Running the London Marathon for Sarcoma UK
Part 1 of Things&Ink editor Alice Snape’s Marathon Diary… Around three weeks ago, I got the news that I had been waiting for… I had been accepted to run the London Marathon 2015 for the cancer...
View ArticleThe One Love Project
THE ONE LOVE PROJECT The One Love Project aims to provide a safe and creatively stimulating learning environment for the children of a traditional Rajasthani gypsy community located on the perimeter...
View ArticleMy Marathon Diary – part two
Me in my new running gear, taken at Christmas at my parent’s house in the midlands. Editor Things&Ink editor Alice Snape is currently in training for the London Marathon 2015, she’s running for...
View ArticleMy Marathon Diary Part Three – my first ever half marathon (and it was hilly)
Things&Ink editor Alice Snape is currently in training for the London Marathon 2015, she’s running for Sarcoma UK. Read more in her first Marathon diary entry and Part Two – an early morning run....
View ArticlePart four in My Marathon Diary – runner video inspiration
Things&Ink editor Alice Snape is currently in training for the London Marathon 2015, she’s running for Sarcoma UK. Read more in her first Marathon diary entry. Here’s part four of her marathon...
View ArticleMy Marathon Diary, part five
Editor Alice Snape looking pleased with her mileage for February 2015. Things&Ink editor Alice Snape is currently in training for the London Marathon 2015, she’s running for Sarcoma UK. Read...
View ArticleTattoo the Taboo
Meet Kerry-Anne, tattooer and owner of Cock A Snook tattoo parlour in Newcastle… for years she suffered with mental health problems, but she suffered in silence, she felt unable to tell anyone due...
View ArticleOne week to go… London Marathon 2015
Things&Ink editor Alice Snape is currently in training for the London Marathon 2015, she’s running for Sarcoma UK. Read more in her first Marathon diary entry. Here’s part six of her marathon...
View ArticleI did it! I ran a marathon!
She did it! Things&Ink editor Alice Snape ran the London Marathon 2015, for Sarcoma UK. You can read about her training journey in past blog posts and on her Instagram page. This is her diary entry...
View ArticleShrewsbury tattoo studio fundraising for Nepal earthquake appeal
Adorn tattoo studio, in Shrewsbury, are no strangers to fundraising, having only recently raised funds for two African medical centres. Now the team of professional artists are appealing for funds to...
View ArticleFeminist Flash Day Sunday 31 May, start time 11am
Things&Ink and theFeminist Library present: FEMINIST FLASH DAY Sunday 31st May 2015 At: King of Hearts Tattoo Studio 137 New Cross Road, London SE14 5DJ Things&Ink magazine and the Feminist...
View ArticleLadies! Ladies! Art Show
Ladies! Ladies! Art Show, curated by Miss Elvia, Emma Griffiths and Pat Sinatra, promises to be extra special this year (it is now in its fourth year). It recognises generations of women tattooers,...
View ArticleSemiColon Tattoo
Project Semicolon is a non-profit faith-based charity encouraging people to draw semicolons onto their skin to show their support for mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, self harm and...
View ArticleBulimia Charity Gives Game Characters Makeovers
Bulimia ’a resource dedicated to providing information and treatment options to men and women suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and other types of eating disorders‘, have altered the images of infamous...
View ArticleInterview with tattoo artist: Hollie West
28-year-old Hollie West, who tattoos at Indigo Tattoo Studio in Norwich, is known for her brightly coloured chubby babe tattoos.We chatted to her about her collaboration with illustrator Gemma Correll...
View ArticleTattoos that Change Lives: Realistic Nipple Tattoos on Breast Cancer Survivors
45-year-old tattoo artist Ron Antonick creates nipple tattoos for women who have had breast cancer. Often his clients have had re-constructive surgery or are unhappy with the options offered to them by...
View ArticleCharity Tattoo: Still Standing
Our Italian contributor Ilaria went to the charity event ‘Still Standing’ at Adrenalink tattoo shop in Marghera, to raise money for the victims of a tornado in Venice. Here is her diary of the day and...
View ArticleBlack Market Tattoos: Charity Day
On Saturday 8th August 2015, Nush Turner and Fiona Lewitt tattoo artists at Black Market Tattoos in Leicester organised a charity tattoo flash day to raise money for LOROS Hospice, a charity local to...
View ArticleBlackpool Tattoo Convention
Our editorial assistant Rosie attended the second ever Blackpool Tatcon held at Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool last weekend. After entering a competition on tattoo blog Inkluded’s Facebook page,...
View ArticleFlavia Carvalho: Transforming Scars
Brazilian tattooist Flavia Carvalho has been tattooing women who have encountered domestic violence or have had mastectomies. The marks caused by abuse and cancer are there for life, even though the...
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