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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MusicRichard Swift – The Hex
Richard Swift's final album before his untimely passing, The Hex offers a fitting moment of closure for a supremely talented songwriter Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
MusicMGMT @ SWG3, Glasgow, 15 Dec
Having returned on fine form with their 2018 release Little Dark Age, MGMT bring their best bits to Glasgow at a sold-out psychedelic party Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
MusicPaul McCartney @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Dec
At just shy of three hours, with a 39 song setlist – more than half of which is made up of The Beatles – only the Scroogiest individual leaves the Hydro with a frown tonight Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
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Nile Rodgers & Chic @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 13 Dec
Within seconds of Nile Rodgers and Chic taking to the stage the whole SSE is on their feet and dancing for a set that highlights the best-known moments from a career that glitters like a disco ball Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
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The Ninth Wave cover The Pogues for Christmas
Glasgow’s The Ninth Wave have covered The Pogues’ Love You Till the End and filmed a dreamy, festive video – set around Glasgow city centre – to accompany it Read more »| 14 Dec 2018 -
BooksNina Bhadreshwar on Death Row Records, 2Pac and Finding CC
Writer and former hip-hop journalist Nina Bhadreshwar's new memoir shares intimate details of her pen pal correspondence with 2Pac and her time at mega-label Death Row Records Read more »| 14 Dec 2018
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TheatrePoggle @ The Studio, Edinburgh
Poggle is an exceptional new show for kids that invites the audience to get involved Read more »| 14 Dec 2018 -
Theatre
Scottish Ballet's Cinderella @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
An enchanting and wholesome interpretation of the classic folk tale Read more »| 13 Dec 2018 -
Theatre
Beauty and the Beast @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The King's latest panto is slick, glorious silliness Read more »| 13 Dec 2018 -
Music
Callum Easter – Here or Nowhere (Video Premiere)
Watch the lyric video for Here or Nowhere from latest Lost Map Records signee, Callum Easter Read more »| 12 Dec 2018 -
Music
Within Temptation – Resist
Cohesive and passionate, Resist is yet another jewel in Within Temptation's crown Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
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Julia Holter @ Summerhall, 10 Dec
Julia Holter squeezes her band on to a snug Dissection Room stage for a set that explores the ethereal and the experimental, and showcases Holter's magisterial vocals Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Film
Films of 2018: The criminally overlooked movies
These are the films that didn't set the box office alight but should have, the movies that critics roundly ignored, and the films that won't be in conversations come awards season. In other words: these are the year's most overlooked movies Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Art
The Skinny's 2018 Christmas Gift Guide
Ornamental, edible, large and small – here's our selection of some of the best Christmas gift ideas from Scotland's makers, designers and producers Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Film
Netflix film Roma tops Sight & Sound poll
The prestigious end of year list puts Alfonso Cuarón’s Mexican drama in poll position, but it's a shame it won’t be seen by many on the big screen Read more »| 11 Dec 2018