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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…

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Graffiti image bia Victor Behrens via Unsplash

The end is coming

Dark sky. Dark days. Dark nights. Or: marking the winter solstice with a video of my first ever performance with a live band…

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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

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Three magickal anthologies about witchcraft

Samhain is upon us once again, so I’m sharing three of my favourite essay collections about witchcraft and magick…

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Posing with my grandad and a donkey

Everything is getting dark

…and I keep dreaming about my dead relatives

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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.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Maxwell Demon in Velvet Goldmine

I’m having a personality crisis

And I’m still obsessed with Velvet Goldmine.

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Jane Claire Bradley hosting Stockport Pride in 2023

This isn’t working

Or: out with success, in with queer failure

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

My debut novel came out

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.

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