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THE PINAULT COLLECTION OPENS AT THE BOURSE DE COMMERCE
Jonathan Bastable has written a beautiful paean to the renovation of the Bourse de Commerce to house the Pinault Collection on the...
Philip Ammerman
May 24, 2021


THE NON-SAFE NON-PASS
I am increasingly amused at the government’s invention of a coronavirus safety product where no product exists. The SafePass. We keep...
Philip Ammerman
May 16, 2021


Global Entrepreneurship Report
I was honoured to be profiled in the 2021 Global Entrepreneurship Report.
Philip Ammerman
May 10, 2021

MOB FAILURE
It's difficult to understand just why systems here in Cyprus are underperforming so dramatically. On Sunday, I visited friends staying at...
Philip Ammerman
May 4, 2021


On Food and Archetypes
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...
Philip Ammerman
Apr 18, 2021


SELLING ROSENBERG
Christie's is auctioning the Rosenberg collection later this month. This is one of the largest single collections of illuminated...
Philip Ammerman
Apr 10, 2021


THE NARCISSUS GLASS
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was so handsome that he attracted hundreds...
Philip Ammerman
Apr 9, 2021


Note on the 200th Anniversary of THE GREEK REVOLUTION
According to tradition, on March 25th, 1821, the Metropolitan Germanos raised the flag of revolution at the Monastery of Agia Lavra. This...
Philip Ammerman
Mar 25, 2021


Sunset 23 March 2021
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...
Philip Ammerman
Mar 23, 2021


In Favour of Minimum Wage
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...
Philip Ammerman
Mar 6, 2021


Anthony Hopkins REMEMBERS IT ALL
"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...
Philip Ammerman
Mar 6, 2021

Developing Great Ideas for Startups
On 10 February 2021, Philip Ammerman delivered an online talk on Developing Great Ideas for Startups. Please access the full presentation...
Ilma Danielienė
Feb 24, 2021


Greek Public Debt hits 227% GDP in 2020
This article is being published on NavInvest Greece. I'm repeating part of it here with commentary simply because it reminds me of the...
Philip Ammerman
Feb 22, 2021

The Great Texas Electricity Debacle
You would think that somewhere, sometime there would be a limit to the criminal buffoonery that has become normal in the United States....
Philip Ammerman
Feb 21, 2021


UK Supreme Court RULES AGAINST UBER
I read the news that the UK Supreme Court ruled against Uber's labour contracts with satisfaction: The UK supreme court has dismissed...
Philip Ammerman
Feb 19, 2021


Sand, Wind and War
Memory is a strange thing. A long time ago (1992?) at Princeton I was reading up on sedimentation and somehow came across RA Bagnold’s...
Philip Ammerman
Feb 1, 2021


AMAZING AMAZON
I've just had one of those absurdly amazing customer experiences that is so rare today. Over Christmas, I ordered seven books from Amazon.fr
Philip Ammerman
Jan 16, 2021


WARNINGS FORETOLD
Back in February 2019, I published an article in the Successful Business Magazine in Cyprus on the Cyprus Citizenship by Investment...
Philip Ammerman
Jan 12, 2021


Quantum Supremacy
Photo (c) China Daily Every so often, we get a glimpse of our digital future. It’s a shining bright future for technology and those who...
Philip Ammerman
Jan 8, 2021


Looking Back
Imagine that today is 7 January 2030 and we are looking back through the foggy reminiscences and self-invented truths that constitute our...
Philip Ammerman
Jan 7, 2021
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