The Most Beautiful Man In The World - Issue 5 by crotchmagazine

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For the first four issues of The Most Beautiful Man in the World, we’ve travelled around the world to photograph interesting, intriguing (and yes handsome) men. For issue five, we felt it time to stay close to home. This is our British edition. Appropriately, we started right at home at my apartment in Deptford, south-east London, where we photographed James on the roof terrace. James is a plumber by trade and though it had occurred to me that he would make a great addition to TMBMITW, it wasn’t until my friend was staying from the States that we decided to ask him to sit for us. Happily, he agreed. The results close this issue. But The Most Beautiful Man in the World, as the name suggests, is a magazine that travels, so we looked for stories across the UK, from the skylines of Newcastle to the beaches of Sussex. Along the way we crushed hard on the men we photographed, like young footballer Kieran in the Forest of Dean. But our hearts also belonged to a girl in this issue. When we travelled to Herefordshire we fell in love with Sophie, an

Our cover story is inspired by the smash British television series Broadchurch - Viewers of Chris Chibnall’s gritty whodunit have been gripped by the sensational storytelling and the beauty of the show’s ‘Jurassic Coast’ setting. But it was up and coming British actor Jonathan Bailey who caught our eye and kept us glued to our screens: he’s the star of the issue and every bit as compelling to watch in real life as the hit shows we tune in to see him in. For TMBMITW’s fifth edition we hoped to capture a well-rounded vision of contemporary Britain. There are nods to tradition in the Henley Royal Regatta. There is a snapshot of that most modern icon, the Great British service station. Most importantly, there are beautiful men. Tell us about the men that catch your eye; the lads you pass every day, or make a special detour for. If he’s nearby or overseas, we’ll travel for The Most Beautiful Man in the World. Frank.

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pit crew We take a well-earned break from the motorway system to meet the men refuelling at this quintessentially British pit stop

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ALEX travelling from Manchester to a rugby game in Twickenham.

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LEIGH travelling from Birmingham to Peterborough.

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L-R: BJAR travelling from London to The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. LEWIS travelling from Wales to London.

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MAXIME travelling from Birmingham Airport to Leicester. @maxmermoz

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ADAM travelling from Colchester to Wales.

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WILL and ADAM travelling from Wales to Peterborough. GEORGE travelling from Birmingham to Glasgow to visit family.

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take five We asked dancer Harry to tell us the five London places that made him

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The Barbican

and painful experience; I hope to never have to do

This was the first London venue I performed at as a

it again!

professional dancer so it will always hold a special significance to me. But I made my professional

Canary Wharf

debut in Melbourne, Australia, soon after I joined

I travelled to school on the DLR, via Canary Wharf where

the Michael Clark Company. Michael himself was

my mum worked. I remember many evenings sitting

able to do the show so I went on for him.

people watching by the fountains there, waiting for my mum to finish.

Harold Hill, Romford  As a child I would stay with my grandparents for a

The Admiral Duncan, Soho

couple of weeks every summer. It was an amazing

When I was young, like many people, coming out was

time. All I remember is drinking tea, eating Choc

a scary prospect. I had read Welsh rugby player

Ices and walking around Romford Market.

Gareth Thomas’ story which helped give me the courage and strength to come out. I randomly met

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him in the Admiral Duncan pub and told him how

I recently completed the London Marathon. It was a

his story had resonated with me. He gave me a

fantastic experience and I was pleased to raise

hug. Looking back, I realise that fear is so small. To

money for the charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK, which

this day, I still pass the Admiral Duncan and smile.

I care deeply about. It was also the most stressful

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Photography Christopher Ratcliff. Styling Jessica Johnston. L-R: CONNOR wears shirt and trousers by WESC; shirt by Topman; shirt by Topman and sunglasses by Ray-ban; shirt by WESC; shirt by Native Youth; t-shirt by Qasimi. Connor is represented by Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adore in Manchester.

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the multitasker Ipswich-born Ryan Barrett is a man with many impressive talents to his name (and one really brilliant grandma)

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Artist I wasn’t very good at anything in school apart from art so that was my way out of education. I did a lot of painting at high school in Ipswich. It was there I started stitching into my painting, inspired by my grandma, Josie, who did a lot of knitting and sewing. She was a huge influence on me growing up. She’s now 84 and still drives a Winnebago. She also breeds parrots. Model I was scouted while studying Fine Art Textiles at Goldsmiths, University of London. Moving to London was a big thing so someone asking me if I wanted to model? I didn’t even know what that was. One of my university teachers had a daughter who was a model and she convinced me to try it out. I’m so glad I did because my career has been going for 12 years now. Photographer Modelling gave me the opportunity to travel around the world. I met a lot of great photographers and started picking up the camera myself. I shot for a number of fashion and men’s magazines. One of my favourite photographers is Jeff Wall, who stages these scenes which are really nice. My favourite artists

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are Barnett Newman, Barbara Hepworth and Matthew Barney. Ceramicist Ceramics was always something I wanted to try but never got the opportunity. By chance, I went on a Tinder date to a taster course with clay and fell in love with it. It was just my date and me and the teacher so it was really special. The next day I bought a kiln and a wheel on eBay and within a week had asked my grandma if I could move into her shed and start a studio there. Entrepreneur I started a textile business after university. Graduating from university, the question was how do you make money from being a creative? Which is partly why I started the textiles business which now runs full time with nine staff. Am I easily bored? Yes! I’m always looking for new ideas and moving forward. There’s no point in living life sitting watching TV all day. TV star Going on The Great Pottery Throw Down was a surprise. I didn’t think I would ever see myself on a TV show, for one. On top of that, to win it was pretty special. I saw the ad for a ceramics competition. I enquired about it and applied to see how far I’d get. It was a very long process. There were some pretty hard tasks on the show like making a fully functional toilet in four hours. I was like, sure I’ll just knock that up. @RyanBarrettUK

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RYAN wears jacket by Alpha Industries with t-shirt by All Saints jeans and flip-flops Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own. Ryan is represented by Models 1.

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Photography Gregory Vaughan. Words Jamie Golunski.

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boxing clever Zach from Southend is a young man who has it all mapped out

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This page: ZACH wears t-shirt by Adidas X Alexander Wang available from Selfridges. Opposite: ZACH wears track shorts and jacket both by Topman Design with shoes by Converse.

Zach loves living in the U.K. because of the possibilities open to him, though he sounds more than capable of making the most of them himself. A 17-year-old Essex boy whose modelling career has started to take off, he puts his ambition down to boxing. ‘My Dad boxed at quite a high level and always encouraged me to be focused in this respect, training me three times per week, which gave me the passion for the sport,’ he says. It was the boxing and the way it turned this self-described ‘chubby kid’ into a lean, mean fighting machine that steered Zach front of camera. But the skills he learned in the ring work in life too. ‘Boxing puts a strain on you both physically and mentally but it’s great for the body in many ways and it helps you as a person,’ he notes. And Zach’s own recipe for success, whatever the field of play? ‘I don’t aspire to be anything or anyone but myself. It may sound clichéd but I think that if you can just be true to yourself, you’ll be the happiest, best version of ‘you’ possible. @ZachHartman1

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ZACH wears t-shirt by Orlebar Brown with shorts by Topman. Zach is represented by Unsigned Group.

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country boys Capturing the beauty of the English countryside in Herefordshire

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Words James Probert

Can you keep a secret? So can Herefordshire. Other bits

part of a big farming family. When TMBMITW told me

of the UK are used to the limelight — the Cotswolds

they were looking for a shoot that captured spring

flaunt their stuff in Sunday supplements, the Scottish

time, I thought of my aunt and uncle’s farm, bursting

Highlands provide brooding backdrops to epic

with lambs, calves, apple blossom, ducklings, and

films — but this little corner is usually forgotten. And

everything new and good. This is stuff that gets your

I think the people who live here like it that way. Ask

mouth watering — literally, because if you ever

someone where Herefordshire is and you’re likely

have come across something from Herefordshire,

to get a shrug or, “Uh… just above London?” (That’s

chances are it was a plump strawberry or a juicy

Hertfordshire, by the way — different place). But we

steak, a glass of cloudy cider or a packet of thick

don’t go out of our way to change that.

chunky crisps. This isn’t countryside for show. It’s

It may not have chocolate-box villages full of gastropubs

and

four-wheel-drives

working land filled with working people.

from

They used to say Herefordshire was famous for its six

Battersea for the weekend, or towering, rugged

‘W’s: water, wool, wine (they meant cider), wood,

mountains and wild spaces. But Herefordshire does

wheat and women. True, but we found a few men

have beauty. And like all real beauty, it can take

who deserve to be better known too. We can’t

some finding. Behind high hedges, down winding

claim they’re all farmers, but they seemed pretty at

lanes that seem to get narrower and narrower until

home with Sophie the lamb, or out on the hilltops in

you worry they’re just going to peter out, there are little slices of paradise, all the better for getting less attention than they should.

a blustery breeze. So that’s Herefordshire. Remember, if you like what you see — shhhhh! Keep it to yourself.

I grew up here, tramping through the woods and fields,

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JAMES wears t-shirt by River Island, tie-dye hoodie by River Island. Thankyou to Margie, Richard and Tony at Free Town, Tarrington.

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game on Junior from Sidcup is our man on the ball

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Photography Arron Dunworth. Styling James Yardley. L-R: TYLER wears t-shirt by Kappa; jumper by Kappa, jeans by Christopher Shannon; jeans by Topman; t-shirt and joggers by Kappa. Tyler is represented by Select Model Management.

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british library We asked our student friends to recommend some reading materials

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KURT wears shirt and trousers by Topman and shoes by Vans.

KURT Woodhouse Sixth Form College, studying chemistry, physics and maths. Kurt hopes to become a renewable energy engineer. His recommended book is His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman. @KurtMartinBrown -HALCYON BOOKS-

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WILL Goldsmiths, University of London, studying anthropology and sociology. Will wants to make documentaries about human desires, intrinsic and constructed. He suggests a read of The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. @wjgregor

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L-R: WILL wears red joggers by Band of Outsiders, t-shirt by AMI available at Mr Porter and trainers by Luke. ZINZAN wears jumper by Stella Mcartney available from Mr Porter and jeans by Topman.

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LUKE wears all his own clothes.

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AIDAN Bird College of Dance, studying dance and musical theatre. Aidan is looking forward to a career in dance and fashion. He recommends The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. @aidan_walsh

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L-R: ARCHIE wears t-shirt by French Connection , jeans by Loewe available from Selfridges and shoes by Luke. AIDAN wears sweater by Wooyoungmi available from Mr Porter.

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ARNALDO Heathcote School and Science College, studying physics, maths, product design and architecture. Arnaldo wants to study Architecture at Bath University. This Muggle suggests a read of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling. @Arnaldosanha -HALCYON BOOKS-

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ZINZAN University of Westminster, studying English literature. Zinzan wants to follow his parents into the wine trade. He recommends Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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L-R: KURT vest by Gucci available from Mr Porter, bag by Cambridge satchel company and jeans by Sandro, shoes by Vans. ZINZAN wears jacket, t-shirt and jeans all by Topman.

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ARCHIE wears t-shirt by Margiela available from Selfridges, jeans by Stella Mcartney from Selfridges and shoes by Luke.

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LUKE wears jumper and jeans by Sandro and shoes by Vans. Archie, Zinzan and Aidan are represented by AMCK. Luke is represented by Nevs. Kurt is represented by PRM. Stylist assisted by Tom Lawrence. Thank you to Halcyon Books, Lee High Road.

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scenic spot Actor Jonathan Bailey knows all the best places in Britain with the perfect view and takes a pretty good picture himself

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Ask Jonathan Bailey where his dream location is in

good. You had a sustained, compelling storyline,

the British Isles and you get a pretty strong list of

really well written drama about community which

contenders to choose from.

is essentially a very British thing,’ he says. ‘But then

‘I love Hastings, I love the mixture of old and new and there’s a great arts scene there,’ the 29-year-old

as it played out, the reaction to it was completely barmy.’

actor says, before giving TMBMITW plenty in the way

And just as the audience were in the dark about

of weekend-break options. ‘I love Littlehampton,

Broadchurch’s big reveal, so its cast did not know

which is probably what Hastings was like 50 years

who the killer was until they filmed the final scenes.

ago. I went with my sister and niece for a little

‘It was like The Usual Suspects,’ laughs Bailey. ‘They

ramble. It’s still got those communal washing lines

allowed us to believe at certain moments we all

that are reminiscent of 50s Britain.’

were the killer. They played us off against each

The love of the English coastline is apt since it’s here

other.’

that Bailey made his name. An actor from an

Oxford-born Bailey left the show after its second series

early age, he came to prominence as part of

and has since appeared in TV shows like W1A and

the ensemble cast for Broadchurch, ITV’s hugely

Crashing. But he returns to the role of journalist in

successful whodunit set in a fictional town on the

his next big-screen outing, as a BBC reporter who

Jurassic Coast.

helps an amateur yacht racer fool the world about

The BAFTA-winning crime drama was broadcast over eight weeks to audience figures of over nine million,

his position in the prestigious Sunday Times Golden Globe race.

as viewers waited to find out the identity of the child

Based on the real-life story of Donald Crowhurst, The

murderer in the seaside town. Bailey, who played

Mercy, which also stars Colin Firth and Rachel

local reporter Olly Stevens, knew instinctively that

Weisz, depicts the yachtsman’s disastrous attempts

he was working on a great show but didn’t foresee

in 1968 to sail around the world and equally ham-

just how well it would be received.

fisted cover-up of his mistakes, aided and abetted

‘I think you know when it’s good. You know the writing’s

by the media of the time.

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‘Crowhurst was this fascinating guy who just bought a

– an adaptation of the wildly successful Tom Clancy

boat and entered it and was up against some of the

espionage books – Bailey does his own stunts (he

best racers in the world,’ says Bailey. ‘Everything

admits this might only be driving a car at 10mph

starts going wrong for him so he starts lying, sending

into shot but still).

back coordinates that he wasn’t hitting. The media

For the BBC satire W1A, which is due to air later this

ran stories and collaborated his insanity so it was a

year, the comedy comes from precision timing

fake news story over forty years ago.’

and everyone playing as a team. ‘It’s like music,’

As well as a history lesson, the film offered Bailey an opportunity to go coastal once again. The great

he says. ‘If one person drops the ball, you lose the rhythm of it.’

outdoors clearly appeals for this keep-fit fan, though

Downtime, when Bailey fits it in, is spent in a more

doing it in our mild climate can have its downsides.

leisurely manner. His dream is to live in Bath, as

‘I did a triathlon last year,’ says Bailey. ‘No training.

he’s a huge fan of the city’s townhouses, but home

I’d gone to Brockwell Lido in London and had a dip.

is currently East Dulwich, where he finds much to

I didn’t realise the panic I’d feel putting on a wetsuit

recommend. ‘The best place for brunch is the East

and doing open-water swimming.’

Dulwich Picturehouse,’ he notes, ‘followed by a

Bailey may have tried to coast it in competition, but

ramble in Dulwich woods or the Green Chain walk.’

career-wise he puts the work in. For the musical

It’s a dreamy scenario Bailey conjures up and proof if

The Last Five Years in 2016 he put a huge effort into

it were needed that he can paint as pretty a picture

working out. In a new Jack Ryan series for Amazon

as he takes himself. @jbayleaf

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WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, and ANDOVER.

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surface tension At Henley Royal Regatta the battle lasts five days and the party much, much longer Photography Ian Bartlett

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In historic Henley-on-Thames they do things in a distinctly British fashion. The annual rowing event, Henley Royal Regatta, is a case in point. Established in 1839, the Henley Royal Regatta predates any national or international rowing organizations so operates under its own set of rules and regulations. A five-day event over the first weekend in July, Henley involves a lengthy number of qualifying races. Rik, a rower from Amsterdam, explains the set up thus: ‘Henley is an unusual race as it is always one against one. There is one winner – the other is the loser. When you’re the loser you’re done - you can go home. When you win you go on to the next round. It’s a hard competition. It starts on a Wednesday, so when you are still on the course by Saturday everybody is looking at you.’ Such is the demand to compete, Henley has to whittle down the select few. Ben, a coach at Thames Rowing Club, says this can create as grand a spectacle as the main event. ‘If the event is oversubscribed, a select portion are allowed straight in, -076-

the rest have to do a time trial, the fastest crews filling the remaining slots,’ he tells TMBMITW. ‘This alone is a great spectacle with about  seven hours of continuous rowing with much cheering when crews are announced. Just qualifying a crew can mean as much to a club, college or school as winning.’ Crews from around the world come to race ‘about one mile and 550 yards’, going from the town’s Temple Island upstream to Henley Bridge. Crowds line the banks from start to finish and afterwards to celebrate. This being a distinctly British event, a dress code is in place: jackets and ties for the men, knee length dresses for the women. In typically British style, it all ends with a big party, which says Ben, can go on for days. ‘The parties are big. So big about seven years ago the police really had to sort things out as the town was getting overrun with revellers. For winners, the parties can go on for weeks, even months.’ @thebartlett

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Photography Steeve Beckouet. Styling Frank Strachan. Grooming by Hamilton using Philip B & DHC. L-R: MAX wears t-shirt by Christopher Shannon; shorts by Dan Ward; t-shirt by Nike; sweater by Bobby Abley; t-shirt by Christopher Shannon; jacket by Bobby Abley with jeans by Topman. Max is represented by Unsigned Group.

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‘It has to be Steven Gerrard,’ Gloucester City defender

Keiran has the summer off from football but intends to

Keiran answers immediately when asked who is the

stick to a strict work-out schedule. A carpenter by

greatest footballer in the world. ‘He’s quality. He

trade, he’ll not be ditching the day job just yet. ‘I

was the captain for England and Liverpool.’

love it,’ he says of the work. ‘It is quite physical – I’ll

The 21-year-old from Gloucestershire hopes to emulate

be working all summer.’

his idol. Keiran has played professionally for five

But summer won’t be all work and no play. There’s a

years and signed to his local team in 2016, where

lads’ holiday to Magaluf booked, though that wasn’t

he’s gained the nickname “Mr. Consistent” due to his

the original plan. ‘I was meant to go on holiday with

impressive performance on the pitch. Other teams

my girlfriend, but we split up, so…’ he says, going

have taken note, including EFL Championship team

shy, ‘but being single for the summer isn’t such a

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If there is one downside to working outside in the

he never dreamed of making it as far as the top

sunshine, it is tan lines. Very specific ones.

three of the contest on the Lorraine show on ITV. As

‘Glove tan lines!’ laughs Mark, a scaffolder from

part of the contest, he had to strip to his underwear

Wallsend in Tyneside. ‘There is a section between

for the cameras. ‘Lorraine was really lovely. She put

my upper arm and wrists that gets absolutely tanned and my face. And the rest of us is milk white.’

us at ease because I was nervous.’ The strange experience has led to even more unusual

The 26-year-old works for his dad, whose retirement

ones. His television appearance has resulted in

has meant Mark has taken over most of the day-

some explicit messaging on social media. ‘I got a

to-day running of the business. ‘It is a physical job

few dick pics,’ he says of the weird consequences

but I really enjoy it,’ he says. ’It’s better than being stuck in an office.’

of being in the spotlight. And though Mark was somewhat bummed out the

Mark still finds the time to pursue his other interest;

messages weren’t from female admirers, he was

he recently started modelling after featuring in an

happy to see the silly side. ‘It was funny, really,’ he

underwear-model competition on a breakfast chat

laughs. ‘I’d be sat there with my mates and then a

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The sleepy village of East Preston lies roughly halfway between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex on the south coast of England. The pebble beaches and shallow waters make it perfect for all sorts of watersports, especially paddle boarding of which Bruno is a fan. He also likes to meditate, perfecting breathing exercises and yoga. It helps him to relax and centre himself.

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1/ OHNO QUOTE Location: K2 Body art, Richmond, North Yorkshire Tattooist: Andy Joss ‘This is a quote by Kazuo Ohno, a founder of Japanese Butoh dance. As my spiritual inner life spirals, twists and turns from the known/unknown excitements, it says that life is ultimately a journey.’ 2/ THE ‘4TH’ Location: K2 Body Art , Richmond North Yorkshire Tattooist: Andy Joss ‘The ‘4th’ symbolises the 4th of the 7 Chakras “Anahata”. It means the practice and clearing of blocked energy within Kundalini Yoga.’ 3/ O ME! O LIFE! Location: K2 Body Art, Richmond, North Yorkshire Tattooist: Andy Joss ‘This was my first tattoo. It’s from a poem by Walt Whitman, O Me! O Life! One idea about it is that when I’m on the cold slab in a mortuary, the person tending me might get hope and joy from reading it. The second meaning is that in faith I’m still foolish, -126-

but forever contributing my verse to others’ lives, even if I don’t think so.’ 4/ ROY LICHTENSTEIN, A SHOT OF LOVE… JAMES wears track top by Diadora, vest by Topman, shorts by Adidas, socks by Nike, trainers by Nike.

Location: English Rose, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Tattooist: Carl Burton “The Boss” ‘I’ll forever be reminded of the Divine I witnessed whilst being in her intimate company and to the sleep she took after every encounter. My Shot of Love, romanticized, critiqued, phallically and blissfully with the Girl from Catford. If you see her say hello, x’ 5/ KNIGHT OF CUPS Location: English Rose, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Tattooist: Carl Burton “The Boss” ‘A

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