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FashionECA students snap up prizes at Graduate Fashion Week
Edinburgh College of Art student Melissa Villevielle has won the Womenswear Collection of the Year award at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week in London... Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
TechEdinburgh's Bus Shelters Go Hi-Tech
Edinburgh introduces state-of-the-art bus stops. What can we expect from them? Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
Travel
Travelling in the Digital Age
An honest insight into the world of 21st Century travel... Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
Food And Drink
Idle Hands, Manchester
The people behind this pop up coffee shop near Piccadilly station are keeping their appendages rather busy brewing up great coffee Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
Intersections
In the Deep End: Skinny Dipping in Glasgow
“HALT! ABORT! YOU’RE NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES!” - The story of Deviance's debut skinny dip with Glasgow Continental. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Food And Drink
Northwest Food News - June 2015
Still feeling those election blues? Take solace in the fact that June offers a beer festival, a way to combat food waste and the latest British Street Food Award heats Read more »| 03 Jun 2015
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Food And DrinkScottish Food News - June 2015
It's a feast of festivals in this month's food news, with gin, science and magic all getting their moment in the sun – and there's a giant model of Edinburgh made of cake. Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Food And Drink
Taste the Difference: The Real Junk Food Project
Two women from Liverpool are setting out to reduce food waste with the city's first Real Junk Food Project Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Tech
Life is Strange: Episode Three – Chaos Theory
Life Is Strange’s second episode, Out of Time, ended on something of a cliffhanger. One of the game’s supporting characters put herself in a life... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
TechSimulating Success: How Simulation Games Brought The Joy
Following the success of Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread, we spoke to Luke Williams of developers Bossa Studios about simulation games and how they finally embraced the bizarre Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
TechArchos Virtual Reality Glasses
French tech innovators Archos have dipped their toe into the rapidly-evolving world of VR with their budget-priced headset. Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Fashion
Heriot-Watt University Fashion Show 2015
We speak to graduating designer Joanne Thomas for an insight into the new class of 2015 Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Tech
Avatars in Virtual Worlds
Beyond slaying dragons and collecting gold there is a deeper level of interaction in MMORPGs revolving around personal identity and self-comfort – and it’s facilitated by a relationship between the gamer and their avatars. Intrigued? Let’s take a look... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Fashion
Liverpool John Moores University: Fashion Graduates
Amid the bustle of degree show preparation, final year students from the Fashion Design and Fashion Communication courses at Liverpool John Moores University take time out to tell us their hopes, dreams and inspirations Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Tech
Farming Simulator 2015
Have you ever felt compelled to drive a harvester, or get behind the wheel of a tractor? Well, now’s your chance with Farming Simulator 2015, the lates... Read more »| 26 May 2015