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There is more to know than just what you can count
Powerful testimony from the covid inquiry on the limits of what data can convey.
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August 2024

How to Expect the Unexpected (out in paperback)
The paperback of my latest book How to Expect the Unexpected is out today and this is a shameless plug for you to buy it.
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July 2024

Game, Set, Maths
The surprising maths behind tennis' scoring system. Learn your 'loves' from 'lets', your 'deuces' from your 'doubles' and your sets form your…
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Why we're trying to buy a lake
The environment agency are selling a piece of land near our village and we're trying to buy it for the local community
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The Dangers of Two-Party Politics
The two party-political system engendered by our first past the post voting system does our democracy a disservice.
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June 2024

The democratic case for numeracy
I wrote for National Numeracy about the benefits of numeracy for our democratic processes. Here's what I said.
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That stinking feeling
I was invited to speak at a anti-sewage protest on Sunday, this is what I said.
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The enduring power of friendship
Manchester, Music and Mathematics became a powerful binding force
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The problem with the 'Girl Math(s)' trend
The new trend of using spurious maths to justify unsustainable spending just doesn't add up
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May 2024

There's no such thing as a free bet
How I squeezed a profit form the bookies and why you probably shouldn't bother.
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They think it's Mathematical... It is now.
Crucial differences in the way that football fans and mathematicians talk about probability
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April 2024

(Don't) Vote Tory?
With local (and eventually national) elections coming up, be careful about the hashtag you use.
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