Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
@lisacolton.bsky.social
Musicologist, parent, fair-weather gardener
Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool
Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool
A day for remembering #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 AM
A day for remembering #HolocaustMemorialDay
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January 26, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Thank you! Made us laugh quite a bit, as you can imagine 🤣
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Thank you! Made us laugh quite a bit, as you can imagine 🤣
Thank you! They do a bit, don’t they?
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Thank you! They do a bit, don’t they?
Was meant to be a cute, rabbit-themed carrot cake for my wife’s birthday, but has turned out more pagan murder ritual.
January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Was meant to be a cute, rabbit-themed carrot cake for my wife’s birthday, but has turned out more pagan murder ritual.
gofund.me/ca2d99afb Our fabulous community cricket & bowling club does so much for us all and young people and families in particular. They need a new boiler, not least because it’s Yorkshire!
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January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
gofund.me/ca2d99afb Our fabulous community cricket & bowling club does so much for us all and young people and families in particular. They need a new boiler, not least because it’s Yorkshire!
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Can someone with access to Brill's online books help me with a few PDFs from A Companion to the Eucharist in the Middle Ages?
January 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Can someone with access to Brill's online books help me with a few PDFs from A Companion to the Eucharist in the Middle Ages?
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Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February.
www.bl.uk/services/res...
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PhD placement scheme
Our annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply skills and expertise outside the university sector.
www.bl.uk
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February.
www.bl.uk/services/res...
www.bl.uk/services/res...
In York for the day and spent the morning walking by lots of special buildings, including the old Borthwick Institute. Hungry work.
January 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM
In York for the day and spent the morning walking by lots of special buildings, including the old Borthwick Institute. Hungry work.
I like that very much. Someone with better Latin than me can tell me why this is not Novum Eboracum some time.
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I like that very much. Someone with better Latin than me can tell me why this is not Novum Eboracum some time.
The next couple of weeks are essentially to be spent training garden birds to land here ahead of the RSPB bird watch.
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The next couple of weeks are essentially to be spent training garden birds to land here ahead of the RSPB bird watch.
Tried to make a map of a medieval town one mile radius around the cathedral today, using AI. It made a map of the modern town on a brown background so it would “look like parchment”.
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Tried to make a map of a medieval town one mile radius around the cathedral today, using AI. It made a map of the modern town on a brown background so it would “look like parchment”.
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Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
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#earlymodern - this is a page from
Anne Clifford’s 1676 day book. What do you make of it. The marks on the left seem to correlate to the various hands or are they the remnant of an already marked up book? Full transcription in Malay’s edition
Anne Clifford’s 1676 day book. What do you make of it. The marks on the left seem to correlate to the various hands or are they the remnant of an already marked up book? Full transcription in Malay’s edition
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
#earlymodern - this is a page from
Anne Clifford’s 1676 day book. What do you make of it. The marks on the left seem to correlate to the various hands or are they the remnant of an already marked up book? Full transcription in Malay’s edition
Anne Clifford’s 1676 day book. What do you make of it. The marks on the left seem to correlate to the various hands or are they the remnant of an already marked up book? Full transcription in Malay’s edition
Tomorrow the trains will be well, all trains will be well, and all manner of trains will be well.
an older woman in a nun 's outfit is standing in front of a bookshelf with dr. vagisan written on the bottom left
Alt: An older woman in a nun's outfit is standing in front of a bookshelf. May not be Julian of Norwich.
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Tomorrow the trains will be well, all trains will be well, and all manner of trains will be well.
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Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
NYU Theory Resources
This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.
sites.google.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Granted, my Navigator role went awry about an hour from the destination, bringing the total journey time to eight hours. BUT we did end up driving through Romsey, the medieval abbey records of which I was only reading yesterday. My family were placated by stopping also at a village pub. All’s well.
December 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Granted, my Navigator role went awry about an hour from the destination, bringing the total journey time to eight hours. BUT we did end up driving through Romsey, the medieval abbey records of which I was only reading yesterday. My family were placated by stopping also at a village pub. All’s well.
Though the liner notes are very annoying, the playing is fabulous.
December 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Though the liner notes are very annoying, the playing is fabulous.
New washing up backing track
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
New washing up backing track
Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
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AI-assisted writing in 1716. #skystorians
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI-assisted writing in 1716. #skystorians
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It wasn't just monks who liked their eels...nuns did, too!
In the 1280s the nuns of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire rented lands in the village of Welles to Nicholas de Barbeflete for some customary labor, 57s., 200 herrings, & 300 eels per year.
Can't let the monks have all the fun!
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In the 1280s the nuns of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire rented lands in the village of Welles to Nicholas de Barbeflete for some customary labor, 57s., 200 herrings, & 300 eels per year.
Can't let the monks have all the fun!
🗃️🧪
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It wasn't just monks who liked their eels...nuns did, too!
In the 1280s the nuns of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire rented lands in the village of Welles to Nicholas de Barbeflete for some customary labor, 57s., 200 herrings, & 300 eels per year.
Can't let the monks have all the fun!
🗃️🧪
In the 1280s the nuns of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire rented lands in the village of Welles to Nicholas de Barbeflete for some customary labor, 57s., 200 herrings, & 300 eels per year.
Can't let the monks have all the fun!
🗃️🧪