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Festivals
Cargo vs McSweeneys: Going Elsewhere
Nick Barley is the director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and it was his initial idea which launched the Elsewhere project. “I wa... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Music
Hollie McNish, Eugene Kelly set for Liverpool show
Celebrated for their gigs combining live spoken word, poetry and music, the Edinburgh collective come to Liverpool for the first time in January with a speci... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Books
Nobel Intentions
Last month, Doris Lessing became the oldest ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, which bothered me slightly because I nearly killed her last year (... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
Festivals
Expressway to Yr Skull: Primavera 2009, Day Three
My ears have almost recovered since My Bloody Valentine rammed a hundred decibels into them last night, so Primavera Day Three is good to go. First on our ag... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Music
Beirut's Zach Condon: I wanted to make a pop record
For Zach Condon, it’s the morning after the night before, the night in question being an after-show party with Arcade Fire and long-time collaborator a... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Film
Yet Another 48 Hours
Could you make a film in just 48 hours? Put all memories of Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte’s 1982 actioner far behind you. Come May 16, The 48 Ho... Read more »| Updated about 16 years ago -
Festivals
A Bit of Bissett
Alan Bissett is a kind man. Despite talking to some of the older kids at a school in the north all day (his first two books, Boyracers and The Incredible Ala... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
Books
Book Ahead! [SKINNYFEST]
The Edinburgh International Book Festival bills itself as the world's largest celebration of the written word, and a quick glance at the programme reveals th... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 22 April
THE RETURN OF BOARDS OF CANADA?The message boards, fan sites and blogs frequented by fans of reclusive Scottish ambient electronica pioneers Boards of C... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Theatre
Coast to Coast: Tom Morton-Smith premieres In Doggerland
Doggerland was – some 8000 years ago – a landmass in the North Sea connecting the east coast of Britain to mainland Europe. Despite existing duri... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Film
Stuart Murdoch on God Help the Girl
A working men’s club in Govan, Glasgow, July 2012. The decor is 70s wood-panelling chic and threadbare carpet. It’s late afternoon and a dozen or... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Clubs
Orbital: "We couldn’t continue rocking all over the world, like Status Quo"
When an act as established as Orbital reform to produce new material, cynicism can obstruct the ability of fans and critics to judge the music on its own mer... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Music
Computer World: Liars' Angus Andrew talks WIXIW
Ever since they trundled off into the woods to write an album about witches (2004's They Were Wrong, So We Drowned) we've held an abiding concern about the s... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Festivals
Get to Know: Ethan & The Reformation
Taking a trip into the gnarliest recesses of hard-riffing psychedelia, Manchester's Ethan & The Reformation draw on the heavier blues tinges of 70s class... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 17-24 March: Bonobo
Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the most exciting goings on i... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Books
Celebrating a Decade of Radicalism: The 10th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair (PRINT EDITION)
The word 'radical' means different things to different people, but is most often employed in association with politics. The word 'radical' also often scares ... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
Music
Fuzzkill Records @ Stereo, 12 Dec
Label showcases can be sterile affairs if they're used as excuses to show off new signings and stick a finger up at rivals. But we're far removed from that w... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Festivals
Battles Park it in Balado
“I’d like to see the Pogues…never seen them!” Speaking from a tour bus en route to Minehead for All Tomorrow’s Parties –... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Music
The Prodigy: Generation Terrorists
“It was the frenetic, edgy, excitement of the early demos. It wasn’t about hit records or the potential to cross over...” — Nick Ha... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
Film
Persona non Greta: Greta Gerwig on Frances Ha
I’m hunkered down in the gutter, late for an interview with Greta Gerwig, fighting with the chain of a rickety old road bike. It’s rush hour on C... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
Books
Wriiters' Bloc: The Real Dead Poets' Society
What’s the deal with this Séance Fiction thing, then, Bram from The Skinny… eh, Texture from Writers Bloc who is in no way connected to T... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Theatre
Venue of the Month: Unity Theatre, Liverpool
A sliver of Georgian architecture between the city centre and Toxteth, Liverpool's Canning area has at its heart Hope Street, a promenade linking the city's ... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
Festivals
Scottish bands seek to make their mark at SxSW 2015
While Apple continues to change the goalposts for any independent band or label seeking to distribute their music on what was once presented as an ‘alt... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 24 Sep-1 Oct: Neu! Reekie!
1. MUSIC | Neu! Reekie!: Edinburgh and Copenhagen Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh. 26 Sep, 7pm, £10 (&... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Music
A Matter of Choice: Kiran Leonard interviewed
Faced with overwhelming choice, some will retreat, daunted, while others will leap gleefully into its volumes of possibility. For example: at the end of Febr... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Theatre
Vaulted Ambition: 15 years of Bard in the Botanics
Every year as the sun starts peeking out its face, then retreating back behind a cloud, maybe throwing down some torrential rain before hopefully coming back... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Festivals
Film News: Star Wars VII cast revealed; Restored Stereoscopic animations by Norman McLaren at EIFF
EIFF RESTORE CLASSIC STEREOSCOPIC ANIMATED FILMS BY NORMAN MCLARENThe Edinburgh International Film Festival (18-29 Jun), which will this year celeb... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Festivals
Jupitus Ascending: Phill Jupitus Interviewed… In Rhyme
Phill Jupitus is a tireless workhorse, with each of his fingers thrust firmly into a differently flavoured creative pie. In the summer months he flits maniac... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Fashion
September in the Shade
I've never noticed it before, but September really is a pretty swell month isn't it? This year, it's has been brimful of fabulousness. So much has been going... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Music
Fantastic Fur: Super Furry Animals interviewed
It's been a memorable year for Super Furry Animals. The Welsh group’s reunion tour, now rolling on for 18 months, continues to sell out venues across t... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago