In conversation with Bernard Silverman We chat to the chief scientific advisor to the Home Office about the role of scientists and mathematicians in politics

Linear algebra… with diagrams Rediscover linear algebra by playing with circuit diagrams

Debugging insect dynamics Explain the strange dynamics of certain insects using game theory

Variations on Fermat: an agony in four fits Fermat's Last Theorem with complex powers, wrapped in a story every mathematician can relate to

Slide rules: the early calculators When slide rules used to rule... find out why they still do

The simplest difficult task Factorisation is often used in cryptography. But there's something even simpler which turns out to be just as hard.

Origami tesseract Folding origami, building networks, making projections and multiple dimensions!

Florence Nightingale, statistician What is the real story behind the lady with the lamp?

Roots: Mary Somerville Mary Somerville fights against social mores to become one of the leading mathematicians of her time.