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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BooksBooks News: Will Self on the death of the novel; Literature at Solas Festival
Will Self announces the death of the novel, and this time it's serious; Liz Lochhead and Alasdair Gray among the writers to debate independence at Solas Festival; plus a round-up of events, news and opportunities from the world of literature Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
ClubsEndless Detours: Q&A with John Roberts
John Roberts, the first American to be signed to Hamburg's Dial Records, lays forth on the merits of bedroom producers and live performance ahead of the release of his new EP Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
MusicMatt Berry – Music for Insomniacs
On screen, Matt Berry is all about that voice: a sonorous, knee-trembling baritone that garlands every utterance in comic grandiloquence. Across hi... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Film
American Interior
After the success of the languid Separado!, Gruff Rhys returns with what he calls “an investigative concert tour” that delves into 18th century W... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Nuits Sonores
Violaine Didier, booker-in-chief of Lyon's premier dance festival Nuits Sonores, brings us a chart that best reflects the five-day party's mentality Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Film
The Wind Rises
From set-pieces with airborne dragons and gunships to having a literal flying pig as a protagonist, soaring into the sky has always been a recurring interest... Read more »| 05 May 2014
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FilmFrank
Although it has been co-written by former Oh Blimey Big Band member Jon Ronson, Frank is not a biopic of Frank Sidebottom or his creator Chris Sievey. Instea... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Books
The Quick by Laura Owen
Lauren Owen’s debut novel is an enjoyable and sometimes gripping read, set against the Gothic backdrop of Victorian England. The story begins at a... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Books
Caught by Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore turns the law on its head, inviting us to empathise with David Sanely, a criminal on the loose. Her novel Caught is an elaborate cat and mouse cha... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: May 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES To make your dog walking job easier you create a dog centipede by stitching together a dozen thoroughbred canines snout to bumhole. It’s so much ... Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
ArtLet’s Get Together, Yeah Yeah Yeah: Clifford Owens at Cornerhouse
Clifford Owens' new exhibition at Cornerhouse deals with performance and participation in its most extreme form. Curator Daniella Rose King and collaborator David Blandy talk us through Owens' engaging and complex process Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: JONZO
The Skinny Showcase: JONZO JONZO is Liverpool's first risograph print, design and illustration studio, run by Lottie Brzozowski and Rachel Davey, one h... Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Art
Own Art: RSA Annual 2014
Upholding a venerable tradition which dates back to the mid-19th Century, RSA members give new work an spring airing in this major annual exhibition which spans genre and style Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Art
GENERATION: A History of Contemporary Scottish Art
As the eyes of the world turn on Scotland for the Commonwealth Games, one vast exhibition programme called GENERATION aims to present the stories of the nation's visual art in the last 25 years Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Books
Lexicon by Max Barry
Great sci-fi has often traded on the genre’s potential for making abstract ideas real: Philip K Dick made the question of ‘what makes us human?&r... Read more »| 02 May 2014