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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StudentsStudent Life: The best nights in
Ticking every gender stereotype in the book, here’s some ideas for the best girls’ and boys’ nights that a small amount of money can buy. W... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
Fashion
Designer Spotlight: Hilary Laing
Printed fashion designer Hilary Laing might draw her inspiration from children's sketchpads, but it's unlikely that your average juvenile artwork comes anywh... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
StudentsStudent Life: Finding your Style
Boutique to Vintage Chic Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
Travel
Berlin Diptych: Part One
Two intrepid Skinny explorers recently spent time in Europe's cultural capital, and came away with radically different stories to tell. We ask 'So what's Berlin all about then?' Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
Students
Student Life: How to make something out of nothing
Right. In your cupboard is a can of kidney beans, two jars of spices dated 2006 and an onion that appears to be harbouring a new ecosystem. In your pockets are a fiver, a condom and a Werther’s Original. You need eight new course books, your trainers have passed shabby chic and arrived at plain shabby and you want to get sloshed and forget it all until morning. Presenting The Skinny guide to turning nothing into something. Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
TechMercenaries 2: World In Flames
Plenty of bang for your buck. Read more »| 12 Sep 2008
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Students
Student Life: Planning for Fun in Fields
As the weather grows warmer, gig-goers grow tired of dark, sweaty venues and begin to look further afield for their music fix. Forget camper vans, mystery-m... Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Student Life: Where you need to be, any time of day
12pm – 3pm Just getting into the day, you’ve probably successfully managed to sleep through your morning lectures, and starting to think about g... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
StudentsStudent Life: Recipes to Impress
Make friends the easy way: feed them up and get them merry. The Skinny takes you through some easy food and cocktail recipes that will score you brownie points in any student digs. Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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Student Life: Spend your student loan or get fit
The Skinny takes no responsibility for course failures, or for paving the way to the bottom of that oh-so-generous interest free overdraft, but here's a few secrets to getting fit thumbs. Phwoar! Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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Student Life: Wakey, wakey! - The Best Breakfasts in Scotland
Mornings. Likelihood is that you will be sleeping through most of your morning lectures, but if you manage to be up early (or late) enough to justify brekkie you will need fuel. Recommended coffee and carb stops below... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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Student Life: When comics become movies
Books, books, books. Your life is about to become a written work pulped overload. Therefore get back to basics with nice pictures of everyday avengers beating the shit out of each other. Read more »| 10 Sep 2008 -
Tech
Wii Loop Machine
Insanely popular music simulation games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band may make you feel like you're some kind of musical master, but they are just that, ... Read more »| 10 Sep 2008 -
Students
Student Life: 5 Ways to Sound like a Genius at a Party...
...When you're actually an idiot like the rest of us.Everyone knows a bullshitter, but what's the secret? The Skinny asked five seasoned experts to share the... Read more »| 10 Sep 2008 -
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Student Life: Learn baby learn
Some people at uni have brains so big, and are so incredibly brilliant at their subject, that they're shit at everything else. They can't even make a bowl of cornflakes. Others have no brain, never do any work, but have such an easy-going manner that they're bound to be successful. Okay, they have brains too. Whoever you are, though, there are certain steps you can take to get the most from your learning experience at uni... Read more »| 10 Sep 2008