Martin Beeby

In Hamlet, Shakespeare writes: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Hamlet is talking about Denmark, which feels like a prison to him. It’s not the place that defines the meaning, but the perception. That line captures something about how our perception decides whether

At the Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day in Edgbaston last Sunday, I was sitting with my children in the stand opposite the Hollies stand. The cricket was fun, but part of the experience is what happens off the field. The Hollies are famous for their noise, costumes and energy, and

When the Spanish conquistadors first set foot on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1517, led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, they encountered the Maya people. The conquistadors spoke Castilian Spanish, while the locals spoke Yucatec Maya, the dominant language of the region at the time. As the story goes, the Spaniards

The web feels unloved. You click on something to read, and what you get is a mess of pop-ups, autoplay videos, and banners stacked on banners. The thing you came for is still there, but you have to fight for it. Reading online has turned into an endurance sport. People

I don’t know about you, but my web browser is the second app I launch every day (just after email). In fact, overall, I probably spend more time using it than pretty much anything else (not surprising considering what I do). But it got me wondering, where do the