Saw Sammie again today. I only know them from the scar on their back and their eagerness/foolhardiness and they only know me from my black coat and use of the rowing machine (if I’m lacking either Sammie don’t approach). Top pals.
Read more "My pal"Had my first dream about dad since he died. As a vague atheist, dreams about lost loved ones are something I really cling to and it was annoying me I hadn’t seen him yet, but last night, just before his birthday, I had one. Me and my family were leaving a big seaside hotel to […]
Read more "Dad Popped By"The art deco style control room of Kelenfold power station, Budapest should have inspired a sci-fi movie by now. Constructed in 1929, the vast glass ceiling ensures a soft and non-tiring lighting for a high-stress job.
Read more "A Dieselpunk Dazzler"In a churchyard on the Leicestershire-Rutland border stands a very strange object indeed. Known as The Goddess of Braunston it was discovered in 1920 when builders lifted up a stair and found the other side had a face. No one is certain of its historicity. Medieval experts are not sure it’s a gargoyle, Norman and […]
Read more "The Goddess Of Braunston"So I’ve watched the first two episodes of The War Between The Land And The Sea and, though I quite like it, I have two quibbles. The first was more of an irritation, you know? The Homo Aqua are demanding we change our ways. Fair enough, we have been total jerks on the pollution front. […]
Read more "Quick Thoughts About The War Between The Land And The Sea"I’ve been told the building on the far left is sinking year by year. Which is odd because I’ve also been told by someone else that the building on the right is sinking (and that the column on the top was added to stop this, though you’d think you’d combat subsidence by adjusting something at […]
Read more "The Urban Myth of The Sinking Brutalist Building"Here’s a photo of some bits we’ll bury with dad. Photo and a figure of Pieshop (our ol’ Jack Russell), model of dragline excavator he used to operate (He sculpted a lot of the artificial lakes around Syston and Birstall. That’s a legacy that could last a million years now I think of it) and […]
Read more "Things We’ll Bury With Dad"…from the always awesome Flame Tree Press! It’s a romantasy anthology about, yup, dragons. Mine own tale, A Matter of Life and Dragons, is a sapphic romance in a world of spitfires vs dragons. And why ever not? More info from Flame Tree here!
Read more "My Story in Of Love & Dragons!"My dad, Joe Patrick Worrad, passed away peacefully last week. He’d been battling cancer for most of 2025 and his bravery, dignity and humour in the face of it will always be an inspiration to me. There’s a big hole in our family that can never be filled. I miss my father. I miss my […]
Read more "Joe Patrick Worrad"Had my mind blown when I passed through Leicester uni campus and saw this cut out of the first class at Leicester uni in 1922. I knew two of them! Miss Bennett (back, far left) and Miss Smalley (back, far right). I visited them in an old people’s home a couple of times when I […]
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J.L. Worrad 