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Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 1-8 Mar: Glasgow Women's Library & more
International Women's Day is just around the corner and to coincide with the annual event, Glasgow Women's Library have teamed up with design curators Panel ... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
MusicEdwin Organ on exploring modern masculinity
“People are constantly trying to justify their lifestyle to others, to be told they’re doing it wrong. As long as you’re not being a wanker... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
MusicSpotlight On... Josephine Sillars
Last week, Leeds-based Scottish Highlander and Popgirlz lecturer Josephine Sillars released her deeply personal new EP, The Loveliest Things Change. Sillars ... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
MusicPush and Pull: Arooj Aftab interview
Arooj Aftab’s music holds you spellbound. Stillness melds with poetry; dreamy electronic trance encircles jazz arrangements. Throughout, honeyed, poise... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
TravelMeet Me Halfway: Edinburgh Parklife
With Edinburgh now opening up after a year-and-a-half of lockdown, it’s been extremely exciting to see our favourite local businesses back thriving and... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
MusicNo Music For Genocide: Collective Action is Material Solidarity
No Music For Genocide, a cultural boycott of Israel launched in September with 400 artists and record labels signed on to a pledge to geo-block their music f... Read more »| Updated 4 months ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 5-12 Dec: Festive Theatre & more
A trip to the theatre is a family staple across the festive period, and luckily there are plenty of productions to choose from for those not so keen on the p... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 29 May-5 Jun: Glasgow International & more
New electronic dance music festival Days Festival had their inaugural issue in September of last year, and they're already back for a gorgeous spring/summer ... Read more »| Updated 10 months ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 4-11 Feb: Honor Swinton Byrne Q&A, Jamali Maddix and more
Joanna Hogg’s much-anticipated followup to her heartbreaking, semi-autobiographical drama The Souvenir hits cinemas this weekend and we ... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
MusicKode9 on Escapology and Astro-Darien
It’s no exaggeration to describe Steve Goodman as one of 21st century dance music’s most important figures. Operating as Kode9, Goodman is the fo... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 13-19 Feb: All Mouth Comedy, Shoot Your Shot + more
All Mouth Comedy If laughter is your love language, you can be in for a very merry Valentine's Eve thanks to All Mouth Comedy. Glasgow's monthly queer ... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
MusicAurora Engine on TERRE, showcasing at Made In Scotland
Deborah Shaw has been preoccupied with the climate crisis. It has informed her artistic practice, the way she engages with the environment, the way she works... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
MusicSacred Paws on Glasgow and Run Around the Sun
"I’ve just moved house." Despite her reputation as an energetic onstage performer, Rachel Aggs tells us she's feeling a bit tired, as she holds the ph... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
MusicFrom Skye to Glasgow, trad festivals continue to evolve
Scotland’s seeing a trad boom at the moment – research commissioned by Visit Scotland suggests that 34 per cent of Scots have been listening to t... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
TheatreThe Skinny on... Grant Stott
What’s your favourite place to visit?Tenerife. For the last few years we've bookended the panto with a quick week in Tenerife for a bit of winter sun. ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
MusicStag & Dagger, Glasgow, 6 May
Celebrating its tenth edition this year, Stag & Dagger has become something of a musical institution on the Glasgow music calendar over this past decade.... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
MusicSpotlight On... Slime City
Possibly Glasgow's only trio of Michaels, Slime City release their debut album on Friday 19 May, and it's loads of fun. Filled with big riffs, laugh-wor... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
FestivalsFun in the Sun: The Skinny at Kelburn Garden Party
“Kelburn has the friendliest vibe of all the festivals I’ve been to. It’s a great place to meet other musicians and get chatting to new peo... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
MusicSpotlight On... Lost Map presents Weird Wave
As the iconic Scottish indie label Lost Map Records turns ten this year, label boss Johnny Lynch – aka Pictish Trail – has teamed up with seven o... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
MusicPaolo Nutini @ Corran Halls, Oban, 28 May
Paolo Nutini strolls into our lives again with an Italian breeze and Scottish edge that is only too familiar, and before festival season, Nutini is allowing ... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
MusicThe Power of Free Love
Free Love radiate energy. Whether through their ferociously inventive music or exhilarating live shows, the duo of Suzi and Lewis Cook are masters of stirrin... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsTRNSMT: Arctic Monkeys @ Glasgow Green, 1 Jul
It’s day three of this year’s TRNSMT festival and we’re basking in another day of glorious sunshine as Glasgow’s heatwave continues. ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
MusicMore Than Conscious: Akala on Hip Hop and Beyond
It's a curiously overlooked fact that hip-hop has overtaken rock as the most popular style of music on the planet in the last few years, at least if streamin... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
FilmScotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson on Pumpkin Guts
Of all the talented young filmmakers working on the Scottish short film scene, the most visually distinctive might be Bryan M. Ferguson. His early work is di... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
ArtA Kaleidoscopic Smattering: Gray's Degree Show 2018
Generous exhibition spaces at this year's Gray’s School of Art degree show allow for a collection of confident solo presentations from the 2018 graduat... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 26 Sep-3 Oct: Samizdat Film Festival & more
The third edition of Samizdat, Scotland’s film festival dedicated to cinema from Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, is filled w... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
ComedyThe Skinny on... Amy Matthews
What’s your favourite place to visit?The condiments, sauces and pickles aisle of a supermarket. It feels like being in the BFG’s cave of dreams. ... Read more »| Updated 22 days ago -
MusicJohn Carpenter on his newfound life as a rockstar
Name a god-like carpenter with the initials JC? If you’re a movie disciple the first deity to pop into your head should be John Carpenter, the don of g... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Things To DoThe Skinny's Christmas Gift Guide 2020
Riso Club I am obsessed with pretty printed paper things (I too have a fierce eye on the East End Press garlands on Polly's list further down the page) an... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
MusicHelp Musicians Scotland: Do It Differently fund with Stina Tweeddale
As we delve into the fourth feature as part of our media partnership with Help Musicians Scotland, following on from conversations with BMX Bandits’ Du... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago