Posts with #Opinion

Thu, April 9, 2026

11 min read

Column - Why I regret giving a speech about Andrew Wiles

#Column #Opinion #Mathematics #Science #Education

I explore here what it takes to be successful in an academic discipline, and why spreading the wrong narrative is damaging.

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Mon, April 6, 2026

6 min read

Column - Meditations on a cool looking Goose

#Column #Opinion

Should we feel guilty, enjoying invasive species?

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Fri, April 10, 2026

5 min read

The artist so good nobody cared he traced. John Atkinson Grimshaw

#Art #Opinion

If you’re not really an art person, or a modern art person, this is the art post for you.

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Fri, April 10, 2026

6 min read

To really support your sports team, first you must understand the world - Carl Sagan in a different lifetime.

#Football #Cricket #Education #Opinion

Give a child a sports team, and you will give them an education in physics, economics, statistics and geopolitics at the same time. My Experience.

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Sat, April 11, 2026

10 min read

Yao Lu, and Climate Change in art

#Art #Science #Opinion

I look at some pieces that really struck me, and some that didn't...

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