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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Food And DrinkChil Out: The Chili Cook-off 2012
They say charity begins at home, but we believe that charity begins while trailing around a string of bars and restaurants in a sombrero. Yes, it's time for a charity chili cook-off! Read more »| 10 Oct 2012 -
Travel
The Perks of Being a Travel Editor: Australia
Our Travel Editor gets to swan off to the other side of the world. Once he's renewed his passport after a four year-lull, that is. "It's a 'press' trip, not a 'free' trip," he protests. Hmmm... here's the 'press' part! Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
Food And Drink
Food News – October 2012
Art, cheap wine, apple-based tomfoolery and a new favourite pub all feature in October's food news. Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
Tech
You Can't Get There From Here
The new phone, and the new Apple Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
TechBorderlands 2
In a crowded field of shooters where little differences can make all the difference, there are generally two camps on the original Borderlands: the first say... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
Food And DrinkPhagomania: Back to Funky School
School dinners, school dinners, concrete chips, concrete chips, soggy semolina.... Okay nobody is going to sing 80s primary school Frere Jacques at these guy... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012
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Fashion
Pout Edinburgh: An Event For The Girls
With Fashion Weeks all over the place in September, this year Edinburgh is joining the fashion party with its own take on the subject. Pout Edinburgh, a 3... Read more »| 19 Sep 2012 -
Students
The Skinny Student Handbook 2012: An Introduction
Hey, student! Sorry about the slightly abrupt welcome, but that wasn’t us shouting at you in a cheery, hyped-up style, it was actually a reference to a... Read more »| 18 Sep 2012 -
Students
A Student Guide to The Scottish Music Scene
Wind turbines, cholesterol, and incredible music: three things Scotland’s got in abundance. Here’s our guide to the latter – to the solo acts, bands, producers and so forth most liable to metaphorically blow your socks off this year Read more »| 18 Sep 2012 -
Students
Brew Ha-Ha: A student guide to homebrewing
Alcohol greases the wheels of student life, but it can be a bit on the pricey side. So why not make your own? We pulled out the buckets and clingfilm to find out just what it takes to brew your own booze. Read more »| 18 Sep 2012 -
Food And DrinkThe Skinny Food and Drink Survey 2013
Last year, we ran a little survey to see what you thought about food. This year, we're doing it again, but better. Our food editor will explain the rest Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Students
Glasgow Student Venues
FOOD AND DRINKThe Butterfly and the PigGoing to The Butterfly and the Pig is a bit like visiting your Granny's: the dated decor, the mismatched but incredibl... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Fashion
Scotland Can Make It!
Opening on the 7 September, Scotland Can Make It! is a new exhibition of works from leading Scottish artists and manufacturers, which will be held in Th... Read more »| 14 Sep 2012 -
Students
STaG Night: Glasgow Student Theatre
Student theatre can seem a fairly daunting proposition from the outside, so we found an insider at one of the country's biggest student theatre groups to give you the rundown... Read more »| 13 Sep 2012 -
Fashion
Student Guide 2012: The Fashion Club
Student fashion is a broad church, so we asked illustrator Oona Brown to interpret some of its looks. If you've never seen the Breakfast Club, then a lot of this will be lost on you. And yes, those are cats... Read more »| 13 Sep 2012