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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IntersectionsMemoirs of a Sex Shop Worker: Another Day, Another Dildo
Our former Northwest clubs editor spins us a yarn or two about his time spent working in an adult shop Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
TechWho killed AIBO the robotic dog?
AIBO the robotic dog was hailed as a bold new plateau in robot-based entertainment on its release in 1999. Yet the device was a commercial failure. As owners and AI enthusiasts mourn its loss, it's time to ask who or what exactly screwed the pooch Read more »| 27 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
Join The Skinny Craft Beer Club
One of life’s great pleasures is discovery – adding new things to your list of favourites, trying stuff you might otherwise have ignored, and lea... Read more »| 27 Jul 2015 -
TechKerbal Space Program
With New Horizon making history with its Pluto flypast, Kerbal Space Program is the perfect opportunity to try out a little space exploration for yourself. Read more »| 27 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
Scottish Food News – August 2015
Food News flees Edinburgh this month (after a stop-off at the pub), taking in beer festivals, wine battles, and edible buildings. Read more »| 27 Jul 2015 -
StudentsLiving with FoMO
FoMO, the compulsive concern that a person might miss an opportunity for social interaction or a novel experience, has attracted the attention of journalists and academics as they try to understand the effect social media has on our emotional wellbeing Read more »| 27 Jul 2015
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Tech
To Be Fair: Dissecting The Ethical Smartphone
Fairphone entered the smartphone market in 2013 with their first Fairphone, intent on cleaning up the tech industry's notoriously unethical supply chains. With their new smartphone releasing later this year, what progress have they made? Read more »| 20 Jul 2015 -
Tech
Telling Stories: John Warner on The Fall
With dystopian sci-fi game The Fall released on Xbox and PlayStation systems this month, we spoke to John Warner, co-founder and director of Over The Moon Games about the past, present and future of the series Read more »| 17 Jul 2015 -
Fashion
A Fashion Guide to European Cities
OK, so you have the incredible architecture, the food and the culture – but what we love most about Europe is the fashion! Read more »| 17 Jul 2015 -
Tech
Make Works – An Innovative Scottish Tech Startup
Scottish start-up Make Works facilitate artists and designers in sourcing materials from local factories. We met up with founder Fi Scott to discuss her experiences of getting the start-up off the ground Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Food And Drink
Siam Smiles, Manchester
We find authentic Thai flavours at this unassuming supermarket diner that's quickly becoming a city favourite Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Tech
Her 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 -
Tech
Ready 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 -
Intersections
Japanese 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