The people at Springer send me a copy of this cool pie chart every three months.

Can confirm that if you use a Voter Authority Certificate as ID rather than a driving licence or passport, the old ladies running the polling station will treat you like a celebrity. gov.uk/apply-for-phot…

Is it appropriate for a university to be renewing their sponsorship of a professional football club at the same time as making compulsory redundancies?

This is a lovely essay by Donald Gillies about Popper, Lakatos and Feyerabend. I particularly enjoyed the revelation that Popper took two postdocs to each of his lectures who had to clear the room of smoke before he would agree to start teaching. donaldgillies.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…

An enjoyable attempt to explain cricket to an American audience in The Atlantic. They got to the bit where an explanation of the lbw law was required, but instead decided that describing it as a “complicated misadventure” would suffice.

If you get a chance to go on a tour of the ventilation ducts in Charing Cross tube station, I recommend that you take it.

Currently visiting the University of Vienna where they have statues of distinguished former students and staff. But at Loughborough University my proposed statue of Tony Croft was REJECTED.

Hear Me, See Me Podcast with Chrissy Roberts. Abuse of power campaigner. shows.acast.com/hear-me-see-me… via Acast

I wrote a piece about David Tall, who was a big influence on my career and died in July. Part of a special issue of The Mathematics Enthusiast. scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol22/iss3…

Have always wondered what would happen if someone submitted an empirical version of this kind of paper to PLOS One, given its “we ignore perceived significance” policy.

Vote Wim Van Dooren!

Top punditry from me here. Thank goodness he did sign.

Excited to discover that this important new documentary about the history of students in Leamington Spa offers two photos of me as evidence for the claim “Leamington has always offered an appealing social scene for students”. See 14:45 here. youtube.com/watch?v=x0Lg64…

Portsmouth FC Liam No One Lights Us

Fully funded PhD studentship on "Understanding the factors that influence children’s financial literacy skills in Coalville." Deadline to apply is 11.59 pm on 29th June 2025. Full details are here: ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/childrens-fina…