Leila Johnston
@whosthesuit.com
B2B copywriter for work. Financial history library volunteer for fun. Recreational business & finance enthusiast. Mensa magazine feature writer. Horse girl energy🐴
I’ve met some lovely members of the chess community in recent weeks, working on a feature for Mensa. Love this screenshot with Bruce Pandolfini, chess teacher/writer/thinker who created most of the games shown in The Queen’s Gambit & taught the actors to play realistically
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’ve met some lovely members of the chess community in recent weeks, working on a feature for Mensa. Love this screenshot with Bruce Pandolfini, chess teacher/writer/thinker who created most of the games shown in The Queen’s Gambit & taught the actors to play realistically
Very happy to now be developing my economic history interest even more, volunteering at the remarkable Adam Smith Heritage Centre on the site of the great man’s original home in Kirkcaldy. Lovely place, mighty ambitions (+amazing views!) Really smart team behind it adamsmithglobalfoundation.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Very happy to now be developing my economic history interest even more, volunteering at the remarkable Adam Smith Heritage Centre on the site of the great man’s original home in Kirkcaldy. Lovely place, mighty ambitions (+amazing views!) Really smart team behind it adamsmithglobalfoundation.com
There’s so much stuff. He also has a phone box in his garden and has made a wooden phone book for it
January 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
There’s so much stuff. He also has a phone box in his garden and has made a wooden phone book for it
Merry Christmas! 💕🍾🎄🐾
December 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Merry Christmas! 💕🍾🎄🐾
Potential collaborators: 2025 is coming. Pitch me some projects and ideas we can do together please. I still have this chest infection and I cannot think for myself anymore. Cheer me up a lil in my sick bed
November 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Potential collaborators: 2025 is coming. Pitch me some projects and ideas we can do together please. I still have this chest infection and I cannot think for myself anymore. Cheer me up a lil in my sick bed
I’m glad you asked because I’ve been dying to tell someone that I think Signal’s new richer, brighter blue is nicer than its old one!
November 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I’m glad you asked because I’ve been dying to tell someone that I think Signal’s new richer, brighter blue is nicer than its old one!
Probably not Covid at least
November 25, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Probably not Covid at least
Two pics from my favourite thing ever, Club Zarathustra, used incongruously in this Lenny Henry “legends of comedy” thing on channel 4 — wrongly suggesting it’s the Oxford Revue and not even crediting it.
November 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Two pics from my favourite thing ever, Club Zarathustra, used incongruously in this Lenny Henry “legends of comedy” thing on channel 4 — wrongly suggesting it’s the Oxford Revue and not even crediting it.
Northumberland! 🩵🥲 just short walks as I’ve been hit with a chest infection. I thought this sculpture of St Aidan was wonderful #lindisfarne #holyisle
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Northumberland! 🩵🥲 just short walks as I’ve been hit with a chest infection. I thought this sculpture of St Aidan was wonderful #lindisfarne #holyisle
Maybe it’s time to bring back the Daily Leilas
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Maybe it’s time to bring back the Daily Leilas
Rock dragon I saw today 🐉
November 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Rock dragon I saw today 🐉
Things I've done 5: What else? I wrote some books. In 2007, a publisher contacted me about a jokes website I had started. The book did quite well in Borders (remember them!) Then I did a follow-up (satirical CYOA book) + then co-wrote a silly guide to magic/mysteries with a pal. My fave strapline:
November 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Things I've done 5: What else? I wrote some books. In 2007, a publisher contacted me about a jokes website I had started. The book did quite well in Borders (remember them!) Then I did a follow-up (satirical CYOA book) + then co-wrote a silly guide to magic/mysteries with a pal. My fave strapline:
Things I've done 4) In 2018, I had my final exhibition (at the Derby Quad), and my final Hack Circus event (at Sheffield Access Space) before leaving the art world forever. I tried to do a cartoon every day for a while, but they didn't really catch on.
November 12, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Things I've done 4) In 2018, I had my final exhibition (at the Derby Quad), and my final Hack Circus event (at Sheffield Access Space) before leaving the art world forever. I tried to do a cartoon every day for a while, but they didn't really catch on.