Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh FestivalsScot:Lands Hogmanay line-up announced
Miaoux Miaoux, Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and C Duncan will all feature at the Scot:Lands pop-up festival at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations. Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Uk Festivals¡Viva! Presents New Spanish Cinema: Preview
Some highlights of HOME's final ¡Viva! weekender, with New Spanish Cinema on the menu Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Uk FestivalsLiverpool Homotopia 2015: Preview
AIDS contraction is on the rise, more than half of the Commonwealth criminalises homosexuality and transphobia is as present as ever. Gary Everett, artistic director of Homotopia, explains how theatre and the arts can help. Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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LFF 2015 Highlights: The Auteurs
Six films from some of our favourite filmmakers who knocked it out of the park with their latest work at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
ArtHidden Door calls for 2016 proposals
Edinburgh’s Hidden Door arts festival will return in 2016, with organisers launching an open call for work for next year's festival. Read more »| 29 Oct 2015 -
Travel
Edinburgh Fireworks - Where to watch them
Time to crane your necks skywards and gawp at colours and loud noises – here’s The Skinny’s guide to the best places to see fireworks in Edinburgh this Bonfire Night Read more »| 28 Oct 2015
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Edinburgh FestivalsColin MacIntyre wins Edinburgh Book Festival award
Colin MacIntyre has won the Edinburgh Book Festival's First Book Award for his debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch. Read more »| 27 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Luke Wright: Chester Literature Festival
Luke Wright’s poetic monologue What I Learned from Johnny Bevan is a frenzied jumble of voices, characters and weird descriptions, endeavouring to jolt... Read more »| 26 Oct 2015 -
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Molly Naylor & John Osborne: Chester Literature Festival
Molly Naylor and John Osborne’s appearance at Chester Literature Festival comes just before their sitcom, After Hours, debuts on Sky1 and tow... Read more »| 26 Oct 2015 -
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What's On: The Saltire Festival 2015
We’ve all, at least once, looked up at the sky on a clear blue day and, seeing two criss-crossing vapour trails, called out, “here that looks lik... Read more »| 22 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Steve Jobs
A breakneck Aaron Sorkin script combined with a performance of subtlety, ease and confidence from Fassbender results in a meticulously constructed character study Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
Books
Chigozie Obioma: A wake-up call to Nigeria
Chigozie Obioma is less interested in the Booker Prize trophy he might have won than the lifeblood the shortlist offered his novel The Fishermen – inciting interest in his literary work, but also questions on the state of a nation: Nigeria Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Room & Queen of Earth
Two films from London Film Festival centred on female protagonists who are trapped: Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth and Room, based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name Read more »| 20 Oct 2015 -
Uk Festivals
London Film Festival: My Skinny Sister & Take Me to the River
Two debut features from LFF: Sanna Lenken's My Skinny Sister and Matt Sorbel's Take Me To The River. Read more »| 19 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Yakuza Apocalypse
Takashi Miike's vampire yakuza movie has some great ideas, but overall it's a narrative and conceptual mess from the director of Audition and Ichi the Killer Read more »| 19 Oct 2015