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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Art
National Galleries Scotland: Beagles & Ramsay
Beagles & Ramsay's Sanguis Gratia Artis (Black Pudding Self Portrait) is on display for the first time since being added to Scotland's national collection. We talk to the artists about making work with their own blood Read more »| 09 Jan 2025 -
Art
Arts Under Pressure: Scotland's Art Scene in 2025
Venue closures. Funding chaos. A cost of living crisis. Last year was not a banner one for Scotland's arts and culture sector. We ask some members of this community how things might improve in 2025 Read more »| 09 Jan 2025 -
Books
Aria Aber on her debut novel Good Girl
We chat with German-Afghan author Aria Aber about her debut novel Good Girl and the complexities of conveying the desires and destructions of the diasporic experience Read more »| 09 Jan 2025 -
Books
Scottish Books Events: January 2025
Some book launches, poetry nights and a seance for Rabbie Burns over this month – here are our January literary highlights Read more »| 08 Jan 2025 -
Music
Spotlight On... New Scottish Music in 2025
From doom-metal to pop and everything in-between, we highlight just some of the mostly grassroots Scottish artists to look out for in 2025 Read more »| 07 Jan 2025 -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: January 2025
January is off to a flying start with excellent new records from Franz Ferdinand, C Duncan, Diljeet Kaur Bhachu, Penny Black and more Read more »| 07 Jan 2025
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Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights: January 2025
January is one of the quieter months for theatre, after the festive extravaganza of December, but some winter magic continues... Read more »| 07 Jan 2025 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: January 2025
Mike Leigh visits GFT, an epic film about the Flow Country at Celtic Connections and a whole load of Oscar bait! Plus, our film podcast The CineSkinny escapes the studio for a live post-film discussion about 21st-century queer cinema Read more »| 07 Jan 2025 -
Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: January 2025
It might be cold and dark outside for much of January, but there are big gigs, mini-festivals, and an Independent Venue Week that warrant wrapping up and getting out the house for Read more »| 07 Jan 2025 -
Art
Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: January 2025
While the first month of the year is undoubtedly a quiet one, there's still plenty of exhibitions to see across Scotland this January Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
Music
Moonchild Sanelly – Full Moon
The blue-haired bombshell oft dubbed the ‘Queen of African Pop’, Moonchild Sanelly is back. Her latest outing, Full Moon, is her most exciting to date Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
Music
Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out
Irate Brighton duo Lambrini Girls are fierce, funny and fully-formed on their crackling debut album, Who Let The Dogs Out Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
Film
Babygirl
Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson are caught up in a complex web of sexual domination in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, one of the most welcome entries into the erotic thriller canon in years Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
Film
The Great Queer Filmmakers of the 21st Century
Ahead of The Skinny's screening of Matthias & Maxime at GFT as part of Queer Cinema Sundays, we asked our writers: "Who are the great LGBTQ+ auteurs of the 21st Century?" Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
Music
Ethel Cain – Perverts
Perverts, Ethel Cain’s foggy, horrifying, southern gothic pantomime, is a cryptic conquest seeking to draw out your deepest fears and desires Read more »| 06 Jan 2025