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After 20 years of independent cultural journalism and with a very heavy heart, September’s edition of The Skinny is our final issue.

IberoDocs returns with a festival celebrating creativity, connection and community.

We speak with Highland-born poet Colin Bramwell about his debut collection Fetch and the unexpected influence of folklore in his work.

The gay teens in Leviticus are told by their elders to fix their desires or die. The film's writer-director, Adrian Chiarella, tells us how he mined childhood fears of homophobia and a fascination…

Low pay, precarious contracts – Scotland’s creative workers want change. We speak to organisers and artists involved in the Basic Income for Artists Scotland campaign about creative freedom, class…

Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten poet who, much to his surprise and delight, gets embraced by a new generation in this rueful comedy-drama.

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From cannibal killers to Greek tragedy, September has plenty to get stuck into after Edinburgh's Fringe frenzy.

It's a busy month, with several festivals, a Sam Neill weekender, a Rogue Hollywood films lineup, a mini Claude Chabrol season; and a celebration of Jane Austen on screen.

September is another bumper month in Scottish music – here we dig into releases from BIRDVOX, Hound, The Micro Band, Curiosity Shop and Gallus.

In Late Fame, Willem Dafoe plays a failed poet who gets rediscovered in his dotage by a group of young New York scenesters. The film's director, Kent Jones, discusses Dafoe, New York and smartphones.

Known for his YA fiction and poetry, Dean Atta makes his adult debut with a moving and intimate tale of love and identity.

The downbeat duo can't help but wallow, but there's hope and joy in small moments on their latest.

Ahead of releasing their debut album and playing Edinburgh Psych Fest, we catch up with Adult DVD's Harry Hanson to discuss their incendiary live shows and not overthinking it.

Madelyn Byrd's production continues to evolve on their latest album as Slowfoam as amorphous soundscapes transmogrify in unpredictable and cinematic ways.

France-Lise McGurn's intuitive painting takes over Dundee Contemporary Arts, while Afrofuturist Harold Offeh lands Mothership 2.0 Collective in Glasgow.

If you didn't get your comedy fill from the Fringe, September sees touring comedians arriving in Scotland, plus the return of the Paisley Comedy Festival.

Homosexual desire becomes a literal curse in Adrian Chiarella’s allegorical horror film, which works best when it's building atmosphere within a menacing church community in a desolate Aussie…

Among the most exciting homegrown cinema at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival was a programme of shorts created during the second year of the NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab. We…

As Dundee's Cooper Gallery faces the threat of closure, a campaign to defend its value as a boundary-pushing hub of critical inquiry gains momentum.

corto.alto's third album SOME SMALL FORTUNE is testament to Liam Shortall's dedication and unrivalled ability to follow his creative pursuits to the full.

Freakender, Edinburgh Psych Fest and SONICA return this September, while Scotland's venues are busy with touring acts from home and away.

Music Reviews: This Mirror Weighs a Ton by Interpol released in 2026. Genre: Post-Punk Revival.

On Calton Hill, Edinburgh Art Festival Emerging Writer Eve Whittle brings a new sculpture into dialogue with the unfinished National Monument of Scotland.

While the collaboration between Scottish Ensemble and Brìghde Chaimbeul offers nothing like a clear answer to any grand question on artmaking, the work itself captivates and hypnotises.

Robert Smith and The Cure deliver a near flawless performance as part of this year's Summer Sessions series.

The 2026 Edinburgh Fringe is nearing its finale – check this page for our favourite comedy shows from this year's festival.

Dominic Hill is set to direct a new adaptation of Orwell’s 1984 that claims the story for Scotland.

Beginning with the observations of fame, Rachel Cusk's anticipated Life of M becomes an inquiry into reality and representation.

Photographer and writer Miriam Morris reflects on the work of Jasleen Kaur and how photography can preserve the insignificant for a time of significance.

Zombie apocalypse meets biotech abominations in Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony, an ambitious hive-mind zombie horror for the AI era.

This month’s columnist reflects on the laugh and loss of a loved one.

Sarah Davachi's latest album is a complex expression of all previous work, a sonorous exploration of unison and harmony.

Ahead of their 15th anniversary celebrations in Glasgow at the end of the month, Night School Records label boss Michael Kasparis is feeling nostalgic.

Take your pick from Iberian treats in Finnieston, excellent South Indian food from a trailer in Gorgie, and some extremely good chicken in Leith.

Scotland + Venice Emerging Writer Samuel Riddy considers the pitfalls of the Venice Biennale's logic of global impartiality through the controversies surrounding the Russian and Israeli pavilions.

Ahead of her appearance at this year's Edinburgh Book Fringe, Amy Abdelnoor discusses her debut novel Ever Land, a haunting ghost story set in Palestine.

Laura Thomson from creative agency Need shares why redefining success has led to becoming Scotland's Design Agency of the Year.

Is one great scene enough to elevate a whole picture? In the case of Bitter Christmas, the latest from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, we say yes!

In her first novel, now available in English after her International Booker Prize nomination, a young Palestinian man undergoes a dreamlike experience of interrogation.

Entertaining and empathetic, Morna Young’s new play is a celebration of life – and a view of how Western cultures handle death.

Highlander 70 is a wildly inventive, wholly original show from cult Fringe favourite Joseph Morpurgo.

Rob Auton's latest Fringe hour Jupiter is an awe-inspiring sensation.

Ahead of the release of her memoir and her appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival, we speak to Edinburgh-based author Alycia Pirmohamed on how fragmentation can capture what narrative…

Farah Ashraf’s Pink Rabbit is a funny, frank exploration of sexuality, cultural expectation and complicated freedoms.

During a very busy summer, we catch up with Getdown Services' Josh Law ahead of releasing their second album, Massive Champion.

The third coming of this clever and compelling sci-fi play from New Zealand is out of this world.

As Stirling's avant-garde all-dayer Interesting Things returns for its third year, we find out how Scotland's smallest city has become an unlikely home for musical discovery

Film fans have been waiting a long time for the new Paul Wright movie. The Scottish director has once again paired with George MacKay for Mission, a beguiling study of urban alienation that continues…