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IntersectionsV is for Vagina
Jessica Walsh discusses the costs of nudity-shaming and wonders why we can't all just call a spade a... well, a vagina actually. This article features discussion of sexual abuse. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Food And DrinkPhagomania: Swedish Sandwich Cakes
Marking the finalé in our sandwich trilogy, we seek out the greatest sandwich concept in the world – the sandwich/cake hybrid known as the Smörgåstårta Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
TechOddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
If you were a gamer in the late 1990s, you probably played the original Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee for PC and PlayStation. The quirky puzzler from Oddworl... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
Tech
The Order: 1886
The Order: 1886 is Sony’s latest first party flagship title, a visually lush period action game set in an alternate vision of Victorian London. The gam... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
Food And Drink
Scotland Food News – March 2015
In this month's Food News, beer faces off against wine, gin ploughs its own furrow, and the StAnza and Wee Dub festivals get in on the food action... Read more »| 02 Mar 2015 -
Fashion
London Fashion Week: Autumn/Winter 2015
From 70s flares to look-at-me 80s garish knits, we discuss the trends for the coming autumn/winter season emerging from the LFW A/W15 shows Read more »| 28 Feb 2015
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Fashion
Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show
Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show (ECFS 2015) is celebrating its fifteenth year, with this year's event being held in the city's Usher Hall on Saturday 14th Mar... Read more »| 28 Feb 2015 -
Tech
Evolve
For those left cold by the slew of identikit first person shooters these past few years, the 'elevator pitch' of Evolve, where four player protagonists squar... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
TechHot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora
Do you like cats? And film noir? Then Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora, developed by Glass Bottom Games, is probably the game for you. Combining 'Met... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Travel
As Seen on Screen: Glasgow and Edinburgh in Film
As Glasgow Film Festival enters its final throes, our Glasgow and Edinburgh Venues editors take the opportunity to highlight a selection of visitable local venues that have appeared on the big screen Read more »| 26 Feb 2015 -
FashionGlasgow School of Art Fashion Show 2015
The world is a big place, and in sartorial terms this means it offers more than one way to tastefully cover one’s bits. This must have been the exact t... Read more »| 26 Feb 2015 -
Tech
Decay – The Mare
Daedelic's latest release comes from Swedish design team Shining Gate Software, titled Decay – The Mare, a psychological horror puzzle game releas... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
Tech
Blue Estate
For fans of the old school, on-rails shooter, Blue Estate sounds like it has the potential to quench a mighty thirst and this port to Xbox One, utilising the... Read more »| 23 Feb 2015 -
Fashion
afterDARK Glasgow University Charity Fashion Show
While the St Andrews University’s charity fashion show may attract high end sponsors and pervy princes, its Glaswegian equivalent, set to take place on... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Tech
Life Is Strange: Episode One – Chrysalis
Take 2013’s indie darling Gone Home, David Cage’s much-derided Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls and mix them with a little of Telltale’s Th... Read more »| 14 Feb 2015