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06 Chat & Opinion: Horoscopes, last-minute news and LOLs.
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Director Ben Wheatley teams up with one of his stars, Sharlto Copley, to discuss his latest release, Free Fire.
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Personal Shopper filmmaker Olivier Assayas tells us why Kristen Stewart is the bomb.
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Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven returns after a ten year absence to promote Elle. We take the opportunity to talk to him about sex, satire and Isabelle Huppert.
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Pulled Apart by Horses’ Robert Lee on getting the band’s attitude and spirit back for new album The Haze.
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Emily Dickinson was more than a feminist hero. As Terence Davies' new film exploring the life of the American poet reaches cinemas, we consider the innovations in her work.
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If you thought you didn’t want to listen to a detailed comedy podcast about serial killers, think again. We meet the devilishly funny minds behind All Killa No Filla.
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Planning your summer escape? We’ve searched high and low to bring you a careful selection of the best International Music Festivals happening in 2017.
08 Fury: Independent venues need your
support now more than ever; we speak to Islington Mill founder Bill Campbell about the vision for its future.
09 Graphic Content: A further look at the work of our cover artist Adam Menzies.
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Heads up: Your at-a-glance guide to cultural happenings in March and April.
EVENTS GUIDE
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Art & Theatre: The season’s key exhibitions and shows, and a glimpse of the plans fashion designer J.W. Anderson has up his sleeve for The Hepworth gallery.
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Gigs: The best new music coming to a venue near you; an interview with music box innovator Hannah Peel; plus some extremely sexy record recommendations from Wild Beasts’ Tom Fleming.
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Clubs: The parties you shouldn’t miss, both locally and around the world in our pick of Europe’s best dance festivals.
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Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle discusses the band's collapse and resurrection, eleven years after their last album.
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Groundbreaking visual design company 59 Productions bring Paul Auster's novel City of Glass to the Stage this March; director Leo Warner tells us about making magic
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A celebration of Nasty Women, 404 Ink’s first book is out this month and has already smashed its Kickstarter target many times over.
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Megan Bradbury discusses telling the story of New York ahead of the publication of Everyone is Watching, which strings together the tales of four historical figures.
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Kelly Reichardt opens up about her singular approach to filmmaking ahead of the release of Certain Women.
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Sounds from the Other City festival is famed for its mind-bending atmos; we roll up our wizards’ sleeves and investigate this year’s occult happenings.
20 Comedy: If you only see one comedian this month, make it Tom Lawrinson.
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Film & Books: Screenings and readings to put in your diary, plus a deep-dive into La Movida, the vibrant period of cultural activity in Spain that followed Franco’s death and which inspires this year’s ¡Viva! festival.
LIFESTYLE
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Food & Drink: We went packaging free for a week so you don’t have to (pretty sure that’s how it works). Plus: the best new food and drink openings, and finally, an answer to the question: WTF is sherry? Showcase: What do our cities say about us? LOOK Photo Festival explores different viewpoints on Liverpool and Hong Kong.
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Travel: The Living Abroad series takes a trip to Vietnam with a guide to starting over in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Deviance: Sex numerics. Relation calculations. Bonk tallies. Why do we bother keeping count? Here’s why we shouldn’t.
REVIEW
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Music: Album reviews, and a catch-up with Manchester faves Former Bullies on the release of their new EP, Stranger.
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Film & DVD: March and April in a cinema near you, reviewed; oh, and only an interview with the pope of trash himself, John Waters!
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Books & Competitions: The latest reads, plus your chance to win all sorts of rad stuff.
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Listings: What’s on and where, in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester.
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The Last Word: With World Book Night approaching, The Skinny team get all emosh thinking about the book that changed their lives.
HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE 2017
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We talk to John Grant about his North Atlantic Flux programme, Neu! Reekie! about ‘festival of the counter culture’ Where Are We Now? and Showcase the Humber St Gallery programme.
FEATURES
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Part Chimp frontman Tim Cedar tells us about Japanese slug myths and the importance of events like Salford's Fat Out Fest. Austra frontwoman and driving force Katie Stelmanis talks utopian visions and third album Future Politics.
March/April 2017
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