Across bricks and concrete, graffiti fills Edinburgh. We unpack the efforts to remove and resist graffiti and how this impacts the city's artists as well as their communities...

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HOARD is the messy, incisive, and endlessly imaginative debut film from Luna Carmoon.

It's out in the UK today; here's @jamiedunnesq on the film, from The Cineskinny podcast

LISTEN (from 12:35): open.spotify.com/episode/6JcW3g…

Thank you The Skinny, walking in the sunshine to this playlist hits different 😎💖

We've just added new tunes by Bee Asha, rEDOLENT, racecar, Day Sleeper w/ Magpie Blue, Lou Mclean, Sister Madds, WALT DISCO, Gurry Wurry, Ailsa and the Seahorses to our MUSIC NOW playlist

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6r1v6…

Beth Gibbons long awaited solo album is out today! Here’s my review 👇

On this week's pod, we get from THE IDEA OF YOU to Dolly Parton, via Richard & Judy, in under 60 seconds.

Efficiency. Energy. Professionalism.

OK, maybe not the last one, but lots of Efficiency and Energy!

LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/6JcW3g… anahit behrooz Jamie Dunn 🇪🇺 EHFM

In this week's Spotlight, we chat to Bee Asha ahead of new album Goodbye, Gracious

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In this week's Zap! events guide, by anahit behrooz, Knockengorroch kicks off Festival Season plus...

🎶 dana margolin + Naima Bock in Edinburgh; KMRU (Kamaru) in Glasgow
👘 V&A Dundee's Kimono exhibition
💃 A Double Bill of K:Dance at Tramway, Glasgow

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In which we play Jamie Dunn 🇪🇺’s fun game of ‘Which of These Films Are Real Films?’

The numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for you, Netflix dot com

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On the new The Cineskinny podcast...

- HOARD, Luna Carmoon's gooey, visceral debut
- A romcom double: THE IDEA OF YOU + HIT MAN
- Streaming chat!
- Jamie Dunn 🇪🇺's staunch defence of Anne Hathaway

LISTEN: theskinny.co.uk/film/news/cine… anahit behrooz @lew_rob_ Jamie Dunn 🇪🇺 Peter Simpson

Sometimes you get scooped and you just keep going. Good job The Skinny.

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For this month's Q+A, we chat to Lovefoxxx of CSS • Cansei de Ser Sexy – the electroclash legends play Drygate Brasserie • Peaks Bar • Events next month...

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We're belatedly posting our April advice column!

One reader asks the Skinny's agony aunt (and unofficial Iranian diaspora correspondant) anahit behrooz how they can talk about their new drinking ban without being annoying

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“There’s obviously some part of your brain that’s just going ‘weee’. It’s completely held in check by knitting.”

We unpack the evolving role of knitting in our fast-paced, daily lives – from coping mechanism to creative outlet 🧶

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woooo hoooo five stars for new group live in glasgow !

'It's quite a charming record. I can say all this because it's ten years later. I wouldn't have said that at the time at all.'

Ahead of her eponymous album's ten year anniversary, we take a trip down memory lane with 𝐻𝑂𝑁𝐸𝑌𝐵𝐿𝑂𝑂𝐷

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Hi! I'm the Creative Director of Dundee Design Festival – in this month's The Skinny I set out my ambition for Dundee to deliver one of the world’s most sustainable design festivals...
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'Kiran Leonard (kiran leonard) remains a class apart in the British music scene, and his band one of the best you could hope to see.'

★★★★★ for his The Glad Cafe gig last week, review by Joe Creely

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We spotlight some of our favourite events from GLOW Festival, Edinburgh College's festival of arts and performance led by its current and graduating students

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