The news is all about the most tattooed woman now – she’s 55, covered head to toe and seems to have done all of this not only because she enjoys the art but also because of her medical condition.

Two interesting articles from Philippines and India show increasing popularity of body art there.

UK: two new books on body art are expected to be published soon. For those more into the internet, ‘top 10 body modification-related websites for beginners;’ oddly (or not so anymore) enough, there’s no BMEzine on this list.

Tattoo artists and body piercers are quite infamous for a wide scope of their interests and here’s yet another proof for that: ‘tattoo artists turned real estate mogul.’

Finally, a love story with a touch of ink: ‘an unusual marriage proposal.’