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BAD IDEA is a British general interest magazine, renowned for its long-form literary journalism.

Overview
BAD IDEA was founded in September 2006 by journalists Jack Roberts and Daniel Stacey, both of whom are alumni of the magazine production class run by Clay Felker, the founder of New York Magazine, at the University of California.

BAD IDEA is known for its innovative 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 thriving 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 the best writing from the magazine’s first two years. The book received a positive critical response: it was described in the Observer as‘… a Granta for the MySpace generation’, and received 4/5 stars in the Independent on Sunday, where it was said to be '… a great selection of work’.

Well Known 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 (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)