Lifestyle
Your one-stop shop for everything lifestyle at The Skinny. Join us for food and drink reads and reviews, fashion and style, sexuality and opinion pieces, tech news and features, student guides and travel guides and features.
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StudentsStarting a New Korea
Our man in Korea brings us up to speed on the world of English teaching overseas with a guide to etiquette, heavy drinking, and urinating bosses. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
StudentsWelcome to the (Concrete) Jungle
One of the first things you will learn as a student is that life is unpredictable. Still, at least you know what you’re getting from the locals in one of Scotland’s fine university cities, right? Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Tech
The Pursuit of App-iness
If you’re reading this, you almost certainly own a smartphone or tablet. Well, here’s a selection of software that can help you get to lectures on time, send covert messages to friends across the hall, and have a dog do your background reading Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Intersections
Embrace The Rainbow: Your Guide To Uni LGBT Societies
It's the time of year where you walk past the rainbow flags at the societies fair and think about joining. But, why would you want to join your LGBT university society in the first place? Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Food And Drink
Pilot Brewery: Ready for Take-off
Pilot are bringing beer back to Leith - as soon as they can find an electrician and get their mandatory neckties. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Food And DrinkPhagomania: The Birth of the Burizza
We look at the craze for hybrid foods (cronuts, ramen burgers etc), then come up with our own, much better version. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013
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Food And DrinkNorthwest Food News – September 2013
If you’re that lucky combination of foodie and agoraphile, then September is going to feel like one long wet dream Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Intersections
Stuck At The Intersection
Confronting the online furore among feminist thinkers over the issue of intersectionality, Claire Askew has feminist road rage Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Fashion
Vanilla Ink: Making Jewellery Work
As jewellery design collective Vanilla Ink prepare to exhibit for the first time at the International Jewellery London show, we speak to founder Kate Pickering about building a network for emerging creatives Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Food And Drink
Around the World in 20 Drinks: Russia
Our booze cruise continues in Russia, with bread, honey, and a possible resolution for Russia's anti-gay laws Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Food And Drink
Scottish Food News – September 2013
This month's Scottish food news eats chillis, celebrates birthdays, and pimps its Food and Drink Survey with no shame at all. Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Food And Drink
Eat Serious: Debunking Food Myths
With Steven Poole and Jay Rayner taking the sacred cows of the food industry to slaughter, our Food and Drink editor jumps on the bandwagon for a cull of received wisdom Read more »| 31 Aug 2013 -
Food And Drink
Around the World in 20 Drinks: The Netherlands
Our global drinks trolley rolls into the Netherlands, with options for rappers on a budget, hardcore gin enthusiasts and those of you who want a slightly thicker beverage. Read more »| 26 Aug 2013 -
Food And Drink
Get Cooked: Investigating the Raw Food Movement
Uncooked, unprocessed... unthinkable? Following a raw food diet can seem faddy, fussy and no fun – but then Pablo Spaull told us it could involve chocolate. And conching. We find out more, and ask why the Northwest hasn't yet caught on Read more »| 26 Aug 2013 -
FashionOur Founding Daughters: Fashion Photography Exhibition
This Friday 9 August will see the launch of Our Founding Daughters, an exhibition featuring the works of three of Scotland’s most talented emerging fem... Read more »| 09 Aug 2013