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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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
