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BAD IDEA is a British
general interest magazine.
Overview
BAD IDEA was founded in September 2006 by journalists Jack Roberts and
Daniel Stacey, both of whom were students at a magazine production class run
by Clay Felker, the founder of New York Magazine, at the University of
California [1].
BAD IDEA is known for its feature stories, which are often written in the
first person. These have included insider accounts of life as a
‘honeytrapper’ – a private detective sent to ensnare potentially unfaithful
husbands; an expose of Dubai’s sex trade; an investigation into the growth
of ‘Web 2.0’ sex dating sites; and a feature following Iraq’s Kurds, as they
search for DNA evidence of Saddam Hussein’s ‘Anfal’ genocide.
In May 2008, Portico Books released BAD IDEA – The Anthology, a paperback
collection of writing from the magazine’s first two years. The magazine was
described in a small review of the book published in the Observer as having
‘…hacked itself a niche as a Granta for the MySpace generation’ [2], and the
book received 4/5 stars in the Independent on Sunday, where it was said to
be '… a great selection of work’. [3]
[edit] Contributors
Jonas Bendiksen (photographer)
Lowell Bergman (journalist)
Billy Briggs (journalist)
Ron Butlin (novelist)
Sarah M. Broom (writer)
Neal Fox (artist)
Niven Govinden (novelist)
Robert Greene (author)
Xiaolu Guo (novelist)
Jean Hannah Edelstein] (journalist)
Edward-Hogan Edward Hogan (novelist)
Alyssa McDonald (journalist)
Martyn McLaughlin (journalist)
Sebastian Meyer (photographer)
Mil Millington (novelist)
Patrick Neate (novelist)
Nicholas Royle (novelist)
Sorious Samura (journalist)
Joe Stretch (novelist/musician)
Simon Wheatley (photographer)
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