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The new Rolling Stones album, Hackney Diamonds, is almost perfect. Reviews have been glowing. The band’s best long-player since Some Girls, some hacks write (Variety claims it’s ‘Their Liveliest Work in 40 Years’). Macca’s on it. The irreplaceable Charlie, bless him, plays on a couple of tracks and long retired Bill (who?) does something on […]
Continue ReadingBob Baxter, editor-in-chief of TattooRoadTrip.com and past editor-in-chief of the award-winning tattoo magazine Skin & Ink, for 14 years, reviews my new book Sacred Skin and writes that the book is ‘a beautifully organized, visual treat for both tattoo artists and collectors’ and that it is ‘clearly-written, entertaining treatise is packed with fascinating facts and […]
Continue ReadingEvery day, we appear to be moving a little closer to a state of affairs where governments could become obsolete. Large parts of the world have always been ruled by people who don’t really qualify as governments, but in recent years, perfectly respectable rulers have also shown signs (not for the first time) that they […]
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