Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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ArtRabiya Choudhry on solo shows and Edinburgh Art Festival
Edinburgh artist Rabiya Choudhry talks us through her trio of new projects – interrogating the GSA archives, presenting new work at this year's Edinburgh Art Festival, and her upcoming solo show at Transmission Gallery Read more »| 23 Jul 2018 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Festivals 2018: The Skinny's Top Picks
The Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival – there's a lot going on in Scotland's capital this August. Here are our top five picks from comedy, art, theatre, literature and music Read more »| 20 Jul 2018 -
Books
Unbound: Andrew Rae and the Music Machines
Life's a peach when you have a moon for a head. Striking, fun, musical and creative - celebrate the mystic of Moonhead with illustrators and musicians coming together, including Aussies Electric Fields and more Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
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Unbound 2018: The Full Listings
A night-by-night guide to this year's Unbound programme. Events kick off at 9pm in the Book Festival gardens, although you may want to get down early to make sure you get a seat. Each and every event is, of course, free. Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
BooksBarcelona, City of Literature at Unbound
For one night in the Spiegeltent, Edinburgh hands the stage to a fellow UNESCO City of Literature Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
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Anthony Joseph: Lord Kitch and Calypso
Poet, musician and writer Anthony Joseph presents his unconventional biography of Trinidadian calypso legend Lord Kitchener at Unbound. Joseph talks us through the importance of Kitch to Trinidadians past and present Read more »| 03 Jul 2018
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Books
Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas at Unbound
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas brings academics and the public together to discuss everything from privacy and surveillance to health and education. We talk to Dr Sarah Anderson about the benefits (and pitfalls) of conversation Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
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Sabrina Mahfouz and Luke Wright on spoken word at Unbound
Unbound's spoken word strand returns this year with a showcase of the Out-Spoken imprint and poetry night; we talk to founder Anthony Anaxagorou and poet Sabrina Mahfouz about the unique night in store this August Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
Books
Dracula and Frankenstein go head-to-head at Unbound
Two of the most iconic figures in all of literature – Frankenstein's monster and Dracula – go head-to-head at Unbound; we talk all things Gothic with their respective backers, Dr. Sam George and Marcus Sedgwick Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
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Welcome to Unbound 2018
To get a flavour of this year's programme we pose ten questions to Unbound mastermind Roland Gulliver Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
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Ross Sutherland & Damian Barr on the rise of podcasts
We look at the ever-expanding and endlessly exciting world of podcasts with two of Scotland's most celebrated podcasters, Ross Sutherland and Damian Barr Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
Film
Calibre wins EIFF's Michael Powell Award
Edinburgh-based filmmaker Matt Palmer’s Highland set thriller takes Edinburgh International Film Festival’s top prize, with Best Documentary going to Kevin Macdonald's Whitney Read more »| 29 Jun 2018 -
FilmUnicorn Store
The directorial debut from Brie Larson is an unabashedly girlie hymn to embracing your inner child Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
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Wild Nights with Emily
Instead of the hermit spinster that she’s often imagined as, Madeleine Olnek uses Dickinson’s own vivid writing to paint her as an altogether gayer character, in both senses of the word Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
FilmThe Great Buddha+
Two local scavengers who live on odd jobs and food scraps and a security guard watch the latter’s boss’s dashcam camera for entertainment. When some events start to unsettle, they are drawn into a world of shady business deals and midnight crimes. Read more »| 28 Jun 2018