Category is: Writing

“Are you ever scared of getting it wrong?”

All the time, and yet…

Found in drafts: I’ve got baggage (but I’m keeping it close)

On being scared, coping through preparedness and going to bed with my shoes on…

Jane in Belfast in November 2023 for Outburst Queer Arts Festival

The time is now (f🤬ck perfectionism)

A message from a Belfast attic about not waiting

Jane performing live with back of the brain in Salford in November 2023

I performed with a live band for the first time

…and it was batshit brilliant

Everything is getting dark

…and I keep dreaming about my dead relatives

An image of the altar during our intuitive Autumn intentions ritual

The answers already inside us: self-trust and intuitive witchcraft

On a sleep-deprived autumnal Tuesday, I met up with a mate for coffee then ended up doing a ritual.

Jane Claire Bradley hosting Stockport Pride in 2023

This isn’t working

Or: out with success, in with queer failure

Jane reading the launch of Dear Neighbour in Manchester in June 2023 - photo by Laura Kidd

Dear Neighbour is finally out in the world! It’s taken me the past fortnight to come back down to earth after a brilliant launch event for it, where I had the beautifully affirming experience of being in a room with so many of my family, friends, creative idols and extended community. And mate, it was joyful af.