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The @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social Degree Show kicks off this weekend – pick up our 16-page GSA supplement at venues across Glasgow School of Art, or find it inside our June issue... #gsa #glasgowschoolofart
The April issue of the Skinny is all about music festivals – pick up a free copy in venues across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee if you want to plan the best summer of your life ☀️🎷 And don't forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter! mailchi.mp/theskinny/za...
On the latest episode of @thecineskinny.bsky.social podcast, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social talks to EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET director @debasers.bsky.social Listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ci... @conic.film @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
In Scotland's theatres this month, @companyofwolves.org take The Bacchae on tour, Elias Matar's A Grain of Sand visits @traversetheatre.bsky.social and Citizens, and gig theatre piece A Giant On The Bridge tours the country... www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/show...
It's March! Here is the cover of our March issue, out this week! It's the 'Existential Crisis' issue! Fun, but also... justified?! In any case, it's available across Scotland from tomorrow, get a first look by signing up for our newsletter mailchi.mp/theskinny/za...
This week's Cineskinny podcast is a @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social special – we review four films from the GFF programme, including Mark Jenkin's excellent new one ROSE OF NEVADA Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or on the website: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ci...
From the latest episode of The Cineskinny podcast, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social on the impact of the CCA closure on Glasgow's film scene Full episode here, or wherever you get your podcasts... open.spotify.com/episode/6EoN...
February is for Film, here is the cover of our second issue of 2026 🍿 FREE copies in venues across Scotland from this week, sign up to our newsletter and get a FIRST LOOK in your EMAIL INBOX tomorrow morning (TUESDAY) mailchi.mp/theskinny/za...
Murals are a community artform, and Glasgow’s muralled streets are always evolving, reflecting and channeling the needs of the community, writes @rachelashenden.bsky.social – that's why the 'AI mural' struck such a nerve www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features...
'At once familiar and ethereal... a gorgeously intimate portrait of an artistic life led in the heyday of downtown New York' ★★★★★ for our first Film of the Month of 2026, Peter Hujar's Day www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
we're back, it is now 2026, our January issue is out now 🤖 FREE copies doing the rounds as we speak, sign up to our newsletter for an early look at what's in this month's mag mailchi.mp/theskinny/za...
EURO-COUNTRY by @cmatbaby.bsky.social is our #1 album of 2025 – here's our top ten... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinio...
Bold branding and big bagels – we head to Battlefield brunch spot Queen's Diner www.theskinny.co.uk/food-and-dri...
We’re looking for new writers to contribute to our Theatre section, adding their voices to our year-round coverage of Scotland’s theatre scene. Pitching guide and more details over on the website: www.theskinny.co.uk/about/get-in...
new episode of our film podcast The Cineskinny out today... - DIE MY LOVE, Lynne Ramsay's excellent new one - TRAIN DREAMS, Joel Edgerton *is* working on the railroad all the livelong day - ALPHA, Julia Ducournau's latest Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/thecineskinn...
In Art this month, we look at MEDIUM, Esther Gamsu's larger-than-life sculptural installation, layered with irony and ambiguity, at Glasgow's David Dale Gallery until the end of November www.theskinny.co.uk/art/reviews/...
On our music podcast, we chat to Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman (@surfacepressure.bsky.social) re: their new score for The Phantom of The Opera (1925) at @dcadundee.bsky.social @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social Listen on yr fave podcast app pod.link/1815765281/e...
For our 20th birthday we're brought back The Skinny on Tour – but just where did the mag wind up? Submit your guess to be in with a chance to win a bundle of books from @charcopress.com – including a copy of Latin American feminist anthology La Lucha www.theskinny.co.uk/competitions...
On the latest episode of our Music Now podcast, we chat to Kim Carnie ahead of her new album and tour, kicking off at @thequeenshall.bsky.social next week LISTEN ON APPLE: tiny.cc/kim-carnie-m... LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: tiny.cc/kim-carnie-m...
A clip from our new music interview podcast – this time chatting to Glasgow songwriter Alice Faye re: touring, life after her stint on Channel 4's The Piano, and songwriting... Full episode on Spotify + elsewhere: open.spotify.com/episode/2GWH...
The second issue of GNAW, our guide to Scotland's world of food and drink, is out now – find out where to pick up a copy in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and beyond 🍳 www.theskinny.co.uk/food-and-dri...
🏕🪩 our kelburn garden party 2025 line-up 🌺🎶 20 acts from across Scotland – old pals, new faves, big fun inbound across the weekend full details: www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/k... lineup playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5Xx... #festivalseason #musicfestivals
In this month's advice column, one reader wonders whether to trust in feelings from the past www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...
Fancy seeing a truly gallus piece of Scottish indie cinema? Then make it along to Ciaran Lyons's Tummy Monster as it tours across the UK. The tour kicks off tomorrow at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social. Read our interview with Lyons and star Lorn Macdonald www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi...
The cover of our May issue, with artwork by the one and only Linder Sterling – pick up your copy at venues across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee from tomorrow...
A @lambrinigirls.bsky.social show is a wild, wonderful experience – our review of their Glasgow gig last week, photo by Elliot Hetherton www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...
On 30 Apr, we're joining the Born To Be Wide crew for a celebration of 20 years of the magazine – co-founder Sophie Kyle, editor Rosamund West and music editor @tallahbrash.bsky.social join @olafwide.bsky.social in-conversation... INFO + TICKETS: www.universe.com/events/born-...
APRIL ISSUE OUT NOW – music festivals up front, Jacob Alon on the cover, FREE at all the usual places.
March issue out now – @glasgowshort.bsky.social opening film THE DISCO on the cover, @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social, Hippfest, @404ink.bsky.social, RSA New Contemporaries and more inside... find your nearest copy here: www.theskinny.co.uk/things-to-do...
Peaches documentary PEACHES GOES BANANAS screens at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social this weekend – it's pretty good, here's a clip from the latest episode of @thecineskinny.bsky.social to that effect... FULL EPISODE: https://buff.ly/41xq23B