Daniel Johnson

Boaty McBoatface

I’ve just been asked if I’d like to buy shares in an Egyptian tourism project. The idea is that if I invest £5000 today, I should get a return of £50,000 by next year. And I get bonuses if I get others to invest
I’m a bit suspicious, as it just sounds like a pyramid scheme to me

Facebook memories are reminding me of the time I played a set of Christmas songs *in October* in a garden centre cafe as they launched their Christmas stock.

You haven't known despair until you've played Wizard before the clocks change to an empty cafe surrouded by tinsel

Thank you - it’s more wondering if someone subscribes and can send me a copy

Does anyone have access to Christianity Today? I’m trying to get a copy of my own article, on ‘Amazing Grace’. Thanks

Feathers McGraw, of Wallace and Gromit, made out of cake and icing on a green board. He is holding a sack in one hand and pointing a gun with the other

Feathers McGraw, of Wallace and Gromit, made out of cake and icing on a green board. He is holding a sack in one hand and pointing a gun with the other

My wife made my son’s birthday cake. Feathers McGraw

I think both are necessary

I’ve just seen a Trump-supporting American friend post a reel about wishing there were No Kings protests during the Covid pandemic, because of the experimental medicines and impact on small businesses.

Can anyone remind me was president in 2020…?

Eldest son is 13 on Monday, and he asked tonight if we can go and see Shakespeare at the theatre sometime, and then he wishes his English class would read more of the Bard’s text before discussing context. He gets it

Exactly. I also think that using the words like “invasion” is laughable when they’re basically saying you’re mad at people for doing what the British specialise in

How long do I keep going back and forth with a man who was a pastor for 30 years about whether or not the Rivers of Blood speech is a fair representation the evangelical position on immigration? When I cited the Good Samaritan, he equated immigrants with the thieves and robbers. I despair

I received a reply from @dramys.bsky.social about contributing to a panel, so this is what we have so far. If you know of anyone else who wants to think broadly about performance and the Reformation(s), please let me know.
This is our working abstract - full text in the Alt description too

“Well, a comment, actually”

White man with blonde hair, red beard, and glasses posed with a frown wearing a blue t shirt with yellow horizontal stripes. To his left, four stone statue heads of Greek philosophers, each on their own plinth. The man’s pose is intended to mimic the statues

40, in good company

"Ok team, footnotes or endnotes? Great, endnotes it is.

I was just thinking, how about - instead of chapter names for ease of navigation - we give simply designate each chapter with a Roman numeral, so that the reader has to go to the index page before they find the endnote reference?"

Thanks, that’s helpful

Yeah, it occurred to me it’s not been published yet. But I asked for a free physical copy as and when. I’m very honoured, I just also like free books

I've been asked to write the blurb for a book for the first time, which is super exciting, but all I've been sent is a PDF. Given the time involved, I feel like a book is a fair trade for my efforts - but, I want to support the author, they've been VERY supportive of me.

Thoughts?

This is a fascinating topic for a panel - the Reformation in performance - and you should definitely think about joining it!

Jimmy Kimmel vs Charlie Kirk on the 2028 presidential ballot - you heard it here first

I'm just wondering what my wife ingested during pregnancy that caused this

Yeah, absolutely. I think the idea of controversy happening in the place of play and recreation is really interesting, and I guess it brings the audience(s) into the picture too. Great, thanks!

Exciting! What did you have in mind?

Please drop me a message

The Reformation Studies Colloquium is April 15-17, 2026 at University College London. I'm thinking of putting a panel together on Performing the Legacies of the Reformation. I'll be doing something on hymns, but if anyone wants to do things on plays, literature, visual culture, or anything else

Podcast recommendations, please and thank you

Does anybody want these? 90s editions of volumes 1 and 2 of Muller’s Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics. I was given the full set recently

“Wait, you mean that when I take clothes off, they DONT LIVE ON THE FLOOR? What fresh miracle this is - surely the angels walk among us”

One of the joys of parenthood is the way children approach things with fresh wonder.

For example, the ways they treat the familiar tasks of getting ready for school as if it's the first time they've ever done this, with no recall whatsoever of how this process may transpire

Fantastic, thank you!