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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Books
Francis Fukuyama
One of the most influential and controversial political theorists of our time discusses the failure of American neoconservatism and the war in Iraq. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Books
Doris Lessing
Still going strong after six decades of creative output. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Books
Banipal Live
Discover the rich and diverse world of Arab writing with four of the finest Arab writers working in English. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Books
The Road to Reality - Roger Penrose
Shelve this one next to the Bible. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Blessed by the mark of Peel: The Crimea (SkinnyFest, Issue 1 or 2)
We were all doing terrible jobs, I was quite literally sweeping the streets outside Radio 1 Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Midlake, King Tut's, Glasgow, July 4
it's clear that these boys are music school geeks Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Music
Ainslie Henderson @ The Lot
with enough passion and honesty to go to the moon and back Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
MusicCerys Matthews - Never Said Goodbye
The valley girl done good. Just. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Red Alert: 6th Birthday Celebrations for Dumfries Dons (Full interview for Web)
These days you're fairly lucky if a club lasts longer than five weeks nevermind five years. Red Alert reaches the bonny age of six this month, and will be chasing away any inertia this festival with the drum and bass, jungle and breaks-stylings of DJ Alcane, Hex, Dangamouse and DJ D'Sylva. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Max Tundra (live) @ dfrnt Trouble, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Aug 4
Now we're cookin' - dfrnt Trouble is going to be a great way to ease into the festival Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Red Alert's 6th Birthday, The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, August 11
Red Alert reaches the bonny age of six this month, and will be chasing away any inertia this festival with the drum n' bass, jungle and breaks-stylings of DJ Alcane, Hex, Dangamouse and DJ D'Sylva. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Carl Finlow - Count On It
Count On It is definitely not hard on the ears Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
MusicSebadoh - Sebadoh III
the early development of a band that was borne out of frustration Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Howlin' Rain - Howlin' Rain
Low-down, dirty, sweaty, hairy country rock of which Lynyrd Skynyrd would be proud Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Wait... who did you say had a new film out?
Criticisms of style over substance have been directed towards Besson and Gilliam in the past. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006