Lindsey Johnstone

Budgetting Tips

The best advice in life is free

In Freshers Week, it will not occur to you to budget. Between your brand new student loan and generous zero interest overdraft, you’ll be asking Donald Trump to holla at you. The week after, when you have spent almost all of it in the pub/Urban…

Getting Around: Glasgow

How to move around one of Scotland's biggest cities

Orientating yourself around any new city can be a daunting prospect but help is at hand, as Lindsey Johnstone takes you area-by-area through Glasgow’s finest haunts and cherry-pick the top spots you cannot afford to miss

Finance Advice: Post Study

It may seem like a long way off in your first year, but The Scottish Government’s Fresh Talent Initiative is committed to encouraging people to live, learn, work and remain in Scotland, after they graduate. Post Study Work affords international…

Suit Squad

Here at Shop we never underestimate the power of a good look, and neither does Dress For Success.

We love: personal styling in Glasgow

Lindsey Johnstone gets out of a fashion rut with Glasgow’s vintage personal styling service

This is hard for me to admit, but I may need some help. As someone who spends far more time than is healthy thinking about what to wear, I have ruthlessly edited my style to the point where it may as well be a uniform. But I’m starting to wonder if…

Current trends in tattoo art

And you thought tattoos were an expression of individuality? Celebrity copycat body art is more popular than ever, with images of Rihanna and Cheryl Cole currently the most frequently ripped from the gossip mags and taken to the tattoo…

Shopping in and around Leith

There’s no better place to begin than legendary Italian food emporium and Edinburgh institution Valvona & Crolla at Elm Row. Open since 1934, this is as close to food shopping in Rome as you’ll get in Scotland. Further down Leith Walk, St Columba’s…