Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: A guide
Our Books Editor struggles to work logically through a recommended list for Edinburgh International Book Festival – such is the volume and quality of events on offer. Finally, through the power of cheap and ambiguous links, there forms a path Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
MusicEdinburgh Festivals 2016: A Map of the Music
The Skinny ploughs through the Fringe programme so you don't have to. Our guide to August's musical happenings, with commentary from some of the players Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 26 July - 1 August
This week Edinburgh Art Festival officially begins, and it's packed with talks, performance and previews. Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Books
Immigrant Song: James Kelman on Dirt Road
James Kelman's important new novel plays a soundtrack to America's immigrant heritage, pulsing to a Zydeco rhythm and a Scottish beat. While being termed as among his most accessible works, it's nice to find that the great author has not yet mellowed Read more »| 22 Jul 2016 -
Film
Regrouping: Re-evaluating a Lost Feminist Classic
At this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, Lizzie Borden presented her 1976 debut Regrouping for just its fifth screening; the visionary director was ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: Suntan
Suntan, the new film from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, is firmly in the same mode of disturbing content and discomfort as other works from the so-call... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016
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Books
Unbound 2016: Highlight Arts Pakistan
Highlight Arts focuses on Pakistan in this year's Unbound – the result of a period of collaboration between artists from Glasgow and Lahore, swapping stories across continents through translation and empathy. There will be words and music and celebration Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
BooksUnbound 2016: Oh, Canada
Canada's history is intrinsically linked with Scotland's, and as the whole world keeps on shrinking, all our futures are tied together. So let’s cram into the Spiegeltent, perhaps pour a whisky/whiskey and let four amazing writers educate and entertain us Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Liz Lochhead
You can put her on stage but can ye Makar sing? Yes and no. Our ex national Bard updates poet Clare Mulley on her Unbound night of folk, pop, poetry and jazz... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Poetry tasters
Instead of reading to our words, let's listen to theirs. Here's a selection of sentences and stanzas which have come out of the mouths of our 2016 Unbounders. Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Music and poetry
From folk to punk and now hip-hop, music has long enjoyed a powerful kinship with poetry: together more than a sum of their parts. We speak to four Unbounders at the forefront of this cross-cultural collaboration to better understand the relationship Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
BooksUnbound 2016: What's on
All events start at 9pm (7pm on Monday 29 August) in the Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens. And they're free! Just drop in, no need for a ticket THE PHO... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Welcome from Roland
Each August, Unbound offers 16 nights of free literary shenanigans which push performance to the fore. Roland Gulliver suggests you say hello once more to the improper child of the festival proper Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
International
Edinburgh International Festival: Deep Time info
Further details of the Deep Time event to launch this year's Edinburgh International Festival have been revealed today. Deep Time is a new digital artwork c... Read more »| 20 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Tommy's Honour
Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with an earnest golfing drama that's as exciting as you'd expect, but the fine cast save it from being mired in the rough Read more »| 15 Jun 2016