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 DrinkHeart and Graft Coffee: Giving It Beans
In the first of our new 'Pioneers' series – championing the doers, thinkers and makers behind the Northwest's food and drink scene – we meet James Guard and Sean Fowler, the roasting duo behind Heart and Graft. Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
FashionRosie Sugden: Cashmere Queen
Rosie Sugden's designs can now be found far beyond their Edinburgh origins – we find out more about a designer with a sharp eye for minutiae. Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
FashionValentine's gift ideas in Manchester and Liverpool
Keep it local this Valentine's Day by doing your last-minute gift shopping in Manchester or Liverpool's many boutiques. From handmade jewellery to screenprin... Read more »| 12 Feb 2016 -
Tech
The Witness
Having prized the doors back open for indie games as commercial success stories with 2008’s Braid, developer Jonathan Blow finally returns with The Witness. Read more »| 12 Feb 2016 -
Tech
The V.R. Renaissance: Will Smith Interviewed
2016 will be the first year of modern consumer Virtual Reality. With many unknowns about how this will effect the way we consume media, we spoke to Will Smith, former editor at Tested.com, about creating VR experiences and his new virtual reality company. Read more »| 12 Feb 2016 -
Travel
Life in Kuala Lumpur: Culture, cuisine & the law
Our Malaysia correspondent offers a guide to life in Kuala Lumpur aka KL, from roti canai to a complex dual legal system Read more »| 11 Feb 2016
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FashionGlasgow School of Art Fashion Show 2016
GSA's Fashion & Textiles students present a diverse show on the theme of Geometry Read more »| 10 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Confessions of a Restaurant Worker
Scrambling for returned food and dealing with customers who don't tip: one writer looks at the realities of life as a humble restaurant server Read more »| 10 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Phagomania: Pantone Smoothies
Stop asking what your smoothie does for your insides and start thinking, 'Does this smoothie go with my look?', as we get the lowdown on the meticulously colour-matched Pantone Smoothies project. Read more »| 10 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Five of Edinburgh's Best Chinese Restaurants
Take a tour of Chinese cuisine without leaving the confines of the capital with our guide to some of the best Chinese restaurants in Edinburgh. Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Five of Glasgow's Best Chinese Restaurants
Ahead of Chinese New Year, our guide to some of the best regional Chinese restaurants in Glasgow. Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Intersections
Opinion: Do Gentlemen Prefer Bland? De-feminising Tinder
Suffering from feminist fatigue this Valentine's day, our Deviance editor trades in her watertight Tinder profile for that of a Disney prom queen princess. The results are repulsive Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
TravelLiving in Dubai: Work, culture and booze licenses
Our man in Dubai offers a definitive guide to living there, from procuring a booze license to picking the right mall Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Valentine's Day in Edinburgh & Glasgow: Where to go
So you've decided to go out on Valentine's Day? Rather than sarcastically wishing you good luck then running away, we've put together a guide to what to do, and where to go Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Intersections
HIV, rainbows and LGBT History Month 2016
This LGBT History Month, Toby Sharpe explains the importance of acknowledging the whole story – beyond Caitlyn Jenner and glittery weddings. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016