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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Tv RadioAlan Partridge finally gets that second series
This Time With Alan Partridge is coming to BBC One later this year Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
FilmLynne Ramsay discusses her brutal Joaquin Phoenix thriller
Lynne Ramsay is back with crime thriller You Were Never Really Here. The Scottish director tells us about channeling Sam Fuller B-movies, collaborating with Jonny Greenwood and getting a performance from Joaquin Phoenix that's both brutal and tender Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Theatre
Fame the Musical
Attention please, the Class of ‘84 is in session and ready to put in some hard work, thanks to Edinburgh University Footlights Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
The Wombats offer up sunshine-filled and catchy hooks on their fourth full-length offering Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
BooksDark Pines by Will Dean
The first book in this new crime fiction series is a compelling and deftly written crime drama Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
ArtEunjoo Lee: The Skinny Showcase
We take a look inside the portfolio of illustrator and textile graphic designer Eunjoo Lee Read more »| 12 Feb 2018
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Art
Three exciting Scottish design collaborations
Collaboration, both local and international, is a real strength in Scottish design. We take a look at three current partnerships creating exciting new products for 2018 Read more »| 10 Feb 2018 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: What is Love?
More wise words from Auntie Trash. In the month of Valentine's Day, we find out what theatre can teach us about love Read more »| 10 Feb 2018 -
Music
Ought's Tim Darcy talks Room Inside the World
"I don’t try to write intentionally political music. It’s very much for us an organic side effect of what we care about as individuals" Tim Darcy Read more »| 10 Feb 2018 -
Film
The 15:17 To Paris
Following Sully, Clint Eastwood delivers another ripped-from-the-headlines tale of valour. The twist here is he casts the real-life heroes behind the news story in his movie Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Music
Jorja Smith @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 6 Feb
A disruptive crowd unfortunately gets in the way of what could have been a great night for rising talent Jorja Smith Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Music
Moon Duo @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 31 Jan
Tonight's show from Moon Duo is a masterclass in how to sound pretty much perfect without being clinical, phoned in, or overly reliant on a laptop Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Film
Black Panther
This is more like it, Marvel. H Rider Haggard meets Afrofuturism in this superior superhero adventure Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
MusicAdam Stafford – Strangers Care When You Burn (Track Premiere)
Listen to the beautiful new song Strangers Care When You Burn by Adam Stafford, taken from his upcoming new album Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Music
GoGo Penguin: Under the Influence
As Manchester's GoGo Penguin release their fourth studio album A Humdrum Star, the trio talk us through some of the new record's biggest influences Read more »| 09 Feb 2018