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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TechMad Max
Mad Max feels like a polished title, one that tries to be a comprehensive sandbox game that, like its titular character, is able to hold its own. Read more »| 07 Sep 2015 -
Food And Drink
Food News – Northwest, September 2015
After the summer [?!] why not relax with... a couple of food festivals (wait a minute!) Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Food And DrinkFood News - Scotland, September 2015
In this month's Food and Drink round-up, we've got drinks on ships, coffee under lovely stained-glass windows, and the chance to go behind-the-scenes at two Glasgow breweries Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
StudentsLive Music Highlights in Manchester with DICE
Planning your gig calendar? DICE offers tickets to the best shows, club nights and festivals with no booking or transaction fees. Here are our top picks Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Tech
Virtually everywhere: Have we all become gamers?
So your mum's addicted to Windows Solitaire, but does that make her a gamer? We've always played games together, but in a world of smartphones and online games, we're all finding more time to spend a round or two with a few old favourites Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Intersections
Free Bleeding: Sweat, Tears and Bloody Taboos
Deviance investigates why shame-free menstruation is about more than making strangers uncomfortable. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015
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Travel
The Travel Hangover: Dealing with Coming Home
After months of being on the road, how does one treat the hangover that ensues post-adventure? Read more »| 02 Sep 2015 -
Food And Drink
Vote in The Skinny Food and Drink Survey 2016
For the fifth time we’re asking you to cast your votes for your foodie faves – our Food and Drink editor talks you through the details. Read more »| 02 Sep 2015 -
Food And Drink
Craft Beer Rising returns to Glasgow
Making its second trip north of the border, we look ahead to the return of Craft Beer Rising to Glasgow’s Drygate Read more »| 01 Sep 2015 -
Food And DrinkReal Food, Real Folk on Let's Eat Glasgow!
Glasgow restaurant collective Real Food, Real Folk present their first event this month; we caught up with ringleader Colin Clydesdale to find out what's on the menu Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
Students
Your Guide to Scotland’s Digital Dens
Scotland's tech scene is thriving, with numerous collaborative spaces, support networks, and educational groups for anyone interested in coding and creativity. Here's our guide to getting involved Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
Fashion
Spotlight: Fern-Rebekah Bywater
Liverpool graduate Fern-Rebekah Bywater takes inspiration from the built environment to create her sharp, structured womenswear. She tells us about using weird materials, the future of fashion, and how she hopes people feel when they see her designs Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Quarantines and nosebleeds, panic and confusion, all these genre staples are present in Rapture but their skillful deployment is anything but routine. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Satellite Reign
Satellite Reign is an isometric real-time tactical RPG promoted as the spiritual successor to Syndicate, a series of acclaimed games predominantly released in the 1990s Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Submerged
Submerged isn’t a violent game – in fact there are no enemies or danger of any kind – but as an action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic urban environment, it skirts another kind of desensitisation. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015