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It’s amazing how much of life has migrated online: I think I took this picture at the VW Museum in Germany

I started tweeting in 2009, as @volansjohn, and find Twitter an endless source of fascination and useful information.

Bibliotecha Alexandrina Sprains Ankle

8 February 2026

I have longed to visit Alexandria at least since my 1975 working visit to Egypt, but I suspect that the yearning tracks back to films like Ice Cold in Alex, made in 1958. In any event, meeting Ismail Serageldin when we both served on the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Advisory Council, many moons ago, whetted […]

Cairo Kaleidoscope: AUC, ECES, Sphinx

8 February 2026

Now, second, for a brief account of a couple of days we spent in and around Cairo. The main reason I was in Egypt was to do a talk at the American University in Cairo (AUC), organized by Professor Ali Awny of the John D. Gerhart Centre, part of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business. […]

A Gem: The Grand Egyptian Museum

7 February 2026

We celebrated Elaine’s 79th birthday while in Egypt, where I was speaking at a couple of events – half a century after I worked in Cairo and Ismailia back in 1975. In many ways, that long-ago trip was the start of my career proper, what with my ignoring a non-disclosure agreement signed on our behalf […]

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