It has been a wonderful week at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where I was honoured to be the opening speaker for the conference on Symmetry and Shape celebrating the 65th birthday of Carlos Olmos.

🏆 Nominations for the LMS Prizes in 2026 are open! Our prizes are intended to recognise and celebrate achievements in and contributions to mathematics, and we strongly encourage nominations for underrepresented groups. Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/prizes2...

🏆 Nominations for the LMS Prizes in 2025 are open! Our prizes are intended to recognise and celebrate achievements in and contributions to mathematics, and we strongly encourage nominations for underrepresented groups. Deadline: 11 Jan 2026 ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/prizes2...

The freedom to go for it for three years? Our Hooke and Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure and applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows. Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Join us for the 2025 Mary Cartwright Lecture with Weini Huang (QMUL), taking place online on 7 November from 13:00 (GMT). The lecture aims to celebrate the achievements of distinguished women mathematicians. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/mary-...

Honoured to be invited to 60th anniversary of Fondation Wiener Anspach, with iguanadons! also had great talks on them, plus announcements of my Phyllis Beddington Wiener Chair at ULB Brussels and Marco Usula's upcoming postdoctoral fellowship with me @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social - great evening!

⚠️ Applications for the next round of Research Grants close TOMORROW! The grants cover events, travel, research and more and are open to both LMS members and non-members who are based in the UK For more details and to apply ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news-grants/...

Funding of up to £4,500 available for institutions to host an LMS Regional Society Meeting and Workshop w/ lectures, workshops, and graduate sessions APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW Strengthen regional collaboration and showcase your institution ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/regiona...

Our call for nominations for the Hardy Lectureship 2025 is open! Nominate a distinguished mathematician based outside of the UK to give a series of lectures within the UK. Previous Hardy Lecturers incl. Emily Riehl, Eva Miranda, Nalini Joshi. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Funding of up to £4,500 available for institutions to host an LMS Regional Society Meeting and Workshop, featuring lectures, workshops, and optional graduate sessions. Strengthen regional collaboration—propose your event and showcase your institution! ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/regiona...

Applications for the next round of Research Grants are still open! The grants cover events, travel, research and more and are open to both LMS members and non-members who are based in the UK Deadline: 15 September For more details and to apply ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news-grants/...

✨ The 2025 Joint LMS/IMA conference takes place on 25 Sep at @manchester.ac.uk and online. ''Securing the Twenty-First Century Internet' brings together experts from mathematics and cybersecurity to highlight current research developments in this important area. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...

Our extended call for nominations for the LMS Invited Lecture series in 2026 closed on 15 September Suggest a topic, lecturer and suitable date, time and venue for your series and get funding of up to £6,000 to help make it happen For details ➡️ t.co/M1VygOnNXy

Our call for nominations for the LMS Invited Lecture series in 2026 has now been extended until 15 September Suggest a topic, lecturer and suitable date, time and venue for your series and get funding of up to £6,000 to help make it happen For details ➡️ t.co/M1VygOnNXy

Our much missed colleague Vicky Neale wanted to tell the world about maths. So who better for the second Vicky Neale Public Lecture than Simon Singh who has spent a career doing just that. Wednesday 6 August, 5pm, Oxford. Online three weeks later. More info: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72339

We wouldn't let it Lie. When making student lectures publicly available we like to predict (technical term for guess) which will do well. We'd be Lieing if we said we had Jason Lotay's Lie Groups lectures among the most popular. But they are. Lie Group G2: youtu.be/zROOqqJ8D5k

🗞️ The dust may be settling but we are still on a high from the epic 2025 Hardy Lectureship tour undertaken by Emily Riehl, which took in 9 talks over 18 days (plus a few extra). You can read a report by Dr John Harvey of the Cardiff event here ➡️ www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

✨ The 2025 Joint LMS/IMA conference takes place on 25 Sep at @manchester.ac.uk and online. ''Securing the Twenty-First Century Internet' brings together experts from mathematics and cybersecurity to highlight current research developments in this important area. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...

It was great to be back at MFO in Oberwolfach for Differentialgeometrie im Grossen. Such a fabulous place to do mathematics.

🚨 Down to just 5️⃣ places left for this year's LMS General Meeting and Hardy Lecture, taking place at De Morgan House (and online) on 4 July and featuring speakers Emily Riehl and Clark Barwick @edinunimaths.bsky.social. For further details and to register ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-g...

🚨 Down to just 🔟 places left for this year's LMS General Meeting and Hardy Lecture, taking place at De Morgan House (and online) on 4 July and featuring speakers Emily Riehl and Clark Barwick @edinunimaths.bsky.social. For further details and to register ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-g...

Just under a week until the onllne 2025 Maths Communication Workshop taking place on 24 June and open to all. In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

We are advertising two teaching positions in Pure Mathematics at Balliol College, University of Oxford for next academic year. Closing very soon: Friday 20 June 2025. Further details here: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...

Two days, two seminars, >5000 miles apart. Pleased to be invited to speak at the University of Warwick and (virtually) at Chongqing University of Technology about my recent work with Jakob Stein on Einstein metrics, G2 geometry and geometric flows arxiv.org/abs/2505.14121

🚨 Just couple of days until the first 2025 Maths Communication Workshop taking place in Edinburgh on 11 June. In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

Register for this year's LMS General Meeting and Hardy Lecture, taking place at De Morgan House (and online) on 4 July and featuring speakers Emily Riehl and Clark Barwick @edinunimaths.bsky.social. For further details and to register ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-g...

🚨 Just under a week until the first 2025 Maths Communication Workshop taking place in Edinburgh on 11 June. In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

Our call for nominations for the LMS Invited Lecture series in 2026 close TODAY. Suggest a topic, lecturer and suitable date, time and venue for your series and get funding of up to £6,000 to help make it happen! For further information ➡️ t.co/M1VygOnNXy

✨ 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗠𝗦! ✨ If you are considering joining the LMS and enjoying the many benefits, don't forget to fill in the application so it can be presented at our next Society Meeting on 4 July. Next deadline: 30 Jun Full details ➡️ t.co/4c0dj7GfW9

✨ The 2025 LMS Hardy Lectureship tour with Emily Riehl starts 1️⃣ month today! Emily will be visiting Aberdeen, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Cambridge, Birmingham, London and Bristol and all events are free! For further details ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Just 2️⃣ weeks left until this year's LMS/@greshamcollege.bsky.social Lecture on 4 June with Robin Wilson (@openuniversity.bsky.social) exploring renowned mathematical equations and their history, from early geometry to fractal art. Free event, all welcome 👇

In the LMS Maths Communication Workshops, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social will teach you the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively, sharing their expertise in delivering interactive and engaging sessions. Book now ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathematical-society

Today is #May12, a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, marking the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, who passed away at the age of 40. Dozens of events are taking place all across the world ➡️ may12.womeninmaths.org #WomenInMaths #May12 #May12WIM

Applications to join an LMS Commitee close TOMORROW! Apply to join one of our Committees and by sharing your time and skills, you will help keep the Society running. Deadline: 30 April For further details ➡️ www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CommitteeA...

✨ The 2025 LMS Hardy Lectureship tour with Emily Riehl is fast approaching The Lectureship is named after G.H. Hardy, former President of the Society and De Morgan Medallist and is awarded to a distinguished overseas mathematician For further details ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Applications to run LMS Research Schools close TODAY! The Research Schools provide training for research students in all contemporary areas of mathematics and grants of up to £15,000 are available to do so. Further details ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-r...

We've also extended the deadline for Research Schools on Knowledge Exchange are designed to provide training in Knowledge Exchange between mathematical research and users of mathematics. Applications for these close today too. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-r...

Just 2️⃣ weeks left to submit an application to join an LMS Commitee! Apply to join one of our Committees and by sharing your time and skills, you will help keep the Society running. Deadline: 30 April For further details ➡️ www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CommitteeA...

✨Applications to serve as our Northern Regional Rep close TOMORROW! Our Regional Reps play an important role in championing mathematics, connecting the community and shaping LMS events. For more details and to apply ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/lms-nor...

Just 2️⃣ days left to apply for our Events & Marketing Adminstrator vacancy, where you would be at the heart of coordinating the bookings, sales, marketing, and operations of De Morgan House where the LMS is based. Deadline: Mon 14 April. Apply below 👇

ICYMI, we're looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to serve as our Northern Regional Rep. Our Regional Reps play an important role in championing mathematics, connecting the community and shaping LMS events. For more details and to apply ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/news/lms-nor...

This year's LMS/@greshamcollege.bsky.social Lecture features Robin Wilson (@openuniversity.bsky.social) who will explore renowned mathematical equations and their history, from early geometry to fractal art. Register to watch online 👇

Register for this year's LMS General Meeting and Hardy Lecture, taking place at De Morgan House (and online) on 4 July and featuring speakers Emily Riehl and Clark Barwick (@edinunimaths.bsky.social). For further details and to register ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-g...

It's been a really productive week working on New Directions in G2 Geometry at AIM @caltech.edu (with a spectacular view). Thanks to my co-organizer Tommaso Pacini and all the participants and staff for making the workshop such a success.

So what's both simple and difficult, challenging but fun, and let's you just play around with it for as long as you like? And you don't have to be good at it to enjoy it. Persuaded?

A mathematician walks in to an art gallery - no, it's not the beginning of a joke. In they go, and where do they head first, what most appeals to their mathematical mind? And might that art help them with their maths? Here's one take on maths and art from @jdlotay.bsky.social. Yours?

Here are a few of our favourite mathematicians. Some famous, some less famous and one not famous at all. And we stress 'favourite', not best or greatest. Just a personal choice. Who's yours?