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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FilmRare Beasts
Writer-director Billie Piper shows plenty of storytelling skill with her debut feature Rare Beasts, but its boundless energy can be exhausting Read more »| 17 May 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Marjolein Robertson on Teachers
Shetland storyteller, improviser and stand-up Marjolein Robertson teaches us a thing or two about early 2000s comedy-drama Teachers Read more »| 12 May 2021 -
MusicFatima Al Qadiri – Medieval Femme
Fatima Al Qadiri takes us through the rich, vibrant history of Arabic music and culture on her latest Hyperdub release, Medieval Femme Read more »| 12 May 2021 -
MusicMorcheeba – Blackest Blue
What Blackest Blue lacks in impact it makes up for with trippy downtempo calling cards, which will keep long-time Morcheeba fans plenty satisfied Read more »| 12 May 2021 -
MusicCallum Easter – What You Think? (video premiere)
Watch the video for What You Think?, the first single to be taken from Callum Easter's forthcoming new album, System Read more »| 11 May 2021 -
MusicSt. Vincent – Daddy's Home
Shapeshifting songwriter Annie Clark unearths family truths on her new album Read more »| 10 May 2021
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MusicSons of Kemet – Black to the Future
Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet return with Black to the Future, the group's best work to date Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
Tv RadioMark Millar on Jupiter's Legacy, Millarworld & Netflix
Mark Millar sold his Glasgow-based comic book empire Millarworld to Netflix in 2017 – and he couldn't be more chuffed about it. We speak to him ahead of the release of the first Millarworld/Netflix production, Jupiter's Legacy Read more »| 07 May 2021 -
BooksBefore the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
Victoria Gosling's accomplished prose and well-rounded characters allow Before the Ruins to hold the attention until its final pages Read more »| 07 May 2021 -
MusicScottish new music round-up: May 2021
With A LOT coming out this month, we've done our best to highlight some of the new stuff we're most excited about, including Carla J. Easton and Simon Liddell of Frightened Rabbit's glorious new project Poster Paints Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
MusicEdinburgh's Buffet Lunch on The Power of Rocks
We meet Buffet Lunch to blether about their debut album The Power of Rocks, the influence of characters on their writing, and the band’s jovial nature Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
BooksMilk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
In Dantiel W Moniz's new short story collection, the emotional and existential don't transcend the primal; instead they are found deep within it Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
BooksTeeth in the Back of My Neck by Monika Radojevic
An assertive and enthralling debut collection of poems by the winner of Merky Books' New Writers Prize, combining arresting imagery with gut-punching honesty Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
FilmBack to Black: A look ahead to Scottish cinemas reopening
As cinemas across Scotland prepare to return, we speak to three of the country's best independent cinemas to find out how they've been weathering the COVID storm and what they're most looking forward to screening once they reopen Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
Books100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
Brontez Purnell brings dizzying neon flashes of his life to the page in this new collection from Cipher Press Read more »| 03 May 2021