Mark Ronan
Mark Ronan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Honorary Professor of Mathematics at UCL. His book Symmetry and the Monster describes one of the great quests of modern mathematics. He also writes regular opera reviews and tweets at @mark1ronan
Reality check: mathematics is not racist
Engaging with students on the history of mathematics would do far more than pretending that the subject abounds with racism
Just keep swimming
Those of us who partake in open air swimming should be allowed to return to this miraculous prophylactic
Decolonise … Maths?
Algebra and arithmetic in the modern sense were not due to the Greeks, writes Mark Ronan
Dark matters
Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
