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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MusicPeaches @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 11 Nov
Peaches' arrival in Liverpool just a couple of days after America had voted in potentially the most divisive President in their history is a welcome diversio... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Books
Crime novels top Scottish fiction vote
Scottish readers are a macabre lot: turns out we love a crime thriller, according to a new survey from the Scottish Book Trust Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Birthday Boys: Seven Years of Thunder Disco Club
We chat to party-starters Thunder Disco about their seven action-packed years in the game, from their early beginnings at The Lite Club to their upcoming birthday celebrations at Sub Club with Horse Meat Disco Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
Music
Black Mountain @ Stereo, Glasgow, 14 Nov
Black Mountain are a band you need to see live in order to truly appreciate their magic. On record, the Canadian five-piece have near perfected the art of st... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
MusicSlaves @ Barrowlands, 18 Nov
Garage punk duo Slaves have certainly come a long way since the wider public first started paying attention, following their performance on Later with Jools ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2016 -
FilmBest Film Screenings in the North (18-25 Nov)
The best film events happening in the North this week, including Liverpool Film Night and a very special screening of Blaxploitation classic Shaft Joy Fo... Read more »| 19 Nov 2016
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Film
Donnie Darko is back to blow our minds
Richard Kelly’s cult 2001 film Donnie Darko is coming back to British cinemas and it looks as beautiful and bizarre as ever. Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Film
Your Name
This body-swap anime made big money at the Japanese box-office, and now UK anime fans can see what all the fuss is about. Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Art
A reprieve for Inverleith House?
Glimmer of hope in Inverleith House campaign as Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh release a fresh statement Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
25 Years of Back to Basics
Some of the world's biggest DJs share their memories of Leeds club Back to Basics, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with the opening of a brand new venue and music academy, Church Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Books
Graphic Content: Stef Bradley
Liverpool-based zine maker Stef Bradley makes comics that celebrate the extraordinary everyday. Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Audiojack
Gruuv label owners James Rial and Richard Burkinshaw reveal the ten club classics that have left a lasting impact on the Audiojack duo Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 16-22 Nov
It's a quiet week in Edinburgh's clubs, but there are still tunes aplenty to be found at La Belle Angele with Mr Scruff and Belfast-born DJ Phil Kieran, plus Bigfoot's Tea Party hit The Mash House Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 16-22 Nov
La Cheetah celebrate round two of their 7th birthday celebrations with Tiger & Woods, Yellow Door hold a festive season fundraiser, and Sub Club joins in the fight to save Fabric Read more »| 18 Nov 2016 -
ClubsChin Stroke Records: The Importance of Being Earnest
Ahead of a club night which promises drunken karaoke, comic breakcore and unusual smells in the Vic Bar, we try to talk sense with a DJ who pretends to be your dad Read more »| 17 Nov 2016