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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ArtNew Perspectives: Collective Gallery's Time + Space exhibition
From a hairy animatronic sculpture to a film of Arab queer love, an autumn exhibition at Collective Gallery presents the work of four early-career artists based in Scotland Read more »| 05 Nov 2026 -
MusicLa Roux – Old Flames
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success Read more »| 05 Nov 2026 -
TheatreOperation Mincemeat @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
With a chameleonic cast and an impressive array of twists and turns, smash hit WWII musical Operation Mincemeat lives up to the hype Read more »| 04 Nov 2026 -
BooksQuixotic Fissures by Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie's memoir tackles the unpredictability and unreliability of memory Read more »| 04 Nov 2026 -
BooksLust by Erika Lust
Seminal feminist porn director Erika Lust's eponymous book is part-manifesto, part-memoir on the ethics of pornography Read more »| 04 Nov 2026 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: November 2026
The year might be winding down, but the Scottish music scene is still delivering with new releases from Kai Reesu, Kohla and Dara Dubh, Paulie Swan and more Read more »| 03 Nov 2026
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ArtLong Live Print: The Future of Scottish Journalism
It's hard to survive in arts journalism, as The Skinny found out in September when we came close to closing. We spoke to some of our peers within the Scottish arts scene to imagine a better, more robustly funded future for arts journalism in Scotland Read more »| 03 Nov 2026 -
MusicDjango Django – Doveland
Electronic experimentalists Django Django ditch synths for sparseness on a gorgeous, ruminative sixth LP Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
MusicTina Sandwich – pressing flowers
After a big summer of festivals including TRNSMT and Kelburn Garden Party, Tilly O’Connor and pals, aka Tina Sandwich, return with an excellent EP Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
MusicKatie Gregson-MacLeod – Albatross
The ethereal debut album from Inverness singer-songwriter Katie Gregson-MacLeod lingers on messy emotions Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
FilmGodzilla Minus Zero
While less taut than its predecessor, Godzilla Minus Zero holds its own and sets the stage for more stories in a new, electrifying era of Toho’s kaiju epic Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
MusicSMIA and Hen Hoose on their plans for Scottish music's future
Following the announcement of two major schemes to help futureproof the Scottish music industry, we speak to the SMIA's Robert Kilpatrick and Hen Hoose Collective's Tamara Schlesinger Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
FilmWild Horse Nine
Wild Horse Nine sees Martin McDonagh back on familiar ground, but we're not complaining when the results are this sardonic, blackly funny and strangely heartfelt Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2026
November sees The SAY Award, the return of core. to Glasgow and Deep Time to Edinburgh, and a whole host of gigs at venues across Scotland Read more »| 02 Nov 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2026
There's two big festivals in town this month, as Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair and Push the Boat Out both return this November Read more »| 02 Nov 2026