Mike McCulloch
Mike is a Lecturer in geomatics (the maths of positioning in space), a physicist and the author of Physics from the Edge. He tweets at @memcculloch
How algebra cures wokeness
Maybe it’s because the hard sciences are so unifying that they are under attack
Behind the sofa government
Current Tory strategy consists in hiding and hoping the voters don’t notice the mess
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism