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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TechHer Story
Back in the mid-90s, when games consoles such as Sega’s ill-fated Mega CD roamed the planet, videogames utilising full-motion video were briefly all th... Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
TechReady Novel Two: Ernest Cline on Lucas, Spielberg and Armada
Ahead of his second novel Armada, we spoke to author Ernest Cline about back-slaps from George Lucas, competing with Adam Sandler and pissing off Steven Spielberg Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
Intersections
Panic at the Porno: Moral panics and amateur porn
What do processed meat and amateur porn have in common? Liv McMahon examines the moral panic surrounding the amateur adult industry, and explains why she feels torn when it comes to porn. Contains graphic descriptions. Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
IntersectionsJapanese Shibari Rope Bondage with Skinny Redhead: Artfully Bound
Skinny Redhead talks rope bondage, Japanese Shibari and why she's keen to bring rope work out of the fetish world and into the mainstream during next month's Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
Food And DrinkCommon, Manchester
The times they are a changin' for this Manchester institution, but it's not lost its USP – good beer and good food Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
Healthy Eating: The Dogmas of Dieting
Can a trend toward healthy eating ever be a bad thing? We look at how healthy eating has become dogma for some and can leave non-believers feeling rejected Read more »| 06 Jul 2015
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Fashion
Edinburgh International Fashion Festival 2015: What's On and What's Next
As Edinburgh International Fashion Festival returns to showcase the best in Scottish and international fashion, co-founder Jonathan Freemantle discusses the festival's whys, wherefores and what's next Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
Phagomania: Dude Foods and the Alphabet Sandwich
We catch up with Nick Chapman of Dude Foods – the man who brought us tacos woven from bacon – and discover he’s planted his flag on sandwich mountain Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
The Foodie's Guide to Surviving Summer
Some seasonal culinary advice for the jet-setters amongst you, courtesy of a comedian making meals in kettles, a student cooking dinner on his engine, and some 21st century bushcraft Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Travel
Malawi – The Aid Paradox
A personal journey to the Warm Heart of Africa, Malawi, exposes a raft of questions Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
Fashion
The Gathering 8: Scot Street Style
Gordon Millar and Scot Street Style bring the Gathering home to Edinburgh for its eighth event, as creatives converge to establish Scottish fashion as a global force Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Fashion
Rioter: Hannah Wallace interviewed
This year's winner of the Gold award at Graduate Fashion Week Hannah Wallace talks about her outstanding graduate collection, which takes inspiration from rioters and astronauts – and the layers of protection they must wear Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Tech
Yoshi's Woolly World
If you're tired of bleak first-person shooters and bland over the shoulder action games then Yoshi’s Woolly World may be the break that you need. Burst... Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Food And DrinkScottish Food News – July 2015
This month's round-up is almost entirely liquid, with beer launches and festivals before a dry run for next month's Fringe madness Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Food And Drink
Northwest Food News – July 2015
We’ve decided that July is the month of learning and trying all things new – whether that be wine, cheese, mezcal, tofu or... Peruvian food. Yep, we’re an eclectic bunch in the food department Read more »| 30 Jun 2015