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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TechThe 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 -
TechThe 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 -
TravelLife 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 -
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
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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 DrinkFive 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 -
Travel
Living 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 -
Food And Drink
Delivery Through The Decades
From early Roman takeaways to having a whole city's worth of restaurants at your fingertips, we look at the history of the humble takeaway, in association with Deliveroo Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Free State Kitchen, Liverpool
Offering stellar cocktails and life beyond the burger, Liverpool eatery Free State Kitchen takes a fresh stab at American cuisine, with mixed results Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Food And Drink
Scottish Food News – February 2016
This February, one of the country's coolest restaurants pops up in Glasgow while there's beer and wine a-plenty in Edinburgh Read more »| 02 Feb 2016