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badaude
Paris/London/Oxford
Ba'daude (nf); a person given to idle observation of everything with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler
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May Day Poster
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I've had a few requests for copies of my Oxford May Day poster, which has been all over Oxford bus stops during the last month or so. I can't get hold of original posters at this size, but am making... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Badaude
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Necessarily Fiction?
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The last part of my (ish) for internet writing as writer-in-residence at Necessary Fiction. "I am more than painfully conscious that this is my last post for Necessary Fiction, and on a bank holiday too (though not across the world:... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2013 at Badaude
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More MANIFESTO
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...at Necesssary Fiction where I am writer in residence this month. I must have been thinking about Easter because a lot of fluffy chicks & stuff seem to have crept into this post later on. Find the whole thing here:... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Badaude
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Necessary/Fiction
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I'm taking a dérive from my at Necessary Fiction... "The internet picks at itself. Online I’m no exception. It’s extraordinary what you can find in your ear, in the corner of your eye: it’s amazing what detritus can be reused... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at Badaude
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Tentative d'infographer un Petit-déj
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I had fun working out the perfect formula for breakfast for the London Review of Breakfasts. (The fact that I wrote it in Paris is neither here nor there.) Here's an excerpt - if you'd like to find the solution... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Badaude
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P̶R̶I̶V̶A̶T̶E̶!
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"(Was I TOO LOUD?) Even now, a few days later the word, is as big and as hollow as it ever was. Perhaps I could withdraw it, as one often does with things one writes online, pulling out the bottom... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at Badaude
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Un voyage vers...
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"Something you never thought might happen: after a certain number of years the being who has read all these neglected books will step from your bookshelves, will sit down at your table (conveniently adjacent), will make a cup of coffee... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Badaude
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Oulipo as always...
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I'll be reading something, and talking to Lauren Elkin about Oulipo tomorrow, 7pm, Monday 11th March at Shakespeare & Company bookshop, Paris. Please come if you can. Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2013 at Badaude
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It's sound
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I can be found talking about Paris with Adam Biles & Kit Caless here on Resonance FM's wonderful show, Mapping the Metropolis. Towards the end of the recording I also read a story about sex & shopping (probably slightly less... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2013 at Badaude
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MANIFESTO
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I guess everyone should write one... Here's an extract from my first post as writer in residence for Necessary Fiction. But, wait! First I would like to pause for a moment in order to enjoy being here in my kingdom,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2013 at Badaude
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Great Britons!
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When I'm not writing about Surrealism, I design stuff including, sometimes, scarves: well it worked for Elsa Schiaparelli... I was delighted to work with the wonderful Age of Reason again, this time on a design showing British cultural - and... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2013 at Badaude
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A Man Asleep, a man awake...
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Here's an extract from my Berfrois essay on Georges Perec's newly-translated dream diary, published by Melille House. “Along with a poorly identified person (maybe my aunt), I am visiting a sort of colonial trading post. At the very back of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2013 at Badaude
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Eat Your Words...
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I did a thing for the London Review of Breakfasts (the site has a fine-looking book out later this month). Here's a bit of it. It's not much about breakfast really (unless you like eating your words)... Click here for... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at Badaude
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Joan Didion in a Cashmere Onesie...
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...and other (living, female) super-authors. I'm thinking of making this drawing into a tote bag or something... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2013 at Badaude
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The Kelley Scarf - (50 Shades of) Giveaway
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Here's a Valentine's giveaway for a pocket square (35 x 35cm) version of this design I did for Age of Reason scarves as part of their Boudoir range. This is a sample of a scarf not yet in production so,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Badaude
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Blue Marguerite
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I ran out of Yellow Marguerites. Anyone who'd still like a print, including anyone who asked me but hasn't paid/swapped/whatever yet, will get a Blue Duras: one of a signed limited edition of ten. Several people asked me about this... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at Badaude
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Par Avion
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I wrote a story for this anthology. It's called, Hauptbahnhof, and it's about a station in Berlin. "I know what you are thinking. But it is possible to sleep on the station. If you don't look like a tramp, if... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Badaude
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Duras Prints For Sale - Not Very Expensive...
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A few people have asked me about the drawing of Marguerite Duras I made for Berfrois.com so I made a limited edition of 10 giclee prints. They're on museum-grade paper in acid-free inks. Each is signed, numbered & dated. They're... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2013 at Badaude
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Berfrois (outcuts)
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"One good thing about being a woman is we haven’t too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me." I have an essay over at Berfrois about the way a few female writers are presented/have... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2013 at Badaude
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A Short, Dark Story
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National Short Story Day was on the shortest day of the year: 21st December. I was trapped on a coach between London and Oxford. It was 3.30pm - already twilight, and besides the world was about to end. So I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 24, 2012 at Badaude
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Joan Didion - The Packing List
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You are what you wear? None more than Joan Didion. There has never been a writer I have wanted so much to dress like - never a writer whose wardrobe, Didion herself suggests, brings me closest to her work. Remember... Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2012 at Badaude
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A Naked Face
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"Before the appearance of a mirror, the person didn't know his own face except reflected in the waters of a lake. After a certain point everyone is responsible for the face he has. I'll now look at mine. It is... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2012 at Badaude
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The Lover
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"One day, I was already old, a man came up to me in the entrance of a public place. He introduced himself and said, “I’ve known you forever. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Badaude
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The Village Bike
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...a fragment of the design I've been working on for Age of Reason scarves this week... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2012 at Badaude
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Very Last Cuisine de Meuh - Gratinee
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This is my final Cuisine de Meuh post: I've finally got to the bottom of the box of cards I found in a French seaside villa. Given today's cold weather, this last one is seasonal. I'm serving you aubergine gratin,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at Badaude
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