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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.

Dropping In On MoMA

16 September 2023

In very much the same way that I have long loved to visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., when there, so I try to do the same with the Museum of Modern Art, or MoMA, when in New York. Walked there today, around 20 blocks either way. Long queue to get in, […]

Cleaner Fish, Dirty Waters

15 September 2023

I always forget how late even major Brazilian events are in kicking off. The second day of the UN Global Compact event for Brazilian business today started 30 minutes late, precisely when I was meant to speak – and time-keeping didn’t improve much thereafter. Great fun, even so. Note to self, though: ensure you deliver […]

Jubilee Marsh, Wallasea

7 September 2023

Serendipity can work in mysterious ways. Some years ago Elaine showed me a media report on Jubilee Marsh, near Southend-on-Sea, where 3 million tonnes of spoil from the Elizabeth Line tunnelling project had been used to reinforce and extend a saltmarsh. I made a mental note to visit it someday. Then, today, the Volans team […]

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