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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BooksCurious Affinities by Sophie Chauhan
Sophie Chauhan's Curious Affinities is a lyrical exploration of the personal and political residues of intimacy, and what happens when the borders of things meet Read more »| 20 Nov 2023 -
MusicJulie Byrne @ Mono, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Julie Byrne's first Glasgow gig in six years is an intimate, delicate and honest celebration of music as catharsis Read more »| 20 Nov 2023 -
BooksWord Soup: Sean Wai-Keung on Dumpling Poetry
We chat with food-poet Sean Wai-Keung about his Push The Boat Out event Dumpling Poetry, and the community spirit inherent to both cooking and performance Read more »| 17 Nov 2023 -
ArtTanatsei Gambura on new installation Nzira Yeparuware
Tanatsei Gambura's new installation at Edinburgh Castle fuses the sounds of Harare and Scotland's capital city – and discusses their inevitable entanglement Read more »| 17 Nov 2023 -
ComedyLearning to Fail with Glasgow Improv Theatre
Glasgow Improv Theatre founders Martin James and Hannah Cruickshank discuss improv, the power of failure, and the impact of experimentation Read more »| 17 Nov 2023 -
MusicDolly Parton – Rockstar
With a flying V guitar hanging from her rhinestoned shoulders and a steaming hot cup of ambition in hand, Dolly Parton expertly crafts an electric collection of collaborative covers and captivating original material on her 49th studio album Read more »| 17 Nov 2023
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MusicJessie Ware @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 13 Nov
Jessie Ware brings the world of her latest two albums to life with her live show at Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom Read more »| 16 Nov 2023 -
FilmThelma Schoonmaker on the artistry of Michael Powell
We speak to legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker about her efforts to bring the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger back to the big screen, her marriage to Powell and his influence on the films of Martin Scorsese Read more »| 16 Nov 2023 -
Music2 Fest 2 Curious: Deep Time and Hybrid Fest
We chat to a pair of new music festivals – Hybrid Fest in Glasgow, and Deep Time in Edinburgh Read more »| 14 Nov 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Paul Sng
Paul Sng's latest film is a tender portrait of Tish Murtha, a hugely talented photographer who documented working-class lives in 70s and 80s Britain. Sng talks to us about coming to film late, imposter syndrome and Scotland's supportive doc community Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
FilmGrease 2 4EVA, I.D.S.T.
In Grease 2, sexism and patriarchal misogyny hang heavy in the air like a bad smell, but Michelle Pfeiffer rules the school – we take a closer look at the cinematic flop turned cult classic Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
FilmTish
Tish, the new film from Edinburgh-based documentarian Paul Sng, is a moving portrait of photographer Tish Murtha and the powerful photographs she took documenting working-class Britain in the Thatcher era Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
FilmMay December
Inspired by a real-life tabloid scandal, Todd Haynes' delicious new melodrama sees Natalie Portman play an actor preparing to star in a true-crime drama by inserting herself in her subject's life Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
FilmSaltburn
Its plot may be a bit derivative and its politics are somewhat incoherent, but Saltburn is a fun, sexy romp full of great visuals and aristocratic excess Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
MusicBat For Lashes on the Motherwitch oracle deck
Ahead of its release this month, Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, talks us through her gorgeous Motherwitch oracle deck Read more »| 10 Nov 2023