Lifestyle
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TravelGo Away: To the Papay Gyro Arts Festival
Papa Westray is a remote island, 4 miles long and 1 mile wide just north of Kirkwall in the Orkney Isles. Since February, this tiny island has been the hom... Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
TechSkyrim
Save the pretty, pretty world Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
TechInternet Santa
Give the gift of anonymity this holiday Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
TravelA Good Feeling for Portugal?
Portugal, a country with an unexpected north-south divide, and an ample supply of hammocks. Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Fashion
Kristen Makes
As she recovers from her stint at London Fashion Week as assistant to Di Gilpin, knitwear designer Kristen Orme lets us have a sneaky peak around her Edinburgh studio and talks about experimentation, technology and her future plans Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Food And DrinkVouch Potatoes
The Skinny delves into the world of the money-off voucher, and finds anger, joy, and the death of romance. Read more »| 01 Nov 2011
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Tech
AI in the Mobile: Ask me Anything
Having a robot just do the damn thing for you can be the breaking point Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Food And Drink
Food News – November 2011
Celeb-spotting, WWII fighter pilots, and tasty cakes; it can only be November's Food News. Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
2 Colours
To a student of The University, Edinburgh’s Informatics building could be just another place where lectures are held, but hidden within it is the Inspa... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
Pop Up Precious
Founded in the spring of 2010, the Edinburgh branch of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery (the ACJ) started as a community of local professional jewe... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
S.T.A.G : White Junk Fashion Pop Up
Fashion is an enormous global industry now estimated to be worth around £21 billion pounds a year to the UK economy, yet it’s notoriously difficu... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
Bold Souls - Santa, Baby!
Let’s face it, the countdown to Christmas has already begun. Over the past few years, craft fairs and Christmas pop up shops have become part of the se... Read more »| 26 Oct 2011 -
Food And Drink
Parlour Cafe Cookbook - Review
Dundee's Parlour Café pass on some trade secrets in their new recipe book. Read more »| 24 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
GSA Textile and Fashion Promenade, 29 September
After completing a 12 month, full time, postgraduate programme created to 'extend, develop and hone each individual's design signature,' the newest group of ... Read more »| 17 Oct 2011 -
Fashion
GSA Textile and Fashion Promenade, 29 September
After completing a 12 month, full time, postgraduate programme created to 'extend, develop and hone each individual's design signature,' the newest group of ... Read more »| 17 Oct 2011