Tattoo culture magazine

Issue 1 — Spring 2026

Section

city

2 stories

City of needles: a walking tour of London tattoo shops

Issue 01 · By Ivy Chen

City of needles: a walking tour of London tattoo shops

From a basement in Camden to a converted chapel in Peckham, London’s tattoo shops are a map of the city’s recent history.

Convention circuit: how tattoo expos found their voice

Issue 01 · By Jonas Adeyemi

Convention circuit: how tattoo expos found their voice

Tattoo conventions were once trade fairs. Now they are the closest thing the craft has to a public stage.