Lifestyle
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Food And DrinkPhagomania: Hand-crafted food photography
Among the many things pre-dated by The Skinny: AI slop, and influencer bait. The author of our long-running Phagomania* food column returns to celebrate human artists doing interesting things with real food Read more »| 08 Oct 2025 -
IntersectionsChanging the Act: Decriminalising abortion in Scotland
Outdated and harmful, Scotland’s abortion law demands urgent modernisation. We speak to the campaigners behind Let’s Change the Act about the importance of decriminalisation Read more »| 08 Oct 2025 -
FashionBack in fashion: the return of Skinny Jeans
We bring back our fashion column from 2007 to speak to anonymous informants about Big Fashion's relationship with Scotland Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
IntersectionsAsk Anahit: A Different Time
In this month's advice column, we turn to the archives, (re)answering a letter originally printed in our 29th issue in February 2008 Read more »| 02 Oct 2025 -
Food And DrinkNishiki, Edinburgh
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – at Japanese izakaya Nishiki, it's all about exciting flavour combos and riffs on well-loved classics Read more »| 29 Sep 2025 -
IntersectionsBlack History Month Scotland 2025: Resistance & Resilience
We take a closer look at this year’s Black History Month Scotland, a vibrant programme of events which centres acts of solidarity – both historical and contemporary Read more »| 29 Sep 2025
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StudentsHome Cooking: Making friends through food
Between lectures, parties, coursework and work-work, you’ve got a lot going on. We look at how cooking together with your flatmates can help build community and fuel your fun Read more »| 18 Sep 2025 -
IntersectionsDrawn to Map: On Feeling Our Way Through Space
One writer reflects on a love of maps – both physical and digital – and considers how local intimacies can transform the places we know and love Read more »| 18 Sep 2025 -
StudentsFresh(ers) Hell: Our uni horror stories
The Skinny team has dug around in their memories to find and share some freshers and flatmate/halls horror stories from their uni days. Some memories are traumatising, some funny (in retrospect), all vivid and enduring Read more »| 17 Sep 2025 -
IntersectionsMan Down, Level Up: Sex, socialising, and the male gaze
It’s all too easy to get stuck in the male gaze and let it drive your nights out: one writer tells how their uni experiences – and some Wet Leg lyrics – helped them change perspective Read more »| 16 Sep 2025 -
IntersectionsLove Bites: Placing & Replacing
This month’s Love Bites columnist reflects on loving a place you once couldn’t wait to leave Read more »| 16 Sep 2025 -
StudentsSolidarity Steps: A guide to student activism
Keen to get involved in activism? Your student years are the perfect time to start. Here’s a rundown of our top tips, as well as a handful of organisations to keep on your radar Read more »| 11 Sep 2025 -
StudentsGet With The Programme: Putting on your first DIY gig
Your local music scene is powered by great grassroots promoters – we chat to three of them to get some insight into how a great gig comes together Read more »| 11 Sep 2025 -
IntersectionsAsk Anahit: Student Edition
In this advice column special, our resident agony aunt answers all your burning questions about how to be a student Read more »| 11 Sep 2025 -
StudentsStudent Heads Up: 20 events to check out this year
We get it, you want to keep your calendar clear for ‘work’ and ‘studying’ and ‘the sesh’, but there is a lot going on around here. Consider these the tentpoles around which to build your year… Read more »| 09 Sep 2025