Fish and Chips
The Philosophy of Tattoos
his fascinating short book examines the history and origins of tattoos. John Miller, a senior lecturer in 19th-century literature at the University of Sheffield, didn’t get his first inking until he was nearly 30 but now has a Japanese, horimono-inspired, full-body tattoo. Tracing their history back to the creation myths of the indigenous cultures of Polynesia, Indonesia and the Arctic, Miller resists saying that tattooing
