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The legendary Knopf editor Sol Stein said that the only duty a writer has is to ‘serve the story’. A great piece of advice, suggests Adrian Searl... Read more »

In the lead up to the season of indulgence, we travel to Berlin to take in new book The School of Sophisticated Drinking, a cultural and historical backgroun... Read more »

The editors of Addicted: Notes from the Belly of the Beast dedicate this collection of writing to ‘Our companions in recovery.’ From this yo... Read more »

It’s hard to imagine a book more of its time than Benjamin Markovit’s You Don’t Have to Live Like This. The novelist places his finger on t... Read more »

“Last night, you think it worked?” asks Samanta Schweblin, unsure. “Sometimes I feel a little bit embarrassed, doing that.” She&rsquo... Read more »

From his infamous and invaluable 90s publishing company Rebel Inc. – with its slogan ‘fuck the mainstream!’ – to his current position... Read more »

This month has been an awakening for me, as a cold and dry January of abstinence blossomed into a sultry February of indulgence. I’ve experienced thing... Read more »

Mash-up is too sloppy a term to apply to The Wailing. The latest offering from a director who works across multiple genres within a single film, like an F1 d... Read more »

Hwang Sok-yong’s is a life less ordinary. The Korean writer, by his own account, has been a refugee, vagabond, war veteran, exile and prisoner. However... Read more »

Things We Lost in the Fire could be the most dark and thrilling short story collection you ever encounter, blending the sociopolitical horrors of dictatorshi... Read more »

Goblin, the debut novel from Ever Dundas, blurs the lines between fantasy and reality but also between genders, questioning the roles imposed upon us from bi... Read more »

Local is best. The laws of probability mean that even clichéd platitudes have to ring true every once in a while. You can see it in those weird superm... Read more »

MUSIC 1. Meursault Having survived multiple incarnations across the span of eight years, three albums and two EPs, Meursault mainstay Neil Pennycook hangs ... Read more »

Tickets for the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival went on sale this week, ahead of this year's festival which runs from 15-31 August. Hot tickets f... Read more »

What comes to your mind we you think 'British Cinema'? Do you picture a dour room with characters indulging in bittersweet conversations while drinking tea (... Read more »

ART Scotland Art editor Adam Benmakhlouf selects his 2015 highlight Phyllida Barlow's exhibition at the Fruitmarket was an excellent play of the monumental... Read more »

Inspired by Stirred Poetry’s reflections on the work of great female writers and artists, our books team pick out five of their favourite authors. Ira... Read more »

Earlier in the year Sunday newspapers across the nation were soaked in regurgitated coffee, a result of discovering that Joey Essex had somehow managed to pl... Read more »

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Paul Kalanithi’s remarkable novel, When Breath Becomes Air [Vintage Publishing], should be on your... Read more »

MUSIC Franz Ferdinand and Sparks bring their FFS collaboration to the Edinburgh International Festival this month 1. Oneohtrix Point NeverBrooklyn prodigy ... Read more »

Is there a filmmaker who’s been more misrepresented by film culture than Martin Scorsese? Perceived wisdom tells us he’s cinema’s great amb... Read more »

24 City (2008) Dir: Jia Zhangke While many of Jia Zhangke’s modern classics have managed to provoke the Chinese ruling party, 24 City pissed off... Read more »

After much hand-wringing and self-analysis, here are the records our team chose to accompany them when stranded and alone on a desert island.  Think ou... Read more »

Spring is book-ended by two celebrations of reading: World Book Day on 2 March, and World Book Night on 23 April. We asked The Skinny team to name the books ... Read more »

1. The Raid (Gareth Evans) Vice-like expectation is nuanced only by punishing adrenalin in Gareth Evans’s Indonesian actioner The Raid. Rookie cop Ram... Read more »

Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »