The Skinny

29/07/2025

Our August issue, out this week… 🎷

25/07/2025

Our picks ahead of this year's festivals...

With over 1,600 shows across theatre, dance, circus, opera and cabaret, August's Edinburgh festivals offer something for everyone – here are our highlights.

23/07/2025

You want a laugh? Here's where to find one...

Making The Skinny’s Comedy Team whittle down this year’s programme is a kind of torture for us, but we’ve done it – for you...

16/07/2025

'A dayglo mix of politics, pop, and plenty of sunscreen...'

Taking place on the hottest weekend of the year, top names at TRNSMT get deep fried by the Clyde.

12/07/2025

Weekend hours spent under the fluorescent lighting of suburban consumerism – count us in...

Weekend hours spent under the fluorescent lighting of suburban consumerism – count us in. One writer hails the brilliance of ageing Scottish shopping centres as a social hub, local treasure and provider of good old-fashioned tat.

11/07/2025

Unpredictable, uncontrollable, unrepeatable – here's a look at Bedlam Fringe's late night lineup...

One-offs from Edinburgh Fringe stars Lil Wenker and Lorna Rose Treen, a live comedy auction and an anarcho-futurist comedy showcase all feature in this year's late night lineup at Bedlam Theatre.

09/07/2025

NYOS are off on their first international tour in a decade...

The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland are preparing to debut Galvanic Dances, a piece which asks big questions about life and death.

02/07/2025

Edinburgh International Film Festival is back with new venues and dozens of brand-new films...

EIFF is back with new venues, 007 and Budd Boetticher retrospectives, new films from Andrew Kotting, and Charlie Shakleton and on-stage talks from Andrea Arnold and Ben Wheatley.

27/06/2025

Glasgow's artistic community have spoken out after this week's events...

Art Workers for Palestine Scotland (AWFPS) have made a statement after the CCA's closure due to AWFPS's pro-Palestine protests, while Scotland's arts community react to the centre's handling of the situation.

26/06/2025

A new wave of boycotts and actions are reshaping Scotland's relationship with Coke...

Scotland has long been a holdout against Coca-Cola, and a new wave of boycotts and actions have brought our relationship with the brand to centre stage.

24/06/2025

The SAY Award is off to Dundee...

The Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY Award) has a new home for 2025, moving to Dundee this November to start a three-year run in the city.