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Culture news

Infrared imaging reveals hidden tattoos on 2300-year-old mummy

Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on the body of a 2300-year-old Siberian mummy.

06/08/2025

Lifestyle

How Feather's McGraw became the UK's most in-demand tattoo

UK tattoo parlours have seen a huge demand for Wallace and Gromit's arch-nemesis following the release of the Oscar-nominated film 'Vengeance Most Fowl.'

27/01/2025

Culture news

Lasers help archaeologists uncover ancient tattoos on Peruvian mummies

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate, hidden tattoos on 13th-century Peruvian mummies, revealing details of ancient body art invisible to the naked eye.

15/01/2025

Health news

Why harmful bacteria in ink might make you rethink getting a tattoo

A recent FDA study found that 35 per cent of unopened and sealed tattoo and permanent makeup PMU inks are contaminated with harmful bacteria.

25/07/2024

Europe News

Want to remember Euro 2024 forever? Get a free tattoo in Berlin, then

Football fans in the German capital are marking their memories of the Euro 2024 tournament permanently for free.

11/07/2024

Culture news

What crazy things have celebrities done with ashes over the years?

Ashes to ashes, funk to *record scratch* what???

18/04/2024

Lifestyle

Would you get your loved one's ashes tattooed into your skin?

In a growing trend, people are finding solace by incorporating the cremated ashes of their loved ones into tattoos.

27/10/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? EU Climate commissioner steps down

On this edition of Brussels, my love? we ask what problems EU climate plans could face following the departure of Commissioner Frans Timmerman and whether Spanish regional languages including Catalan, Galician and Euskera can become official EU languages.

02/09/2023

Green News

Austria gives free public transport in return for klimaticket tattoos

The promotion has been criticised for using young people’s bodies to advertise political policies.

23/08/2023

Culture news

Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum transforms into tattoo parlour

“Highbrow to lowbrow” is how Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmaker describes his latest project - inking sketches by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors in the building the Golden Age master once called home.

20/06/2023

Culture news

High art to body art: Rembrandt's house turned into a tattoo parlor

Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum has transformed one of its rooms into a tattoo parlor for a week-long residency it calls “A Poor Man’s Rembrandt,” featuring some of the city's top tattoo artists.

19/06/2023

Culture news

106-year-old Filipino tattoo artist becomes Vogue's oldest cover model

A 106-year-old Indigenous Filipino tattoo artist becomes Vogue's oldest ever cover model - here's her story.

10/04/2023

Culture news

Abs-olutely nuts: Would you get your abs tattooed?

Wherever you fall on this issue, there’s no denying that this enterprising gent is putting the ‘cut’ in ‘shortcut’.

16/03/2023

Culture news

Chinese tattoo artist tells women's stories through ink

Song Jiayin sees her project as an open-ended documentary that she hopes will help both promote women's voices and challenge stereotypes.

08/03/2023

Culture news

How are tattoos being used to help breast cancer survivors?

Tittoo.org, a growing European foundation, is offering breast cancer survivors free tattoos to help them reclaim their bodies

16/01/2023

Culture news

Meet the studio offering free Kanye West tattoo removals

Yeezy come Yeezy go: Meet the studio offering free Kanye West tattoo removals - We talked to their CEO Briony Garbett about the initiative and the normalization of regret

28/11/2022