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Fashion
Give Festival Season Some Welly
Don't kid yourself about legendary line-ups and campsite camaraderie - the best thing about festival season is that it affords urban sophisticates the opportunity to legitimately run around in Wellington boots. Harking back to those endless days when we were all popping cola bottles and flying saucers (or, last Wednesday, as we call it at Skinny Towers), wellies as everyday attire is a little slice of nostalgia that's worth taking full advantage of. The high street is already littered with patterned boots as loud as the main stage, whilst block colours always leave open the option of making like Dame Shirley Bassey at Glastonbury, and emblazoning your initials on the side in Swarovskis. Or for real school holiday authenticity, go with "L" and "R" in marker pen - just so you don't forget... Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
Fashion
Shop-We-Like : Xile Clothing
With over 25 years of experience under their belt, Xile have established themselves as one of Britain’s leading independent fashion stores. Since open... Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
Fashion
Meet the Designer: Keira Thorley
As Keira Thorley of up-and-coming label, Keira, will tell you, the collections have a lot of love sewn in: "I want women to feel like these photos. The cloth... Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
Tech
WiiFit
Wii Fit is an exercise game. Players stand on the Balance Board (which comes packaged with the game), which is essentially a set of scales designed to meas... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Striped Bass
Occupying the top-floor unit of Glasgow's upmarket Prince's Square mall that previously housed doomed cocktail bar Hemingway's, Striped Bass is a seafood res... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Tempus
“Drop in for a glass of Veuve Clicqot Rosé after shopping at Harvey Nichols” advises the Tempus website. If you do you will be met by a la... Read more »| 10 Jun 2008
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Food And Drink
BoBar
Situated in Glasgow's cosmopolitan West End, Bobar is actually part of the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor – only a stone’s throw away from Byres Road &... Read more »| 09 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
IGGS: Spanish Temptations
A mainstay in the Edinburgh scene for over 20 years, this Spanish restaurant is very well known for quality and expense. However, since sister restaurant Ba... Read more »| 09 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Food For Free: The Glasgow Diary
In the concluding episode of our Freegan diaries, Louise Loftus tries the rabbit trick on every fruit and vegetable shop in the West End, and the haul is impressive Read more »| 08 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Food For Free: The Edinburgh Diary
The plan is to find a bin full of loaves of bread... George Penny finds a large can of hairspray as he tries to live like a Freegan for a few weekend Read more »| 08 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Food For Free: Foraging For 'Bush Tucker'
As an errant Devonian, now residing in the (comparatively) big city, I get the occasional Thoreau-esque pang for open spaces and fresh air. This is compounde... Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Food For Free: Interview with the Freegan
Louise Loftus talks to a a full-time Freegan to find out exactly why it's appealing Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
That's The Spirit
Francis De La Boe invented gin and was sure it would cure one third of all diseases. If it doesn't, George Penny reckons cheese wine probably will, sort of Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
Tech
Iron Man
It's quite surprising that for Iron Man, one of the most boom-tastic of Marvel properties, it's taken them this long to turn out a blockbusting movie to wow ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
Food And Drink
Voujon
Situated close to Pollock Halls and the synagogue, Voujon has been open for almost three years. Inside is bigger and more stylish than its shopfront implies,... Read more »| 03 Jun 2008