25 May 2022 Squid Game, hidden harmonies and DnD coming your way in our brand new issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
25 May 2022 Win a £100 Maths Gear goody bag by solving our infamous puzzle
25 May 2022 Weddings, holidays and catfish find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
25 May 2022 Can you solve it?
25 May 2022 Are you β? Are you γ?
25 May 2022 We announce the winner of this coveted prize
25 May 2022 The definitive chart of the best matrices
25 May 2022 Have your say
25 May 2022 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
16 May 2022 Roll up, roll up! Squid Game, hidden harmonies and DnD coming your way in Issue 15. (Plus all the usual nonsense.)
12 May 2022 Did you solve it?
15 April 2022 We review the seventh of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
14 April 2022 We review the sixth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
14 April 2022 We review the fifth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
13 April 2022 We review the fourth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
13 April 2022 We review the third of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
12 April 2022 We review the second of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
11 April 2022 We review the first of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
31 March 2022 We announce the shortlist of our favourite maths-themed books of last year
31 March 2022 Have your say, and help to choose the 2021 Readers' Choice
22 November 2021 Venn diagrams, retrograde chess, and behind-the-scenes Christmas lectures all feature in our autumn 2021 edition. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
22 November 2021 Win a £100 Maths Gear goody bag by solving our infamous puzzle
22 November 2021 Football, telly and shape-shifting houses find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
22 November 2021 Can you solve it?
22 November 2021 The definitive chart of the best waves
22 November 2021 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
22 November 2021 Have your say on the top ten matrices
15 November 2021 Enter stage left: Chalkdust issue 14. Preorder now!
4 November 2021 Did you solve it?
1 May 2021 Did you solve it?
1 May 2021 Sus Mafia strategies, LMS president Ulrike Tillmann, and Bae's theorem ❤️ all feature in our spring 2021 edition. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
1 May 2021 Issue 13 is here! Find out how to get involved with our mathematical art launch project
1 May 2021 Have your say
1 May 2021 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
1 May 2021 Are you binary? Roman numerals? The decimals? Find out by answering a maximum of ∞ easy questions
1 May 2021 £100 of Maths Gear goodies to be won if you can solve it
1 May 2021 Parishoners, partners and puzzled playwrights have written in to the professor's postbox this issue
1 May 2021 The definitive chart of the best buttons
1 May 2021 Looking for a challenge? Try our cryptic crossnumber—with hints and tips so anyone can have a go!
27 April 2021 A great start to the month of Maying
15 March 2021 We announce the winner of this coveted prize
9 March 2021 Have your say, and help to choose the 2020 Readers' Choice
9 March 2021 We review the seventh of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year, and open the vote for the readers' favourite
9 March 2021 We review the sixth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
4 March 2021 We review the fifth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
2 March 2021 We review the fourth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
1 March 2021 We review the third of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
23 February 2021 We review the second of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
22 February 2021 We review the first of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
15 February 2021 We announce the shortlist
2 January 2021 We reveal the solutions to our Christmas puzzles!
26 December 2020 Puzzle #3 in our 2020 Christmas puzzle series
25 December 2020 Puzzle #2 in our 2020 Christmas puzzle series
24 December 2020 Puzzle #1 in our 2020 Christmas puzzle series
10 November 2020 Now available to catch up on YouTube
30 October 2020 Independent Sage's Christina Pagel, hyperbolic mindfulness and make-your-own Markov tweet feature in our autumn 2020 edition. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
30 October 2020 Books, business and barns are the topics readers have sent in to the professor's postbox this issue
30 October 2020 £100 of MathsGear goodies to be won if you can solve it
30 October 2020 A handy tool that can make writing great tweets much easier
30 October 2020 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
30 October 2020 Make your own scatterer from some old Christmas decorations
30 October 2020 Have your say
30 October 2020 The definitive chart of the best day trips
17 April 2020 Humbug sets the fourth puzzle. Can you solve it?
17 April 2020 Space-filling curves, cheating at cards and automated joke generation feature in our spring 2020 edition. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
17 April 2020 Celebrate the launch of issue 11 by taking part in our puzzle hunt
17 April 2020 £100 of MathsGear goodies to be won if you can solve it
17 April 2020 Are you a torus? A cone? Ed Spheran? Find out by answering a maximum of five easy questions
17 April 2020 Grant applications, musical media and last-minute Olympics training are the topics readers have sent in to the professor's postbox this issue
17 April 2020 Vote for your favourite maths-themed day out
17 April 2020 Make your own Ecki
17 April 2020 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
17 April 2020 The definitive chart of the best pictures of scorpions
9 April 2020 Issue 11 of everyone's favourite magazine for the mathematically curious is coming very soon
27 February 2020 We announce the winner of this coveted prize
20 February 2020 Have your say, and help to choose the 2019 Readers' Choice
20 February 2020 We review the ninth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
19 February 2020 We review the eighth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
18 February 2020 We review the sevnth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
17 February 2020 We review the sixth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
16 February 2020 We review the fifth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
10 February 2020 We review the fourth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
6 February 2020 We review the third of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
4 February 2020 We review the second of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
3 February 2020 We review the first of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
30 January 2020 We reveal the shortlist
10 December 2019 21 simple steps to draw your own Islamic pattern!
23 October 2019 Computational proofs, AI music and embarrassing surveys feature in the autumn 2019 issue. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
23 October 2019 Can you solve it?
23 October 2019 Letter writing, hospital visits, and getting the family active are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
23 October 2019 How do you like your numbers? Prime? Positive but infinitely small? Find out which famous mathematician you are
23 October 2019 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
23 October 2019 The definitive chart of the best issues of Chalkdust
23 October 2019 Vote for your favourite picture of a scorpion
23 October 2019 Tasty and mathematical
15 October 2019 Come along to our launch party for free pizza and the real quiz
4 April 2019 A podcast for the mathematically curious
14 March 2019 Ride a phantom parabola into our spring 2019 issue. Billiards, maths, tiles, mistakes, plus all your favourite regulars.
14 March 2019 Coffee, Brexit and badgers are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
14 March 2019 Mystic mug has some predictions for you...
14 March 2019 The definitive chart of the best Chalkdust regulars
14 March 2019 Your guide to creating the optimal homepage
14 March 2019 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
14 March 2019 Are you u or i? Am I? Who?
14 March 2019 Vote for your favourite Chalkdust issue
1 March 2019 Read the magazine, and come to the launch party!
28 February 2019 A podcast for the mathematically curious
31 January 2019 A podcast for the mathematically curious
10 January 2019 Looking back at puzzles about complex numbers, tic-tac-toe, and the Eggnog Mystery
14 December 2018 Win this year's best book of geometry puzzles
6 December 2018 Win a DVD boxset from Festival of the spoken nerd in our first Christmas competition!
16 November 2018 A podcast for the mathematically curious
19 October 2018 Surprise yourself by making this thing
18 October 2018 Swing on a magnetic pendulum into our autumn 2018 issue. Topological tic-tac-toe, maths, cake, categories, plus all your favourite regulars.
18 October 2018 Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
18 October 2018 See what we're doing this October to promote and celebrate diversity in mathematics
18 October 2018 Are you perfect or imaginary? Are you a square?
18 October 2018 Village fetes, Brexit and flowers are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
18 October 2018 The definitive chart of the best units
18 October 2018 Vote for your favourite Chalkdust regular
18 October 2018 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
3 October 2018 You'll never believe number 3!
27 September 2018 Join us at our upcoming launch party!
26 April 2018 A collection of our favourite and least favourite things named after Euler, from issue 07
12 March 2018 Think outside outside the box in our spring 2018 issue. No more tennis puns, primes mod 4, plus all your favourite regulars.
12 March 2018 Pigs, popes and produce are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
12 March 2018 Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
12 March 2018 The definitive chart of the best dates
12 March 2018 Race to be the first to get five-in-a-row
12 March 2018 Vote for your favourite unit
12 March 2018 Make a catastrophe machine just like Zeeman's
12 March 2018 Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
8 March 2018 You won't believe number 5!
26 February 2018 Join us at our upcoming launch party!
18 January 2018 A fiendish puzzle for you to 'pour' over...
31 December 2017 What have we been up to this year?
30 November 2017 As the festive season strikes again, we'll be dishing out more fiendish puzzles – this time with prizes!
19 October 2017 Cardioids in coffee cups, counting with three fingers, and breakfast at Villani's. Plus the return of all your favourite fun pages in our autumn 2017 issue.
18 October 2017 Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
18 October 2017 Prof. Dirichlet tackles archaeology and supercomputers in answering your personal problems
18 October 2017 "R" you a Matlab or a Python? Fortran or Mathematica? Find out which package suits you best.
18 October 2017 The definitive chart of the best tools
18 October 2017 Mathematical fashion advice for an ever-changing world
18 October 2017 Vote for your favourite mathematical celebration day
18 October 2017 A great way to waste a lot of paper
17 October 2017 How many did you spot?
2 October 2017 Free launch party, 7.15pm. Come along!
29 June 2017 Have a go at these puzzles, adequate for your holidays!
8 June 2017 Read about our least favourite numbers in this collection from issue 5!
6 March 2017 Graphical linear algebra, slide rules and game theory in nature. Plus all your favourite fun pages in our spring 2017 issue.
6 March 2017 Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
6 March 2017 Mathematical fashion advice for an ever-changing world
6 March 2017 Prof. Dirichlet tackles political arguments and werewolves in answering your personal problems
6 March 2017 Solve the puzzles that appeared in Issue 05.
6 March 2017 How to model bread making!
6 March 2017 Are you feeling ideal? In your prime? Discover your inner mathematical object (plus handy term explainer).
6 March 2017 Make calculations easy with this simple-to-make slide rule
6 March 2017 The definitive chart of the circle's greatest parts
6 March 2017 Vote for your favourite geometry instrument
6 March 2017 The answers to the puzzles that appeared in issue 05
23 February 2017 Free launch party, 7.15pm. Come along! Free copies of Chalkdust, free pizza, and buy your own Chalkdust T-shirt.
27 January 2017 Here are some highlights of the first two years of Chalkdust!
24 December 2016 It's the last day of the Chalkdust advent calendar, so there must be something very good behind today's door...
17 November 2016 Here we have collected our favourite sets, from the Mandelbrot set to the Mahut-Isner set!
4 October 2016 Vote for your favourite part of a circle
3 October 2016 Problem solving 101, proof by storytelling, plus the return of all your favourite fun pages in our autumn 2016 edition.
3 October 2016 Follow our flowchart to find out where your true calling is
3 October 2016 Don't be left behind... more mathematical fashion advice
3 October 2016 Win £100 of maths goodies in our fiendish crossnumber
3 October 2016 Solve the puzzles that appeared in Issue 04.
3 October 2016 How to make mathematical crochet
3 October 2016 The definitive chart of chalk's greatest colours
3 October 2016 The geometry of psychedelic hallucinations
3 October 2016 Can you solve it?
3 October 2016 Moonlighting agony uncle Prof. Dirichlet answers more of your personal problems
2 October 2016 Tuesday 11 October, 7.15pm. Come along! Featuring hundreds of free copies of Chalkdust, free pizza, and the chance to purchase a Chalkdust T-shirt.
23 June 2016 Paper cups do not follow a hexagonal pattern and the cones do not meet at a single point, but they do make a gigantic sphere
19 May 2016 The Chalkdust team set you a challenge, for which the prize is a £25 Amazon voucher...
24 March 2016 Read ours then send us your favourites!
13 March 2016 Warning: Contains SPOILERS!
13 March 2016 Make an amazing three faced hexagon
13 March 2016 Vote for your favourite colour of chalk for Issue 04: is it white, yellow, or the Post Office Tower?
13 March 2016 Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
13 March 2016 Solve the puzzles that appeared in Issue 03.
13 March 2016 Print out and make a flexagon
13 March 2016 Ever been stuck in motorway traffic which seems to have no reason? A model for traffic flow explains why.
13 March 2016 Prof. Dirichlet tackles deaf colleagues and cold badgers.
13 March 2016 Be in for a chance to win a £100 goody bag if you can solve our fiendish crossnumber
13 March 2016 Find out what the future holds for you... or maybe just a box of scorpions.
13 March 2016 Are you a FX-82 or an FX-85 fan?
13 March 2016 Fractional calculus, counting divisors, whether voting can ever be fair and much more
25 February 2016 Your first peek at our Spring issue
11 February 2016 Agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers your personal problems this Valentine's Day.
11 February 2016 Make the perfect gift for your loved one
31 December 2015 Have you read the best of the blog?
17 December 2015 Agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers your personal problems this Christmastime.
10 November 2015 (1925 - 2015)
29 October 2015 Because we love functions!
9 October 2015 The joy of Jacobians, the perils of p-values, and a chat in the pub with Fields medallist Artur Avila
6 October 2015 Moonlighting agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers your personal problems.
6 October 2015 It's time to reveal the Top Ten Symbols in Algebra!
6 October 2015 We tell you what's popular in the world of maths, so you can get ahead of the curve!
6 October 2015 Meet the Duckworth-Lewis method, 23, from Lancashire
6 October 2015 Win £100 in our famous original crossnumber
24 September 2015 Find out what's going to be inside
31 July 2015 These puzzles appeared in the Chalkdust newsletters. You can find the answers here and sign up for the newsletter here.
31 July 2015 These are the answers to puzzles that appeared in the Chalkdust newsletters. You can find the puzzles here and sign up for the newsletter here.
30 July 2015 Are you a winner?
7 July 2015 These puzzles appeared in Issue 01 of the magazine.
25 June 2015 Favourite numbers for many are linked to birthdays or anniversaries, but here is our take on the question
24 March 2015 The perfect game of Pac-Man, the maths of wormholes, and Anna talking at Hannah Fry
24 March 2015 Every issue we feature another great model on page 3 of our magazine. This time we look at what to do when zombies attack.
24 March 2015 Moonlighting agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers our readers' personal problems.
24 March 2015 Be the envy of your friends with our guide to what's hot in maths right now
24 March 2015 The undisputed Top Ten Mathematicians' Haircuts!
24 March 2015 Our original £100 prize crossnumber. Download and enjoy!
24 March 2015 These solutions relate to puzzles found in Issue 01 of the magazine.