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Badaude
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Ba'daude (nf); a person given to idle observation of everything with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
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Oxford May Morning - Ive finally got posters!

I have 10 x A3 posters to give to the first ten people to leave a comment in the box below (there will be a £10 charge to cover post and packing). Im happy to post worldwide, and will sign each poste...

3 h ago

Grenoble - Oxford

One of two cards I just designed to celebrate the twinning of Oxford with Grenoble. Contact jean.burrell@ntl world.com if youd like to buy a pack. Postcards are £1 each. Packs of 4 (2 of each de...

5 days ago

...and the map winner is...

Anastasia! I have 7 prints left from a strictly limited edition of 40 (ie there wont be any more). If youd like one, signed, numbered etc, theyre £35 + p&p (£5 in Europe, £10 rest of the world). ...

6 days ago

Oxford - Grenoble

One of two cards I just designed to celebrate the twinning of Oxford with Grenoble. Contact jean.burrell@ntl world.com if youd like to buy a pack. Postcards are £1 each. Packs of 4 (2 of each de...

28 may 12

Street Scene - The Back View

25 may 12

Londoners Scarf

Heres Ali, head of the amazing Age of Reason studios looking impossibly glam in the scarf I deisgned for her.  You can get hold of the massive version here - in time to use as a Jubliee/Olympic...

23 may 12

Bronte Parsonage Haworth

My second postcard for A.N. Devers Tour Throught the Whole Island of Great Britain, visiting writers houses.  And Im giving away a limited-edition print of the whole tour here. ...

18 may 12

Dickens House London

I drew this postcard for A.N. Devers Writers Houses tour. I liked the way Dickens desk was so small and unassuming - and I also liked the reconstruction of his waste paper basket... Have a look at my...

16 may 12

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

I drew this map for A.N. Devers of Laphams Quarterlys Writers Houses as she undertook this mammoth tour. Well, Ok, she didnt quite make it to every corner of the British Isles but the list is pretty ...

15 may 12

Street Scene - Spring Knits

10 may 12

Street Scene - The Big Coat

Also in evidence: the big raincoat...

08 may 12

Happy May Day!

Rainy in Oxford, I believe... (my May Morning poster for Oxford City Council) You may have noticed Im on hiatus at the moment but will be back soon...  

01 may 12

Cuisine de Meuh Easter: lamb or chickie?

We suspended the lamb over the hot sauce orientale until it talked. And were not even telling you what we did to the Easter Chick.   go here for more delicious Cuisine de Meuh.

08 apr 12

Cuisine de Meuh Easter Special - Easter Eggs

Happy Easter weekend. Hope you wont be finding any of these waiting for you tomorrow... Nature has certain signals: birds wont eat red caterpillars; red berries are frequently poisonous; cross signs ...

07 apr 12

Street Scene - Book People

At the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival last weekend. Is dressing up to hear a writer speak very different from dressing down to read a book? 

04 apr 12

Street Scene - Back to Black

It may be Spring but that doesnt mean you have to wear floral print all the time...

02 apr 12

Street Scene - Black

It may be Spring but that doesnt mean you have to wear floral print all the time...

30 mar 12

Street Scene - Art Heads

30 mar 12

The Nobleman

Caroline Warmans new translation of Isabelle de Charrières The Nobleman and other romances was published yesterday in the US (and will be out in September in the UK). I did the cover design... ...

28 mar 12

Street Scene - Modern Art

Galleries are the best places for fashion-watching. I love Indigoalisons photographic gallery-style posts.  Heres my take on the Kusama exhibition at Tate Modern.  

26 mar 12

Five-Minute Academy - How to Work in a Cafe

Very sadly my last Five Minute Academy for Metro: its been fun... As freelance work becomes more common and technology means your boss can get at you wherever you are, your leisure time is now your w...

23 mar 12

Five-Minute Academy - How to Host a Midweek Dinner Party

“Does anyone have dinner parties nowadays?” That’s what you used to say before the recession when you could afford to eat out. Now that double-dip translates into home-made hummus and tzatziki, how b...

21 mar 12

Street Scene - Totes

Yes they get wet, dirty, go into holes through which you lose your keys, but Ive come round to loving them. Ive even designed one... What does yours say? The White Review issue 4 is avaiable here. An...

19 mar 12

Inspiring Women - M.I.A.

If drawing this series has taught me one thing, its that, with regular routes to success less available, the experiences of the women whove ended up on this list have been far from orthad...

16 mar 12

Inspiring Women - Frida Kahlo

It seems a little disjointed that, although all the other women I illustrated have links with the UK*, the artist I was asked to draw has none. Before the 20th century female artists were (even) more...

15 mar 12

Perec in Cambridge

Tonight Ill be talking in the Whipple Museum, Cambridge, for the Cambridge Science Festival, about Georges Perec and how to conquer the World using only a piece of paper (and a few Oulipian constrain...

14 mar 12

Inspiring Women - Eleanor Simmonds

I liked doing this one, a little influenced by Bastien Vives beautiful Taste of Chlorine. And heres WHOLE WALL of my postcards at the South Bank this weekend. I dont often get to see my work like thi...

13 mar 12

The Winner is...

Mrs Bertimus who, when not wearing it, would use the scarf to fend off killer seagulls in Saint Ives.  Im not quite sure how shed do it but Id like to see it done. Mrs B, Ali from Age of Reason...

12 mar 12

Inspiring Women - Emmeline Pankhurst

My second in a series of five postcards (first one here). Google some photos of the WSPU: they were a stylish bunch, never sacrificing fashion for comfort or the ability to get away quickly from the ...

09 mar 12

Inspiring Women - Mary Seacole

To celebrate International Womens Day I drew five postcards for Fuel Theatre Company who are currently running events at the Southbank Women of the World Festival. If youd like to contribute your own...

08 mar 12

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