Get The October 2025 Issue of The Skinny!

Happy birthday, us! The Skinny has been shouting about the arts and culture scene in Scotland since our inaugural issue in October 2005, and while the last two decades have seen an unfortunate decline in print media – among way too many other things – we're still here, and to commemorate one hell of a hot streak, we've gone through the archive and pulled our most nostalgic article formats out of retirement.

Our most requested rerun is Crystal Baws – our clairvoyant columnist Mystic Mark is back with 13 off-the-wall horrorscopes, one for each sign of the zodiac. We're revisiting Skinny Jeans, our regular fashion feature that went out of vogue roughly around the time of its eponymous trend. Glasgow stand-up Christopher Macarthur-Boyd plays Braw or Naw, an old comedy format that sees the Fringe favourite pass judgement on pizza places, comedy clubs, and more. Our agony aunt Ask Anahit deals with a dilemma that was written in to us twenty years ago, and music column the Dirty Dozen – where special guests review twelve upcoming singles – sees Idlewild members giving hot takes on records from the likes of Thundermoon, Maz and the Phantasms and Hen Hoose. 

And outwith the theme of nostalgia, our regular sections are still doing what they do best; Intersections speaks to members of the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights about Black History Month in Scotland, film interviews Canadian director Louise Weard about her trans cinema project Castration Movie, and food looks at new Edinburgh eatery Nishiki, which is modelled after a Japanese izakaya. 

These are our regular distribution locations; copies make their way around Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee in the first week of the month. If you can't find a copy at a location on the list, drop us a line on Twitter or Instagram

Get The Skinny in Glasgow

– City Centre
– East End and Trongate
– North Glasgow
– Southside
– Finnieston and Charing Cross
– West End

Sainsburys Buchanan Galleries, Buchanan St, G1 2GF 
Sainsburys Partick, Crow Rd, G11 7RY
Morrisons Crossmyloof, Titwood Rd, G41 4DA
Morrisons Crow Road, 900 Crow Rd, Anniesland, Glasgow G13 1HY
Morrisons Paisley Road West, 1760 Paisley Rd W, Cardonald, Glasgow G52 2BW
Tesco Rutherglen, Dalmarnock Rd, G73 1NY
Tesco Maryhill, Maryhill Rd, G20 9SH
Asda Govan, Helen St, G51 3HR
Asda Forge, 1300 Duke St, Parkhead, Glasgow G31 4EB
Asda Clydebank, 31 Britannia Way, Clydebank G81 2RZ
Sainsburys Drumchapel, Allerdyce Rd, G15 6RX
Sainsburys Braehead, Kings Inch Dr, G51 4BT
Tesco Burnside, Stonelaw Rd, G73 3RJ
Morrisons Newlands, Riverford Rd, G43 1PU
Tesco Silverburn, Barrhead Rd, G53 6AG
Tesco Barrhead, Kelburn St, Barrhead, Glasgow G78 1LS
Tesco St Enoch, 205 St Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4BW
Tesco Byres Road, 300-304 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 9BG
Co-op, 123 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3DD
Co-op, 132 Union St, Glasgow G1 3QQ

Glasgow City Centre

Tabac Bar, 10 Mitchell Lane, G1 3NU
Dr Martens Store, 92 Buchanan St, G1 3HF
Cass Art, 63-67 Queen St, G1 3EN
Maxs Bar, 73 Queen St, G1 3BZ
Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, G1 3AH
Oxfam Books, 5 Royal Exchange Square, G1 3AH
Doghouse, 99 Hutcheson St, G1 1SN
The Social Hub, 15 Candleriggs, G1 1TQ
Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, G2 3LG
Third Eye Bar, 3 Scott St, G3 6NU
Smile Café, 121 Douglas St, G2 4HF
Assai Records, 231 Sauchiehall St, G2 3EX
GFT, 12 Rose St, G3 6RB
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, G2 3DB
Route One, 104 Sauchiehall St, G2 3DE
RSNO, 19 Killermont St, G2 3NX
Love Music, 34 Dundas St, G1 2AQ
Vans Store, 185 Buchanan St, G1 2JY
Fopp Records, 19 Union St, G1 3RB
Tickets Scotland, 239 Argyle St, G2 8DL
Solid Rock Café, 19 Hope St, G2 6AB
Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, G2 6PH
Bar Bloc, 117 Bath St, G2 2SZ
Slouch, 203-205 Bath St, G2 4HZ
The Tiki Bar, 214 Bath St, G2 4HW
King Tuts Wah Wah Club, 272a St Vincent St, G2 5RL
Spitfire Espresso, 55 High St, G1 1LX
City Halls, Candleriggs, G1 1NQ
Bar 91, 89-91 Candleriggs, G1 1NP
Nonna Said, 26 Candleriggs, G1 1LD
Briggait, 141 Bridgegait, G1 5HZ
Rubadub, 35 Howard St, G1 4BA
Signal Sounds, 175 Howard St, G1 4HF
Mono, 12 Kings Court, G1 5RB
Mr Bens Vintage Clothing, 6 Kings Court, G1 5RB
Wasps South Block, 64 Osborne St, G1 5QH
Joanna Goodbite, 92 George St, G1 1RF
Strathclyde Uni Students Association, 51 Richmond St, G1 1XU

East End and Trongate

Wasps Dovehill Studios, 15 East Campbell St, G1 5DT
St Lukes, 17 Bain St, G40 2JZ
Barras Art And Design (BAaD), 54 Calton Entry, G40 2SB
WEST Brewery, 15 Binnie Pl, G40 1AW
Tibo, 443 Duke St, G31 1RY
Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate, G4 0UT
Wasps Dennistoun, 77 Hanson St, G31 2HF
Redmond's of Dennistoun, 304 Duke St, G31 1RZ
Guitar Guitar, 36 Trongate, G1 5ES
Rose And Grants, 27 Trongate, G1 5EZ
Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, G1 5HB
Sneaker Laundry, 73 Trongate, G1 5HB
103 Trongate, 103 Trongate, G1 5HD
Bar Vinyl, 42 London Rd, G1 5NB
Record Fayre, 13 Chisholm St, G1 5HA
Platform, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, G34 9JW

North Glasgow

Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Whisky Bond, 2 Dawson Rd, G4 9SS
Abacus Coffee, 9 Cedar Court, G20 7NT
Civic House, 26 Civic St, G4 9RH

Southside 

Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, G42 7SA
Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, G41 2PE
Deep End, 21 Nithsdale St, G41 2PZ
Some Great Reward, 674 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 2QE
The Rum Shack, 657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 2AB
Gusto & Relish, 731 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 2AA
The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, G41 2HG
Corona, 1039 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3YF
Cafe Strange Brew, 1109 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3YG
Phillies Of Dennistoun, 1179 Pollockshaws Rd, G41 3NH
Granary, 10 Kilmarnock Rd, G41 3NH
The Climbing Academy, 124 Portman St, G41 1EJ
SAE Institute, 85-87 Portman St, G41 1EJ

Finnieston and Charing Cross

The Brass Monkey, 1004 Argyle St, G3 8LZ
SWG3, 100 Eastvale Pl, G3 8QG
The 78, 10-14 Kelvinhaugh St, G3 8NU
Mitchell Library, North St, G3 7DN
Taphouse, 1046 Argyle St, G3 8LY
Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle St, G3 8LX
The Big Slope, 36a Kelvingrove St, G3 7SA
Cashel Coffee, 40 Woodlands Rd, G3 6UR

West End

The Hug & Pint, 171 Great Western Rd, G4 9AW
The Doublet, 74 Park Rd, G4 9JF
Inn Deep, 445 Great Western Rd, G12 8HH
Coopers, 499 Great Western Rd, G12 8HN
Roots, Fruits and Flowers, 457 Great Western Rd, G12 8HH
Serendipity West, 657 Great Western Rd, G12 8RE
Naked Soup, 6 Kersland St, G12 8BL
Oran Mor, 731 Byres Rd, G12 8QX
Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe St, G12 8SJ
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Rd, G12 8AP
Oxfam Books, 330 Byres Rd, G12 8AP
Grosvenor Cinema, Ashton Lane, G12 8SJ
Curlers Rest, 256-260 Byres Rd, G12 8SH
Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, G12 8QN
John Smith & Sons, 65 Hillhead St, G12 8QF
Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, G12 8LX
The Left Bank, 33-35 Gibson St, G12 8NU
Mixed Up Records, 16-18 Otago Ln, G12 8PB
The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, G12 8TS
Oxfam Music, 171 Byres Rd, G12 8TS
Tinderbox, 189 Byres Rd, G12 8TS
Bag o' Nails, 165 Dumbarton Rd, G11 6AA
Iota Gallery @ Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland St, G11 5QE
House Of Toad, 23 Park Circus, G3 6AP
Goethe Institut, 3 Park Circus, G3 6AX
Brewdog, 1397 Argyle St, G3 8AN

Get The Skinny in Edinburgh

– Old Town
– New Town and Stockbridge
– Leith, Abbeyhill and Granton
– Southside
– West End and Tollcross
– Bruntsfield and Marchmont
– West Edinburgh

Old Town

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair St, EH1 1QR
The City Cafe, 19 Blair St, EH1 1QR
Pie In The Sky, 47 Cockburn St, EH1 1BP
Stills, 23 Cockburn St, EH1 1BP
Edinburgh Press Club, 20 Cockburn St, EH1 1NY
Underground Solushn, 9 Cockburn St, EH1 1BP
Fruitmarket, 45 Market St, EH1 1DF
The Melting Pot, 15 Calton Rd, EH8 8DL
Avalanche Gapinski, Waverley Mall, EH1 1BQ
Dancebase, 14-16 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU
Jolly Judge, 7 James Court, EH1 2PB
Institut Francais d’Ecosse (French Institute of Scotland), West Parliament Square, EH1 1RN
Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row, EH1 2QA
Let Me Eat Too, 7 Cowgatehead, EH1 1JY
Hula, 103 West Bow, EH1 2JP
Edinburgh Central Library, George IV Bridge, EH1 1EG
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, EH1 1SR
High St Hostel, 8-18 Blackfriars St, EH1 1NE
A&O Hostel, 51 Blackfriars St, EH1 1NE
The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers St, EH1 1HR
Biblos, 1 Chambers St, EH1 1HR
Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary St, EH1 1LT

New Town and Stockbridge

Kaplan International Colleges, 26 St Andrew Sq, EH2 1AF
Rose and Crown, 170 Rose St, EH2 2NH
The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, EH2 2AA
The Basement Bar, 10 Broughton St, EH1 3RH
Real Foods, 37 Broughton St, EH1 3JU
Coffee Cabinet, 49 Broughton St, EH1 3RJ
The New Town Deli, 42 Broughton St, EH1 3SA
Banana Row, 47 Eyre Pl, EH3 5EY
The Baillie, 2 St Stephen St, EH3 5AL
Voxbox Music, 21 St Stephen St, EH3 5AL
Jamaica Yard, 3 Jamaica St, EH3 6HH
Dragon Developments, 8 Albyn Pl, EH2 4NG
Oxfam Music, 64 Raeburn Pl, EH4 1HJ
Artisan Roast, 100a Raeburn Pl, EH4 1HH
Rare Birds Bookstore, 13 Raeburn Pl, EH4 1HU
Tesco Canonmills, 7 Broughton Rd, EH7 4EW

Leith, Abbeyhill and Granton

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 25 Hawthornvale, EH6 4JT
Lost In Leith, 84 Commercial St, EH6 6LX
Roseleaf, 23/24 Sandport Pl, EH6 6EW
Relish, 6 Commercial St, EH6 6JA
Custom Lane, 67 Commercial St, EH6 6LH
Printworks, 42 Constitution St, EH6 6RS
The Old Spence Café, 40-42 Queen Charlotte St, EH6 6AT
Brass Monkey Shore, 44 Queen Charlotte St, EH6 7EX
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 87 Giles St, EH6 6BZ
Ground Floor and EHFM, 125 Great Junction St, EH6 5JB
Campervan Brewery Taproom, 112 Jane St, EH6 5HG
The Biscuit Factory, 4 Anderson Pl, EH6 5NP
Am Imaging, 1 Stewartfield, EH6 5RQ
Leith Library, 28-30 Ferry Rd, EH6 4AE
Coven, 13-15 Ferry Rd, EH6 4AD
Leith School Of Art, 25 North Junction St, EH6 6HW
Populus Café, 4a Johns Pl, EH6 7EL
Duncan Pl Enterprise Hub, 4 Duncan Pl, EH6 8HW
The Lioness Of Leith, 21-25 Duke St, EH6 8HH
Argonaut Books, 15-17 Leith Walk, EH6 8LN
Mother Superior, 96-98 Leith Walk, EH6 5HB
Artisan Roast, 72 Leith Walk, EH6 5HB
The Leith Arches, 6 Manderston St, EH6 8LY
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny St, EH6 8RG
Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, EH6 8SD
Brass Monkey Leith, 362 Leith Walk, EH6 5BR
Lounge 33, 373 Leith Walk, EH6 8SE
Vinyl Villians, 5 Elm Row, EH7 4AA
Creative Arts Therapies Space, 43 Easter Rd, EH7 5PL
Art & Vintage, 3 Lyne St, EH7 5DN
The Regent, 2 Montrose Ter, EH7 5DL
Edinburgh College Granton, 350 West Granton Rd, EH5 1QE
The Pitt, 20 West Shore Rd, EH5 1QD
Morrisons Granton, 3 Waterfront Broadway, EH5 1SA
Morrisons Crewe Toll, 102 Pilton Dr, EH5 2HF
Tesco Leith, 76 Duke St, EH6 8HL
Sainsbury's Meadowbank, Moray Park Ter, EH7 5TS

Southside

Brass Monkey, 14 Drummond St, EH8 9TU
Kilimanjaro Coffee, 104 Nicolson St, EH8 9EH
Hobgoblin Music Edinburgh and Scayles Music, 50 St Patrick Sq, EH8 9EZ
The Queens Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, EH8 9JG
Brass Monkey Grange, 1 Grange Rd, EH9 1UH
Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL
Lady And The Bear, 1 Hope Park Ter, EH8 9LZ
Cult Espresso, 104 Buccleuch St, EH8 9NG
Green Meadows, 137 Buccleugh St, EH8 9NE
Press Coffee, 30 Buccleuch St, EH8 9LP
Red Box Noodle Bar, 51 West Nicolson St, EH8 9DB
Picnic Basket, 31 West Nicolson St, EH8 9DB
Bing Tea, 37 West Nicholson St, EH8 9DB
Potterrow, Bristo Square, EH8 9AL
Tesco Newington, Nicholson St, EH8 9EW

West End and Tollcross

Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Rd, EH3 9BZ
Innis & Gunn, 81-83 Lothian Rd, EH3 9AW
Blue Blazer, 2 Spittal St, EH3 9DX
The Source Coffee Roasters, 4 Spittal St, EH3 9DX
Lovecrumbs, 155 West Port, EH3 9DP
Assai Records, 1 Grindlay St, EH3 9AT
Tickets Scotland, 28 Grindlay St, EH3 9AP
Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St, EH1 2ED
Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, EH1 2EA
Bite Me, 167 Morrison St, EH3 8AG
The New Town Deli, 23 Henderson Row, EH3 5DH
Odeon, 118 Lothian Rd, EH3 9BG
Edinburgh Art Shop, 129 Lauriston Pl, EH3 9JN
Real Foods, 8 Brougham St, EH3 9JH
Cameo Cinema, 38 Home St, EH3 9LZ
Umbrella Vinyl, 20 Valleyfield St, EH3 9LR
Fopp Records, 42 Shandwick Pl, EH2 4RT
Cairngorm Coffee, 1 Melville St, EH3 7PR
The Hoxton, 5-21 Grosvenor St, EH12 5EF
Edinburgh Art College, Evolution House, 78 West Port, EH1 2LE
Bahn Mi Brothers, 141 West Port, EH3 9DP
Scotmid Tollcross, Leven St, EH3 9LH

Bruntsfield and Marchmont

Flamingosaurus Rex, 22 Brunstsfield Pl, EH10 4HN
Thorne Records, 125 Bruntsfield Pl, EH10 4EQ
Edinburgh Bookshop, 176 Bruntsfield Pl, EH10 4DF
Project Coffee, 196 Bruntsfield Pl, EH10 4DF
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Pl, EH10 5HF
Napier University Merchiston Campus, Colinton Rd, EH10 5DT
The Argyle And Cellar Bar, 15-17 Argyle Pl, EH9 1HG

West Edinburgh

Edinburgh Printmakers, Castle Mills, Fountainbridge, EH11 1AL
Edinburgh College Sighthill, Bankhead Ave, EH11 4DE
The Music Box (Stevenson College), 30 Bankhead Ave, EH11 4DE
Disposition, 29 Roseburn Terrace, EH12 5NQ
Napier University Sighthill Campus, 9 Sighthill Ct, EH11 4BN
Asda Chesser, 5 Newmarket Rd, EH14 1RJ
Tesco Hermiston Gait, Hermiston Gait Retail Park, EH11 4DG
Morrisons Gyle, South Gyle Broadway, EH12 9JU
Tesco Corstorphine, 40 Meadow Pl Rd, EH12 7UQ
Sainsbury's Murrayfield, Westfield Rd/ Gorgie Rd, EH11 2QW

Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA
Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd South, EH4 2XU
Sainsburys Cameron Toll, 6 Lady Rd, EH16 5PB
Sainsburys Blackhall, 185 Craigleith Rd, EH4 2EB

Get The Skinny in Dundee

Tesco Extra, Riverside Dr, Dundee, DD2 1UG

HMV, 71/77 Murraygate, Dundee, DD1 2EA
Dundee Central Library, Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB
Archive, 36-40 Seagate, Dundee, DD1 2EJ
Costa Coffee (Waterstones), 35 Commercial St, Dundee, DD1 1SG
University of Abertay Students Association, Bell St, Dundee, DD1 1HG
The Mcmanus Art Gallery And Museum, Albert Sq, Dundee, DD1 1DA
Wasps, West Hendersons Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BY
Lochee Library & Sports Centre, 47-49 High St, Dundee, DD2 3AQ
Verdant Works, West Hendersons Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT
The Tinsmith, 11 Old Hawkhill, Dundee, DD1 5EU
Spex Pistols, 4 Johnstons Lane, Dundee, DD1 5ET
Gallery 48, 48 Westport, Dundee, DD1 5ER
Newport Bakery, 54 West Port, Dundee, DD1 5ER
Dundee Rep, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB
DUSA, Airlie Place, Dundee, DD1 4HP
Le Freak, 159 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD2 1AR
Kist, 151 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD2 1AE
EH9 Espresso, 248 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD1 4LL
Benjamin Barker, 212a Perth Rd, Dundee, DD1 4JY
The George Orwell, 168 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD1 4JS
Cooper Gallery (Duncan Of Jordanstone), 13 Perth Rd, DD1 4HT
Braes, 14-18 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD1 4LN
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY
The Nether Inn, 134 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4ED
Grouchos, 132 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4ED
Thirteen Records, 13 Union St, Dundee, DD1 4BN
Assai Records, 33 Union St, Dundee, DD1 4BS
Bird & Bear, 2 Whitehall Cres, Dundee, DD1 4AU
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ
Stage 2000, Taybridge Station, Dundee, DD1 4DB

Get The Skinny in Perth and Stirling

Albert Halls, Albert Pl, Stirling
The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling
Stirling Central Library, 3 Corn Exchange Rd, Stirling
MacRobert Centre, Robbins Centre University Campus, Stirling
Unorthodox Roasters, 12 Friars St, Stirling
Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling
Codebase Stirling, 8 Corn Exchange Rd, Stirling
Brewdog, 7 Baker St, Stirling
Book Nook, 24 Upper Craigs, Stirling
Europa Music, 10 Friars St, Stirling
Monterrey Jack, 1 Corn Exchange Rd, Stirling
Oxfam Books, 79 Murray Pl, Stirling
Radical Weavers, 82 Murray Pl, Stirling
White Dove Roasters, 59 Port St, Stirling
Slanj A Va, 9 Upper Craigs, Stirling
Golden Lion, 8 King St, Stirling
Vera Bakery, 51 King St, Stirling
Made in Stirling, King St, Stirling
No 2 Baker Street, 2 Baker St, Stirling

Perth Museum, South St John’s Pl, and various venues around Perth

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