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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MusicScottish New Music Round-up: July 2022
July's new Scottish music column explores forthcoming releases from Nicole Cassandra Smit, wor_kspace, The Wife Guys of Reddit, Gordon McIntyre and more Read more »| 06 Jul 2022 -
BooksTeen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan
A humorous and neurotic narrator livens up Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors, a comedy of errors which takes a deep dive into modern Indian society Read more »| 06 Jul 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: July 2022
From birthday parties to festivals, the summer of love is upon us and all we want to do is dance! This month across Scotland, you can catch the likes of Violet, Jon K, Kerri Chandler, DJ Lag and many more... Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
MusicWu-Lu – Loggerhead
The restless approach to instrumentation and vocal styles found across Wu-Lu's debut album are at once disparate but somehow coherent in its vision Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
BooksChildren of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Children of Paradise, following an usher drawn into the carnivalesque world of an independent cinema, is a wry cautionary tale for cinema lovers Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
FilmParis, Texas and the Masculine Urge to Walk into the Desert
With Wim Wenders' masterpiece Paris, Texas back in cinemas this month, one writer explores the film's central motif of a taciturn man trying to make amends after abandoning his life and his loved ones Read more »| 05 Jul 2022
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ArtWhat's On: Edinburgh Art Festival 2022
This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival negotiates the course of the city’s Union Canal, marking the 200th anniversary of its opening. From the Lochrin Basin to Wester Hailes, exhibitions this year reflect on the canal’s cultural and social significance Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
MusicViagra Boys – Cave World
Viagra Boys' third album continues their run of warped, but excellent, post-punk excursions Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
FilmFutura
A tryptic of films from three of Italy's most exciting filmmakers that forms a compelling portrait of Italian youths Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
MusicKaty J Pearson – Sound of the Morning
Katy J Pearson's latest album Sound of the Morning is filled with momentum, boasting undeniably matured songwriting and a fuller sound Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
BooksMichael Pedersen on Boy Friends
As he prepares to unleash his first book of prose, Boy Friends, we meet Michael Pedersen to discuss friendship, love and grief Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: July 2022
As well as the blockbuster Edinburgh Art Festival from 28 July, this month offers three new exhibitions at Collective and new shows across Glasgow Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: July 2022
July's spoken word and poetry round-up has new a new queer Scottish anthology, a new open mic in Edinburgh, and festival fun at Kelburn and Belladrum Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: July 2022
Wim Wenders is celebrated across Scotland in July, plus Christopher Nolan and Céline Sciamma retrospectives, and a showcase of Arab cinema comes to Glasgow Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
BooksHoney & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Honey and Spice is lyrical, witty, and maintains all the genre trappings that we love in romcoms, while doing something completely new Read more »| 01 Jul 2022