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"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"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 […]
Read more "History Ain’t Even History"I was invited as a guest to Derby’s wonderful EdgeLit convention last Saturday and I had a blast. I’ll admit I was frightened beforehand. I’d been asked to run a workshop when I’d never done such before. To my surprise the class was fully booked and I found myself standing before twenty expectant folk. I […]
Read more "Edgelit Was A Fine Ass Day!"So a load of the fam got together for a bit of a fancy weekend, but I can’t tell you how shocked we were to find we were staying at P.D James’ old house! There’s a tapestry on the wall with all the titles of her detective novels on it.
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J.L. Worrad 