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 DrinkPints of Fear: 10 Craft Beers for Halloween
Ahead of the spookiest night of the year, we pull together a drinks list that's equal parts delicious brewing and terrifying graphic design Read more »| 26 Oct 2017 -
TravelLiving in Copenhagen: A guide
If you can get past the bureaucracy, the Danish capital offers a life that blends the great outdoors with top-notch drinking and nightlife Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
Food And Drink
New in Food: East Pizzas, Koelschip Beer & more
From top-drawer pizzas to brilliant new beer bars, our pick of the best new spots in Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 20 Oct 2017 -
Travel
Living in Pune: A guide
The second city of the Indian state of Maharashtra, Pune offers a blend of historical curiosity, collegiate hedonism and natural beauty Read more »| 19 Oct 2017 -
Intersections
Dead Women Walking: On May's Frida Kahlo Bracelet
Theresa May's Frida Kahlo Bracelet was more than an intriguing or misguided sartorial choice; it was another example of the worrying way we treat the faces of deceased female icons like Monroe, Winehouse and Princess Diana Read more »| 17 Oct 2017 -
Intersections
Witch Side Are You On? Witchcraft & Halloween
In a world of Sexy Scientist costumes and whitewashed Geisha get-ups, the witch has prevailed as a feminist fallback for socially conscious trick-or-treaters. And, er, we’re about to ruin that for you too... Read more »| 13 Oct 2017
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Tech
Enter the Upside Down with Stranger Things: The Game
Ahead of season two of Stranger Things, Neflix have released an 8-bit style Stranger Things game for mobiles Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
Food And DrinkA guide to Scotland's Food and Drink Markets
From farmers' markets to indoor street food fiestas, we take a look at some of Scotland's best regular food and drink markets Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
IntersectionsNo Laughing Matter: On Sexism in Comedy Reviews
We chat backlash and future plans with Jane Jacks, author of a contentious report describing bias against women in comedy reviews across the Fringe media; and to our own Comedy Editor Ben Venables about The Skinny's ethos when it comes to critique Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
Food And Drink
Scottish Food & Drink News – October 2017
Cocktails, coffee and questionable naming choices feature in this month's food and drink round-up Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
Students
Student Life in Edinburgh with Collegiate AC
Edinburgh has a lot to offer students – we pick out some of the best bits to look out for, with help from Collegiate AC Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
Food And DrinkNew in Food: Saboteur, Trenchtown & more
Flavours from around the world feature in our latest food and drink round-up, from fried chicken in Glasgow to Vietnamese and Caribbean in Edinburgh Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Food And Drink
Stranger Things pop-up bar now open in Edinburgh
The Netflix show gets the pop-up bar treatment, allowing you to take a trip to the 80s and the Upside Down Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Students
Do the Oké Poké at Manchester’s first poke café
After years of fixating on the dirty food revolution borrowed from the barbecue pits of our Stateside sisters – shovelling stacked burgers and loaded f... Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
Students
Edinburgh New Town & Leith: Student Venue Guide
Some of our favourite student venues in Edinburgh's New Town and Leith Read more »| 11 Sep 2017