The Skinny

08/01/2026

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival lineup is here, and it's a big one...

Glasgow will welcome a slew of comedians to the city this March, with huge names in standup comedy like Tim Key, Daniel Sloss and Bridget Christie among the lineup.

07/01/2026

The new documentary kicks off this year's Glasgow Film Festival...

Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary on Glaswegians' successful stand against a Home Office deportation van will kick off this year's Glasgow Film Festival.

05/01/2026

Our January issue is out now – get your copy from venues across Scotland...

[Cover art by Valentina Vinci Illustrator]

12/12/2025

For our new music podcast, we caught up with Kathryn Joseph at The Glad Cafe to talk about the making of her latest album, and her creative partnership with Lomond Campbell...

For the final Music Now podcast of the year, we hit the road to chat to SAY Award-winning singer-songwriter Kathryn Joseph.We met Kathryn in the green room o...

17/10/2025

The SAY Award is down to its top ten...

The ten albums shortlisted for this year's Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed, plus KT Tunstall’s debut album Eye to the Telescope has been awarded this year's Modern Scottish Classic Award.

09/10/2025

“His belief in people and the idea that standing together, that our collective strength is powerful, was unwavering..."

Following the untimely passing of Optimo's JD Twitch, aka Keith McIvor, we celebrate his unwavering devotion to activism and supporting his local community.

25/09/2025

Here are the twenty records in the running for The SAY Award...

The Scottish Album of the Year Award has announced the 20 records on this year’s longlist, including albums from Mogwai, Hamish Hawk and Jacob Alon.

20/09/2025

Is it time to rethink how we listen to music?

Following Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek's venture capital firm investing €600 million in the AI military software development company Helsing, artists and outraged Spotify subscribers have launched a boycott of the streaming service.

11/09/2025

Rianne Downey on busking, bears, and working with The Beautiful South's Paul Heaton...

Following the release of her latest single, Good In Goodbye, we catch up with country-pop artist on the rise, Rianne Downey.

03/09/2025

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Edinburgh Psych Fest's return brings together a diverse range of musical styles, all bound together by a shared desire to get the people going.

02/09/2025

‘The Rock is unrecognisable, but that’s not necessarily an improvement…’

Dwayne Johnson underwhelms in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr.

28/08/2025

Chappell Roan proves that she's one of pop’s most dazzling performers...

Under Chappell Roan’s spell, Edinburgh Summer Sessions erupts into a kaleidoscopic q***r celebration.