Philip Ammerman

An idle thought this morning. This year is the bicentennial of the Greek revolution. On 25 March 1821, the Revolution broke out (earlier...

According to research published by three Chinese scientists, 25 cities worldwide account for 52% of global greenhouse gas emissions. When...

What strikes me with every visit to the Acropolis Museum is how intensely our ancestors believed in a common set of values and ethos, and...

Robert Kagan has a brilliant opinion piece in the Washington Post on America's Constitutional Crisis. I can't think of another major...

Today I walked up past the Pnyx to part of the ancient deme of Melite. The remains of its streets and houses can be seen on the bare...

Jonathan Bastable has written a beautiful paean to the renovation of the Bourse de Commerce to house the Pinault Collection on the...

I am increasingly amused at the government’s invention of a coronavirus safety product where no product exists. The SafePass. We keep...

I was honoured to be profiled in the 2021 Global Entrepreneurship Report.

It's difficult to understand just why systems here in Cyprus are underperforming so dramatically. On Sunday, I visited friends staying at...

For those of you parents of a certain age who watched Disney’s 2007 movie, Ratatouille, there is a scene towards the end where the food...

Christie's is auctioning the Rosenberg collection later this month. This is one of the largest single collections of illuminated...

In Greek mythology, Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was so handsome that he attracted hundreds...

According to tradition, on March 25th, 1821, the Metropolitan Germanos raised the flag of revolution at the Monastery of Agia Lavra. This...

As you move west from Paphos At sunset Past coves and olive trees and banana plantations The sun sets Inevitably In the quiet hum of...

I learned this morning of the failure of the $ 15 minimum wage proposal in the Senate. I am not surprised. We are in the middle of a...

"The great liberation for me is to know that we are insignificant, that finally it’s all a dream within a dream. Look at this moment. The...

On 10 February 2021, Philip Ammerman delivered an online talk on Developing Great Ideas for Startups. Please access the full presentation...

This article is being published on NavInvest Greece. I'm repeating part of it here with commentary simply because it reminds me of the...

You would think that somewhere, sometime there would be a limit to the criminal buffoonery that has become normal in the United States....

I read the news that the UK Supreme Court ruled against Uber's labour contracts with satisfaction: The UK supreme court has dismissed...