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By Gregor Crawford Dominant black tattoo running down the right side of his face, dark dreads pulling down the back of his bald head and a hoop ring hanging from his nostrils, Paul Booth gives off the image and inspiration behind his style of tattoo. Dark. Dark as 2 in the morning. Paul Booth is [...]

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By Georgi Bomb Accessorising always has, and always be, a big deal.The more individual and eye catching the better. Even understated pieces can literally scream volumes so whenever a new shop crops up online, the Culture Bomb fashionistas are right there! London Fashion Week has been awash with block colours and muted tones so the products from Scottish-based, The [...]

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By Gregor Crawford If you haven’t been living under an ink-free rock the past few months, you probably already  know that the much-anticipated, 3rd Annual Scottish Tattoo Convention (STC) is coming up. The event will take place Easter weekend, March 30th – 31st at Edinburgh Corn Exchange.

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By Gregor Crawford   Ricky Graham is a tattoo artist who plies his trade at Fiona Long’s “Feline” in Sheffield. The shop has been there for a staggering 17 years. With a great deal of history and respect, and an impressive gallery, it was great to get the opportunity to speak to Ricky.   First [...]

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By Gregor Crawford That’s right, he’s not just a tasty rum! Like most famous people with really cool names, he has a really normal one that’s not quite as exciting, Norman Keith Collins. Anyone interested in tattooing will have more than likely at least heard of Sailor Jerry. He was known for his “traditional” tattoo [...]

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By Gregor Crawford 文化爆弾は素晴らしいです Nah I don’t know either. You may think the following article is going to be an article about dodgy Japanese translated tattoos, but you would be wrong my friends! The topic on hand is both deceivingly interesting and strikes a thought – tattoos in Japanese culture. Now, before we move on, [...]

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By Gregor Crawford This week BBC aired a 90-minute programme called ‘I Want to Change my Body’. It is based around popular talking subjects of this time; people (young adults in this case) who are setting out to change the way they look physically.

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By Gregor Crawford Good day to all you beautiful ink fans, having recently booked myself in for a chest piece in January, I thought this would be an ideal time to answer maybe the most heard question in regards to tattooing; does it hurt? Now, before we go on, every person is different. People have [...]

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This week has to go to the Game of Thrones cat. Why is it entertaining? No idea, but for some reason it is rather compelling and the inset box seems to make it even more funny!

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This, by far, has to make video of the week! A visually impaired, Origin fan is hauled to the stage to crowd surf, and is then thrown back up with the band, to thrash about on the stage with the band for the duration of The Aftermath. I think you’ll agree this is truly heartwarming, [...]

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Okay, so we don’t really mean that but this is definitely, very funny. We forgive you Nicky!

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By Robert Bayley It’s something amusing itself, that the biggest comedy festival in the world began on the fringe of the world’s biggest arts festival. But it’s a long time since those unwelcomed but enterprising performers set up their own festival at the edges of the still simultaneously running Edinburgh International Festival. Since then it’s [...]

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By Gregor Crawford So you’ve decided to go ahead with it. You’ve found a design you’re happy with, you’ve scouted for the perfect artist. It has taken a few months and a lot of saving but it’ll be worth it. You’re about to commit to one of very few things you are actually bound to [...]

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By Georgi Bomb Yes people, it’s finally here, Diablo III, the highly anticipated next chapter in the award-winning action-role-playing game series is now available for us all to get our grubby little paws on. It has certainly been in high demand, with more than two million pre-orders and 8000 midnight launches, this has certainly whipped [...]

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By Georgi Bomb Interesting and eye-catching accessories can be difficult to come by. Although the high street stores offer the occasional quirky piece, it can be disheartening to find thousands of others sporting the same thing. This is the unfortunate thing with high street – it’s affordable, by everyone.

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