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panellist on BBC Radio 4's cult (?) programme 'Puzzle Panel'. Other appear-ances have included Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 2, The Verb on Radio 3, Today and Front Row on Radio 4, and Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 Live. I'm still waiting for Radio 1 to complete the BBC set (though I did at least manage a slot for a week on Christian O’Connell’s Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio).
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Maths has had a negative image for too long. I'm interested in making this subject more accessible and enjoyable for young children, teenagers, and also for those adults who, for whatever reason, had a bad time with maths at school. In 2007/8 I was President of the Mathematical Association, an organisation that has been promoting maths and its teaching for over 100 years. I'm also a consultant to the Millennium Maths Project at Cambridge University.
I have been invited to give maths workshops and lectures across the UK and Ireland. I've spoken at some great venues, too. One of my favourites is the historic Royal Institution in London where I have given numerous children's talks, often to packed houses. Other great venues have included the hall at King's College Cambridge, and Pentonville Prison where I addressed a group of prisoners (a captive audience, you might say) on probability and the mathematics of gambling - a topic in which they took a particularly keen interest. For details of the talks I offer, go to the Speaking page.
In 2005, I set up Maths Inspiration, theatre-based lecture shows to encourage sixth formers to pursue maths to a higher level.
I am often asked to appear on radio to talk about or explain various aspects of maths. For several years I wasa regular |
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