @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 3 June
Whisper it, but there’s something of the am-dram to tonight. Which sounds catty and mealy-mouthed when it isn’t designed to be; it’s just t... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
BooksThree Craws by James Yorkston
They say write what you know, and James Yorkston clearly understands the terrain of his debut novel Three Craws, set in the East Neuk of Fife. Biographical d... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Books
Fighting Prejudice on the Page: Women in Comics
The illustrated world is maligned for its depiction of women on the page. Ahead of her appearance at Glasgow Comic Con, celebrated comic author and artist Kate Leth explains what's changing and why Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Music
The Crossmakers – Shame: Track premiere
Glasgow's outlaw country rockers The Crossmakers have been quietly building their parish since 2014; now they offer us first listen to debut single Shame. Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
MusicNadia Reid @ Portico Library, Manchester, 3 June
Tech gremlins threaten to unseat Nadia Reid just minutes into her Manchester debut but she’s entirely unfazed. While others examine leads and connectio... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Film
Tale of Tales
Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone delivers a violent and gloriously mad phantasmagoria of magic and wonder Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Film
Where You’re Meant To Be
Soulful documentary pitting Aidan Moffat against Scottish folk music legend Sheila Stewart Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Comedy
Welcome to the 'Jungle': Comedians in Calais
The migrant crisis might seem too serious a topic for a comedy section, but Fred Fletch explains how comedians and initiatives such as #HelpRefugees can help make sure we don't look away from human suffering. Read more »| 07 Jun 2016