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the essential A few months ago, a young woman, tattoo artist in Paris, created a page on Instagram, Balance your tattoo artist, with the aim of identifying testimonies concerning insults, mockery or alleged assaults during meetings at a tattoo artist. Since the creation of this account, the languages are loosened.

The Instagram account Balance your tattoo artist, created by a Parisian tattoo artist last year, has given itself the mission of breaking the omerta that reigns in tattoo parlors. He is now the subject of two complaints.

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The young woman, who asked to remain anonymous, had launched this account at the end of 2020 on the social network in order to denounce the inappropriate remarks, violence or sexual harassment that occurred during meetings with tattoo artists. She had indicated to the Dpche du Midi to have received hundreds of testimonies of embarrassing, uneasy, hurtful situations and even acts of sexual violence.

She also assured that investigations were underway and that alleged victims had initiated legal proceedings.

Contacted by us, she says that these complaints have not yet been filed. Filing a complaint is a complicated process especially in this type of business, it is not my role to put pressure, slips the young woman.

The lawyer of one of the tattoo artists targeted by several publications posted on the account Balance ton tattooeur contacted the Dpche du Midi. The latter told us that he has also initiated legal proceedings. This Tuesday, January 19, 2021, I filed, on behalf of my client, a complaint with the constitution of civil party before the dean of the investigating judges of Paris for acts of insults and public defamation against X and a complaint in the hands of the public prosecutor against the creator of the Instagram account and against all his co-authors and accomplices for harassment and cyber-harassment , details the Parisian lawyer.

According to him, his client was neither contacted nor interviewed by any police service whatsoever and even less criminally convicted for any offense. The tattooist targeted by certain comments published on this Instagram account denies having committed any criminal offense whatsoever and intends to pursue all slanderous and defamatory denunciations made by others.

Since the creation of this account, Internet users have been divided on this subject. Many have expressed the lack of good judgment on the part of clients who find themselves in uncomfortable situations on the pretext that you just have to leave the room or go away if you feel in danger. They also add that if there has been abuse, it is not on social networks but in front of the police services that it must be reported. Conversely, others applauded the approach of the tattoo artist behind this account allowing people to tell embarrassing or even insulting situations and thus change behavior.

Faced with these testimonies, tattooist associations confirm that they do not offer a code of ethics recalling good practices. These abuses must exist, inevitably, but no one wrote to us about it. And is it our role to make a charter?, Asks Tin-tin, president of the National Union of Tattoo Artists (Snat) in a published survey by our colleagues from Release.

In response to these various accusations, as the newspaper notes, some tattoo parlors have decided to launch their own ethical charter, benevolent and intolerant of discrimination. In Bordeaux for example, the contracts of the resident tattoo artists of the Sibylles salon stipulate that the service provider undertakes not to make any offensive racist, sexist, grossophobic, transphobic , at the risk of seeing his services canceled immediately. .

To date, it is difficult to accurately assess the number of tattoo parlors in France. According to the National Union of Tattoo Artists, they are between 4,000 and 5,000. One thing is certain: they are more and more in demand: according to an IFOP survey carried out in August 2018, 17% of French people have at least one tattoo , or more than 8 million people. Six years ago, they were only 5 million.

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DESPITE lockdowns, Richard Evans, the Creative Industries Officer at Creative Industries, Trafford (CIT) has overseen several successful events.

A former freelancer with Redeye, the photography network and the much missed Design Initiative, he joined CIT in 2006, for a while doing all three jobs together.

The organisation, which has a staff of four, exists to support artists careers and develop their creative skills. It plays a key role in the culture of Greater Manchester and beyond.

Richard said: CIT is the artist development strand for Waterside Arts who hosted our latest successes the Northern Lights Writers Conference and Puppet Masters Animation Conference.

The first, a digital version of their annual writers conference, delighted their audience.

One of the positives was that we were able to feature international guests who were no longer required to fly.

We were delighted with our key note speakers.

He said that the conference was a mixture of an author interview with Heather Morris, who wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz, creative workshops and a writers panel.

It had also enabled individual writers to get advice. Another success was the on line Puppet Masters Animation event.

Richard said:We were able to feature two prominent international guests from the animation world.

They were Phil Tippett, the stop motion artist for RoboCop, Star Wars and Jurassic Park and Georgina Hayns, the animation supervisor on Kubo and the Two Strings and ParaNorman.

There was also a workshop from Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell. She is a UK production designer who has worked with Tim Burton, Wes Anderson and Aardman Animation.

Thanks to awards from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation their team of Puppet Wranglers were still devising ways to bring the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive project to audiences again.

COVID safe rehearsal space for has been provided for some theatre makers.

I love working with artists and my team, said Richard.

CIT are funded by Arts Council England, Trafford Council and the Governments Culture Recovery Fund.

The Writers Conference can be re-visited free at Divergehub.org.

For information about Cosgrove Hall Films Archive, see cosgrovehallfilmsarchive.co.uk.

See also creativeindustriestraffod.net.

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Covid restrictions: social distancing at Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dublin last May. Photograph: Laura Hutton

The Covid-19 pandemic contributed to a stellar year for the Irish book trade in 2020, with sales and revenue higher than at any time since the days of the Celtic Tiger.

Lockdown helped boost Irish publishers and bookshops to sales of 161.5 million, a figure surpassed only in 2008, and a 14 million increase on revenue in 2019, according to Neilsen BookScan.

Sales are all the more impressive as bookshops, where the bulk of books are still sold, were closed for months last year; April, during the first lockdown, saw the lowest ever recorded book sales for a single week. This was countered by 21 weeks of double-digit percentage increases on the same weeks in 2019, suggesting that customers were buying in bulk when they had a chance.

A total of 13.1 million books were sold in the year as a whole, almost a million more than in 2019, an increase of 7.8 per cent. The average price paid for a printed book went from 12.11 to 12.31, the highest since 2007.

The five top-selling books of 2020 all outsold the top-selling book of 2019. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, written by Charlie Mackesy and published by Ebury Press, was Irelands overall bestseller, with 67,926 copies sold, just ahead of Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, which sold 63,200 copies. This compares to the top-selling book in 2019, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris, which sold 41,627 copies that year.

Seven books sold more than 40,000 copies, more than every year apart from 2009.

The top-selling Irish book, at number three, was Champagne Football, by Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan, about John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland. It sold 49,000 copies.

Old Ireland in Colour, by John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley, sold 48,000, more than any other Irish hardback. It was also the only book to earn more than 1 million in 2020.

Home Stretch, by Graham Norton (46,000), Beyond the Tape, by Marie Cassidy (41,000), Normal People, by Sally Rooney (40,000), Code Name Bananas, by David Walliams (39,000), The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman (34,00), and Guinness World Records 2021 (34,000) made up the top 10.

Books published in Ireland sold 2.3 million copies in total, bringing in 32.1 million in revenue. About a third of sales came from school textbooks and study guides.

The leading six Irish titles were all trade nonfiction, helping that sector to grow 19.9 per cent in value and 11.2 per cent in volume for the year. The largest nonfiction category for Irish books was autobiography.

The same five publishers make up the top of the list as in 2019, with four of those growing their sales in 2020. Penguin Random House increased its share to 20.1 per cent of market value, with growth of 12.5 per cent, followed by Hachette, up 18.9 per cent, growing to 12.5 per cent share, and HarperCollins (now including Egmont), with 8.2 per cent of the market and 7.7 per cent growth.

Gill Group represented 5.8 per cent of the overall consumer market (but 29.1 per cent of books published in Ireland), growing 12.3 per cent compared to 2019. Pan Macmillan followed up on 2019, its highest year on record, with only a minor decline, of 0.4 per cent.

Books published in Ireland sold 2.3 million copies, bringing in 32.1 million. About a third of sales came from school textbooks and study guides. The leading six Irish titles were all nonfiction. The largest nonfiction category for Irish books was autobiography, at more than 80 per cent, led by A Light That Never Goes Out, by Keelin Shanley.

Educational publishers suffered, with Edco, Folens and CJ Fallon down about 20 per cent, while Veritas was down more than 58 per cent. Merrion Press, however, had a stellar year, up more than 300 per cent, largely thanks to the success of Old Ireland in Colour.

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CARL Woods looked for love on Love Island but instead he has hit the jackpot with beau Katie Price.

The pair have been dating since June 2020 and has been very supportive to Katie, 42, while she looks after her ill son Harvey.

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Carl Woods, 31, is Katie Price's new boyfriend and is a car dealer from Essex.

Katie has described him as her "Prince Charming."

Katie split with Kris Boyson in 2019 and Carl and Katie have been dating since June.

Carl has been by Katie's side throughout her ordeal with ill son Harvey and has been hitting back at online trolls.

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He appeared on Love Island back in 2016 - the same series as Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen - as a bombshell on the speed dating task. Sadly, he never made it into the villa.

Before he entered Love Island in 2016 Carl revealed he owns 30 cars including a lamborghini.

He described himself as "charming, confident, game, outrageous and irresistible" adding: "Being a Channing Tatum look-a-like is a bonus to say the least.

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"I get told I look like him a lot."

At the same time, he revealed that Katies former nemesis Jodie Marsh was his "celeb crush" because "she goes to the same tattooist as me", adding: "I want a girl thats able to laugh at herself but equally someone that acts like a girl.

"I dont want a best mate. A girl that makes the best of herself and is classy. And if she could look like Jodie Marsh that would be amazing".

Carl also appeared on ITV2s Killer Camp in 2018.

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Carl has been pals withKatiefor years, but was set up with the mum-of-five by a mutual friend and the pair began dating in July 2020.

"Katie wasnt looking for love or a serious relationship but just weeks after meeting Carl, she fell head over heels for him, a source told The Sun Online.

"Shes surprised how fast they clicked.

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"Hes her ideal man, really: hes got a job and his own money, hes fit, they have a laugh - and she really fancies him.

Carl Woods has revealed how much of a huge fan he was of the former glamour model as a teen.

The former Love Island star, 31, has been dating the 42-year-old since July 2020 and admitted he had posters of her alter ego 'Jordan' plastered around his room.

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In a new interview withCloser, he shared: "Ive known her since I was 15 she just didnt know it then. I had about six posters of her on my wall!

"But its funny because the reality is even better than the fantasy; Katie is a lot more 'me' than the old Jordan would have been.

"Now she isnt drinking and being wild. She has settled down and we enjoy a quiet family life," he continued. "In truth, if Id met Katie a few years ago when she was going through that stage, we wouldnt have worked out.

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Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) commemorated annually on 27 January is dedicated to the remembrance of those who were killed in the Holocaust under Nazi persecution and takes place on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwtiz concentration camp.

In recent years the scope has widened to include all victims of genocides, notably Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur and China. The latter being the ongoing plight of Uighur Muslims, which is frighteningly similar to the brutal treatment towards Jews during the Holocaust.

It was first honoured in 2001 and since 2005, the day has been supported by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a charity set up by the government of which Prince Charles is patron.

The day is usually commemorated with a national event that brings together survivors and their families, alongside members of the Royal Family.

Every year a different theme is assigned to HMD, decided by the trust, and this year it is be the light in the darkness. Acting as a call to action, it encourages people to reflect on the depths that humanity can sink to, but also understand the ways both individuals and communities resisted darkness to be the light before, during and after genocide. People are being encouraged to light a candle in their windows at 8pm to remember those who died.

As these past acts of barbarity recede further into history, it will become increasingly more important to recognise the stories that remain, and its up to us to make sure these tales of suffering amid unparalleled devastation, live on.

In honour of the day, take up the mantel of education and remembrance by immersing yourself in these works of fiction and non-fiction, covering the Holocaust, as well as the genocides that followed.

You can trust our independent round-ups. We may earn commission from some of the retailers, but we never allow this to influence selections, which are formed from real-world testing and expert advice. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.

At just 15-years-old, Elie Wiesel was taken to Auschwitz and faced the struggles of preserving his identity in the brutal and grossly inhumane conditions. His memoir is based on his experiences as a prisoner and is a terrifying account of the death of his family, the death of his innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. A hard read, but a remarkable one at that.

A heartfelt story of love in a period of sheer darkness. Inspired by Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1942 and forced to tattoo numbers onto the arms of thousands of incoming prisoners, this novel is equal measures remarkable and life-affirming. At times it is almost unbearably poignant, and Morris ability to approach such an emotive subject matter in her debut novel is testimony to her ability.

When Hitler invaded Holland in 1939, Edith was sent to live with a protestant family, changed her name, and survived by posing as a gentile. Based on her teenage diary, wartime letters, and reflections of being an adult survivor this memoir recounts wartime events with poignant detail. Full of love and extraordinary courage, it is a must-read.

Awarded the Costa Book of the Year award in 2019, The Volunteer tells the story of Witold Pilecki, the Polish resistance agent who entered Auschwitz, by choice, feeding vital information back to the Allied forces. Through extensive research and a gripping writing style, former war reporter Jack Fairweather brings to light the life of a true hero and provides a new perspective on the horrors of the final solution to put a stop to the Nazis death camps.

Featuring in the recommended reading list produced by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, this book is semi-fictional debut written by a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Telling the story of seven-year-old Raami, as her world is shattered when the Khmer Rouge takes over during the Seventies. Amid a climate of systematic violence, starvation and forced labour, Raami clings to the only remaining memory from her childhood her fathers mythical legends and poems in order to survive.

Set amid Rwandas genocide, A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali tells the moving and passionate love story of Canadian journalist and a local waitress working at the hotel he resides, Hotel des Mille-Collines. Beyond its walls exists a chaotic society in which millions live in poverty, surrounded by violence and disease. A hard-hitting, but worthwhile read that brings to the forefront the turmoil and terror of Rwandas genocide.

Dave Eggers tells the harrowing story of one of the world's most brutal civil wars in Dafur. In this fictionalised autobiography, we follow the life of a little boy, Valentino Achak Deng, and his journey to safety, along with thousands of others, after his village is attacked. Along the way, he encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, and when he finally resettles in the United States, he finds a life of promise. But, also one of heartache and myriad of new challenges. Moving and suspenseful, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives and experience of millions through one extraordinary man.

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