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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BooksGirl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Combining mystery, sci-fi and social commentary, Girl One is a testament to the importance of female relationships Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
BooksNina Mingya Powles on Small Bodies of Water
Nan Shepherd Prize winner Nina Mingya Powles discusses her new book Small Bodies of Water, periods, nature writing and colonialism Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: The Improverts on Bridesmaids
We catch up with Joshua Garrett, Director of long-running Edinburgh-based improvised comedy group The Improverts, as he encounters Kristen Wiig's semi-improvised Bridesmaids for the first time Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
ArtRuined: Dissecting the National Galleries of Scotland archives
Showcasing four years worth of young people experimenting and pulling apart the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, the exhibition Ruined: Reinventing Scottish History comes from the work of the Image Liberation Force project Read more »| 04 Aug 2021 -
BooksMonument Maker by David Keenan
David Keenan is pushing boundaries, and pushing readers, in his towering new novel Monument Maker Read more »| 04 Aug 2021 -
FilmScottish Film Events: August 2021
This month, a low-key Edinburgh International Film Festival is on the horizon while the tactile cinema of Wong Kar Wai continues to dazzle Glasgow cineasts Read more »| 03 Aug 2021
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ArtArt Events & Exhibitions in Scotland: August 2021
August brings us the blockbuster Edinburgh Art Festival, two new solo shows at Dundee Contemporary Arts, along with a special milestone 25th birthday at Generator Projects Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
BooksThe Turnout by Megan Abbott
The Turnout is a dance that begins slowly and lures the reader in, with Megan Abbott offering a precise dissection of complex relationships Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
MusicLiars – The Apple Drop
Angus Andrew returns with a tenth Liars album that's a mix of showy highs, pulpy lows, and enigmatic experiments Read more »| 02 Aug 2021 -
MusicWhat's On: Live Music in Scotland, August 2021
Live music returns this month with plenty of gigs to check out in Glasgow and Edinburgh – here are some of our highlights... Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
BooksThe Roles We Play by Sabba Khan
Sabba Khan's tenderly sketched graphic memoir is an unequivocal labour of love that hones in on the Kashmiri immigrant experience Read more »| 27 Jul 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Jen Ives on Father Ted
Comedian Jen Ives takes on comedy sacred cow Father Ted and its problematic co-creator Read more »| 27 Jul 2021 -
MusicLUMP – Animal
This intoxicating second album proves that LUMP – Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay – are greater than the sum of their parts Read more »| 27 Jul 2021 -
FilmOur Ladies
Hollywood veteran Michael Caton-Jones returns to Scotland with a pleasingly rambunctious take on Alan Warner's cult 90s novel about the misadventures of six catholic school girls let loose in Edinburgh Read more »| 26 Jul 2021 -
FilmThe Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Checking in with Björn Andrésen, the disarmingly beautiful 15-year-old star of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is an illuminating look at a second act lost beyond one film’s shattering impact Read more »| 22 Jul 2021