Teaching Maths – a career changer’s perspective
I have been a trainee Maths Teacher for one half-term. Before that, I was a lawyer, spending the last 19 […]
Diary of a New Scientist Live Speaker
New Scientist Live is an award-winning, mind-blowing festival of ideas and discoveries for everyone curious about science and why it […]
ECM Autumn Conference
After the Spring 2018 conference in Durham having been hit by the notorious Beast from the East, it was reassuring […]
Urban Maths: World AIDS Day 2018
The HIV-AIDS epidemic is without doubt one of the biggest health disasters of recent times, responsible for over 35 million […]
Connecting the Dots with Pick’s Theorem
In this article, we look at an unconventional method for calculating areas of any polygon on an integer lattice, namely, […]
Editorial, December 2018
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: 12 dodecagons, 11 hendecagons, 10 decagons …. Although […]
Historical Notes: Pell’s Contribution to Mathematics
When I was recently asked to do a little interview on Radio Essex about John Pell (1611–1685) and his contribution […]
Urban Maths: Counting Coins
I have £16.53 in a jar which contains only coins, the change I have been collecting for years. The one […]
Westward Ho! Musing on Mathematics and Mechanics
Reflecting on an encounter with the Bath, Wiltshire and North Devon Gliding Club during a pleasant afternoon’s walk around the […]
Editorial, October 2018
This month’s editorial celebrates the successes of several mathematicians who recently received major awards for their outstanding achievements and contributions. […]











