Caroline O'Donoghue: 'Why I got a tattoo last Saturday'

I'd resisted getting a tattoo when everybody else thought I should... but now was my time.

Caroline O'Donoghue: I went and got a tattoo.

Recently I had nothing to do, so I went and got a tattoo. It is my first one. I am 30 years old.

You might think that, as someone who has avoided the unfortunate tattoo phase most commonly experienced by people aged 16 to 24, I would skip freely into the rest of my life, unmarked by an electric needle dipped in ink.