Bradleya is the yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society and has been published annually since 1983. It has aimed to present articles of a more specialised or technical nature than those which are published in the BCSS' CactusWorld. All articles are peer reviewed before acceptance to ensure rigorous standards are maintained.

As explained by Gordon Rowley in Bradleya 1, the name of our publication was chosen as a dedication to Richard Bradley, the first person to write a book entirely devoted to succulents 'The History of Succulent Plants'. He was the first professor of Botany at Cambridge, where he died in 1732.