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  1. Why doesn't maths have mass appeal?,The Times, 12 December 1994.

  2. Do computers threaten the true spirit of mathematics?,The Times, 24 April 1995.

  3. Patterns that hold secrets to the universe, The Times, 21 August 1995.

  4. Equation that changed the world, The Times, 13 November 1995.

  5. Search for a code the breakers can't crack, The Times, 11 December 1995.

  6. Is this solution the end of maths?, The Times, 8 April 1996.  TheTimes8Apr1996

  7. Can you find the next prime suspect? The Times, 11 September 1996.

  8. Chart the realm of the fourth dimension, The Times, 4 November 1996.

  9. Pattern in the chaos. The Times 14 July 1997.

  10. The Music of the Primes, Science Spectra, Issue 11, 1998.

  11. Who is number one in maths?, The Times 17 August 1998.

  12. Interview for Independent on Sunday on being a research mathematician, 13 December 1998.

  13. Into the counter culture, The Times 21 January 1999.

  14. Review of The Code Book by Simon Singh, The Times.

  15. The Music of the Primes, a popular mathematics book about the greatest unsolved problem of mathematics, published by Fourth Estate in the UK (August 2003) and Harper Collins in the US (April 2003). Also to be translated into German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Greek and Hebrew. Reviews

  16. Science, not Art: Ten Scientists' Diaries, a project jointly organised by the Royal Society and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to publish diaries describing the activity of scientists over a six month period, 2003.

  17. Review for The Guardian of The Story of Geometry from parallel lines to Hyperspace by Leonard Mlodinow.

  18. I have contributed several pieces to the Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society. (1) A review of the film A Beautiful Mind. (2) A review of Simon Singh's new project The Theatre of Science performed at the Soho Theatre. (3) A review of Infinities by John Barrow and Ronconi, performed in Milan. I am reviews editor of the Newsletter.

  19. The importance of being constant, review of Constants of Nature by John Barrow for The Guardian, November 9th 2002.

  20. A Problem Squared, review of Imagining Numbers (especially the square root of –15) by Barry Mazur for The Guardian June 2003.

  21. Don's Diary: 94 books, 30 days, 1 prize, The Times Higher Educational Supplement 4th July 2003.

  22. Beckham in his prime number, Daily Telegraph feature, 16th July 2003.

  23. Are you an 11-plus or minus, The Times 7th August 2003.

  24. The numbers game, diary of a mathematician, Life, The Guardian 4th September 2003.

  25. Beckham in his prime number, Issue 26 Plus Magazine, http://plus.maths.org September 2003.

  26. To infinity and beyond, feature about maths in the theatre Arts Features G2, The Guardian 5th November 2003.

  27. The prime number lottery, Issue 27 Plus Magazine, http://plus.maths.org November 2003.

  28. A very merry equation, Daily Telegraph feature 24th December 2003.

  29. A hard climb to the top, review of Keith Devlin’s The Millennium Problems The Guardian, 24th January 2004.

  30. The music of the primes, Issue 28 Plus Magazine, http://plus.maths.org January 2004.

  31. Prime time entertainment, response to the Smith report. Comment, The Guardian 25th February 2004.

  32. Universal language of maths and music, Another Voice, Times Educational Supplement, 12th March 2004.

  33. Any Way You Slice It, Pi Never Runs Out, LA Times, 14 March 2004.

  34. It’s a game of two equations, my son. Times Educational Supplement, 9th July 2004.

  35. Can you lend shape to your thoughts? Times Educational Supplement, 27th August 2004.

  36. A hole new theory The Times 9th September 2004.

  37. The truth about Beckham's shirt, Paperback Writer, The Review, The Guardian 2 October 2004.

  38. Insects in the prime of life, Earthmatters, Friends of the Earth Magazine, Autumn 2004.

  39. Too much data can mean league of folly, Times Educational Supplement 17 December 2004.

  40. Murder by Numbers. Review of The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez for The Guardian, Review. February 5 2005.

  41. Oh, happy day! Number Crunching. Shortcuts G2 The Guardian 7 April 2005 Piece on the striking symmetry in the forthcoming election date 050505.

  42. Life Lessons, Life The Guardian 7 April 2005 Piece on what I would teach the world, in conjunction with Spiked.

  43. Escape by Numbers, Maths and prison for Comment and Analysis, The Guardian 29 March 2005.

  44. Prime Suspect, The Guide: Mathematics. The Independent. Spring 2005.

  45. Learn to love the equation Comment and Analysis. The Guardian May 9 2005.

  46. Hunting for gigantic prime numbers, Another Voice, Times Educational Supplement. May 13 2005.

  47. Finding the prime suspect. EPSRC Connect magazine May 2005 Issue 33. Article on visit to Reading Jail to do a maths workshop.

  48. How do you decode the new Coldplay album, The Guardian, June 2 2005.

  49. "Doctor, doctor..." Contribution to the Guardian's Life magazine section on humor in science. August 8 2005.

  50. "Prime Time for PCs" Article for The TES Teacher magazine encouraging schools to look for record breaking primes. September 23 2005. 

  51. Prime Numbers Get Hitched, SEED magazine Feb/Mar 2006. About the interactions between quantum physics and prime numbers.

  52. Equations: the good, the bad and the ugly Article for the LMS Newsletter about the Equations exhibition March 2006

  53. Another View Review of the film Proof for the Guardian. February 15 2006.

  54. Life Begins at N=40. New Scientist. Article about Abel prize winner. 1 April 2006 

  55. Scales fall short of grand symphonies in maths.  THES article in connection with Inaugural Drapers Lecture in Teaching and Learning at Queen Mary College, London. 14 April 2006

  56. Equations for how Rooney plays football, contributed to Rooney Tunes, a book by Talk Sport Radio for the World Cup. June 2006.

  57. What inspired you? What made me become a scientist. Spiked online magazine.

  58. Market cool maths in Hollywood style Piece about the hit US show NUMB3RS. Another Voice, Times Educational Supplement. July 21 2006.

  59. Burden of Proof. New Scientist piece about Fields Medals 26 August 2006. 

  60. Why a bagel equates with a coffee cup Times Educational Supplement piece about Christmas Lectures. 15 December 2006.

  61. The num8er my5teries, The Spectator  16/23 December 2006.

  62. The Spectator Christmas Quiz. December 2006.

  63. The Strange Shape of Snow, Daily Telegraph 26 December 2006.

  64. The Spectator Diary, January 2007.

  65. Ugliness that mars the beautiful game THES – article about state of football in the UK following the Stevens inquiry. January 5 2007.

  66. Guilty Pleasures: Football shirts, Guardian Weekend, February 2007.

  67. Football shirts, Guardian 3 February 2007.

  68. In an age of Big Brother, Perelman represents a good role model Comment and Analysis. BBC Focus, Science Magazine: article about Poincare Conjecture March 2007.

  69. The Riemann Hypothesis, Esquire May 2007.

  70. We have a chance to turn it round. Guardian Education. Comment piece on state of maths education.

  71. The Great, the good, and the very clever.  Daily Telegraph 4 December 2007.

  72. Strength in Numbers Guardian book review: King of Infinite Space, by Siobhan Roberts. 8 December 2007.

  73. Mirror Games, The Economist February 2nd-8th 2008.

  74. Symmetry, Science & Spirit March/April 2008.

  75. For The Beauty and Love of It, NewScientist 19 April 2008.

  76. Creative Calculations. Guardian 29 April 2008.

  77. Without the big maths stories our numbers are plummeting.  Guardian 3 June 2008.

  78. Grand Design, NewScientist 14 June 2008.

  79. My best teacher.  the TES magazine 13.06.08

  80. Symmetry and Sequence. The Drawbridge  Issue 8 Spring 2008

  81. This surfer is no Einstein. Daily Telegraph 22 January 2008

  82. The Story of The Story of Maths. Oxford Mathematical Institute Newsletter Spring 2008.

  83. Why the taxman has your number. Times2 Sexy Maths 22 October 2008 .

  84. Is Reyman Hypothesis True. Focus January 2009 issue 198.

  85. Let's twit again , like we did last millennium. Times 2 SexyMaths 21 January 2009.

  86. The Trillion Dollar Question. Guardian 25 March 2009.

  87. Symmetrie  is overal.  JELTA 15 23-04-2009.

  88. The 1988 paper tries harder to be down with the kids. Times 5 May 2009.

  89. Pick a number but not just any number.  Eureka  November 2009 issue 2.

  90. Teach children to see in 4 dimensions. WIRED January 2010.


Sexy maths


  1. Primes of Passion. Times 2. 1st October, 2008.

  2. Why the taxman has your number. Times2.  22 October 2008 .

  3. Count, Dracula!. Times 2. 29th  October, 2008

  4. Why  democracy is an ass. Times 2. 5th November 2008.

  5. How to get the upper hand at poker. Times 2. 12th November 2008

  6. To infinity and beyond. Times 2.  19th November 2008

  7. The skills of a grandmaster. Times 2. 26th November 2008

  8. The symmetry of sneezing. Times 2. 10th December, 2008

  9. How to be a perfect timekeeper. Times 2. 31st December, 2008

  10. In nature, only mathematical survives. Times 2. 7th January 2009

  11. Maths can be magic. Times 2. 28th January 2009

  12. Searching for the snowflake. Times 2. 4th February 2009

  13. Palladio's proportions. Times 2. 11th February 2009

  14. Winning at the heads and tails. Times 2. 18th February 2009

  15. Tales of a submarine. Times 2. 25th February 2009

  16. Follow the color code. Times 2. 4th March 2009

  17. A number munching celebration. Times 2. 11th March 2009

  18. In search of the poetry of symmetry. Times 2. 13th March 2009

  19. Twists and turns that make a rollercoaster ride. Times 2. 18th March 2009

  20. Mathematics that is out of this world. Times 2. 8th April 2009

  21. Unlocking the secrets of the sequence. Times 2. 15th April 2009

  22. The sum of all that's unique about 1729. Times 2. 22nd April 2009

  23. Pushing the lemming theory over the edge. Times 2. 29th April 2009

  24. Formula won: the key to boosting faster travel. Times 2. 6th May 2009

  25. A game of 12 pentagons. Times 2. 20th May 2009

  26. Go fourth into another dimension. Times 2. 25th May 2009

  27. The shape of things already here. Times 2. 27th May 2009

  28. When does it pay to play a game of chance? Times 2. 10th June

  29. Arithmetic eases swine flu worries. Times 2. 17th June 2009

  30. How to avoid a grudge match. Times 2. 24th June 2009

  31. If Mercury wobbles hold on tight. Times 2. 23rd September 2009

  32. Of chickens and eggheads. Times 2. 30th September 2009

  33. The shape of things to pack. Times 2. 7th October 2009

  34. Unleashing the power of code. Times 2. 14th October 2009

  35. Is free will just an illusion. Times 2. 21st October 2009

  36. Waving hello to the little green man. Times 2. 28th October 2009

  37. Love is a matter of sniffs and niffs. Times 2. 4th November 2009

  38. A benefit of being square. Times 2. 11th November 2009

  39. Measure for vague measure. Times 2. 18th November 2009

  40. The great number enigma. Times 2. 25th November 2009

  41. Without maths we're lost in a dark labyrinth. Times 2. 26th November 2009

  42. Shining a light on dark matter. Times 2. 9th December 2009

  43. Another heated debate. Times 2. 16th December 2009

Interviews

  1. Satisfying a Zeta Jones, Interview for the Village Voice in New York about the Riemann Hypothesis. 16-22 April 2003.

  2. The indivisible man, The Observer interview, 3rd August 2003.

  3. Primal Dream, Interview by Ben Longstaff, New Scientist 26th November 2003.

  4. Best of Times, Worst of Times, Sunday Times Magazine, 30th November 2003.

  5. Speaking Volumes, Interview about my favorite books for the Financial Times Magazine 6th January 2004.

  6. Interview for Oxford Times, by Maggie Hartford, January 2004

  7. Interview for Newsline, EPSRC Magazine, by Nina Morgan, April 2004.

  8. Fanfare for uncommon maths: Interview for Oxford Today Magazine, by Georgina Ferry, Spring 2004.

  9. Interview for Noise website, by Kate Ravilious.

  10. The 100 most influential men under 40, Esquire Magazine April 2004.

  11. Wow! That’s truly banal, The Sunday Times, August 22 2004, Interviewed by John Elliott about the Olympics 2004.

  12. Dreamer of the Impossible, Life, The Guardian, August 26 2004, Interviewed for edition on the influence of science fiction on science.

  13. Guardian, The Times and Daily Telegraph. 7th September 2004. Report on press conference for BA festival.

  14. Times Higher Educational Supplement. Front page piece Who got that money about the award of my Senior Media Fellowship, 23 September 2005.pdf1pdf2 Corrections to interview: I was 40 not 55!

  15. Interview with Shanghai magazine THE BUND during British Council Tour of China February/March 2006. March 9 2006. The article is in Chinese. coverpicture coverpicture2