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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MusicRedemption Arc: Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi interviewed
With the future of Fat White Family in the balance after a drug-fuelled implosion three years ago, Lias Saoudi snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with searing new album Serfs Up! Ahead of a November tour, he reflects upon a turbulent journey Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
MusicChuchoter – U Can Find (Video Premiere)
Lynn Ruth Miller stars in the video for Chuchoter's latest single U Can Find Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
BooksThe BAME writers network changing Scotland's publishing scene
The Scottish BAME Writers Network is creating space in Scotland's literary scene. One writer looks at how the group is doing just that Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
BooksNudibranch by Irenosen Okojie
Leave your expectations at the front cover, and dive into Irenosen Okojie's immersive and darkly surreal short story collection Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
MusicAda Lea @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 4 Oct
Despite a surprisingly poor turn-out, Ada Lea’s joint headline performance at Glasgow’s Hug and Pint proves a slow-starting victory for one of Saddle Creek’s latest signings Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
BooksOligarchy by Scarlett Thomas
Oligarchy is full of black humour and witty realisms Read more »| 06 Nov 2019
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MusicThe Tallest Man on Earth @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3 Nov
Kristian Matsson is in complete control as he brings his subversive, frenetic folk to Edinburgh Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
TheatreRosie Kay's Fantasia @ The Brunton, Musselburgh
A glorious marathon of dance, Rosie Kay’s Fantasia is a technically dazzling feat from its three performers. Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
MusicEdwin Organ on exploring modern masculinity
Pop? Experimental? Reclusive? An oddball? Electronic producer and performer Edwin Organ is cool with being all these things and more on his three EPs exploring men and masculinity Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
BooksLove by Hanne Ørstavik
Hanne Ørstavik's new novella is a nuanced portrait of queasy love Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
Tv RadioEl Marginal
Argentine prison drama El Marginal is the best show on Netflix you've never heard of Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
FilmA Dog Called Money
Seamus Murphy's documentary is a suitably frustrating companion piece to PJ Harvey's The Hope Six Demolition Project Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
TheatreJane Eyre @ Dundee Rep
A whirlwind of a production that tells the story of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel with beautiful, intimate flair Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
ComedyHannah Gadsby @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Hannah Gadsby returns with her trademark tension and release in Douglas, the follow-up to the hugely successful Nanette Read more »| 05 Nov 2019 -
MusicFKA twigs – MAGDALENE
By processing the physical and emotional pain she's experienced, FKA twigs’ new album MAGDALENE operates as a purging of all her heartbreak Read more »| 05 Nov 2019