- 20 May 2024
Drinks orders, integer mysteries and the new LMS president feature in our SS24 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
- 20 May 2024
Game shows, flight and social media bots are among the problems solved in this issue's Dear Dirichlet agony aunt column
- 20 May 2024
Can you solve it?
- 20 May 2024
Find out by following our simple flowchart
- 20 May 2024
Thankfully not by Torquil Farquhar de Smith
- 20 May 2024
The undisputed chart of the best mathematical norms this season
- 20 May 2024
We ask someone who doesn't work as a mathematician to rule on unsolved conjectures
- 20 May 2024
We announce the winners of this coveted prize
- 20 May 2024
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
- 20 May 2024
We talk to three teachers, working in different countries
- 9 May 2024
Pre-order your copy now!
- 29 March 2024
We review the ninth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 29 March 2024
We review the eighth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 21 March 2024
We review the seventh of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 19 March 2024
We review the sixth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 14 March 2024
We review the fifth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 12 March 2024
We review the fourth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 11 March 2024
We review the third of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 5 March 2024
We review the second of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 29 February 2024
We review the first of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
- 27 February 2024
We announce the shortlist of our favourite maths-themed books of last year
- 6 December 2023
Twitch streaming, abacuses and Pascal's secrets feature in our AW23 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
- 6 December 2023
Can you solve it?
- 6 December 2023
Today's weather: seasonal, highs of π/18.
- 6 December 2023
And more importantly, are you on the A-level formula sheet?
- 6 December 2023
Can you solve it?
- 6 December 2023
The undisputed chart of the best mathematical games this season
- 6 December 2023
Can you solve it?
- 6 December 2023
Phone assistants, duplicating pastries, and being a 10 anywhere else are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
- 6 December 2023
Looking for a new character? Why not pick one of these?
- 6 December 2023
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
- 6 December 2023
We talk to three engineers working in different jobs across industry and academia
- 22 May 2023
Penguins, prison and PDE patterns feature in our Spring 2023 issue. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
- 22 May 2023
Canines, Cliff Richard and conditioning find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
- 22 May 2023
Can you solve it?
- 22 May 2023
Just answer these EIGHT simple questions!
- 22 May 2023
The best and worst from this year's Met Gala
- 22 May 2023
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
- 22 May 2023
The definitive chart of the best monties
- 22 May 2023
We talk to four statisticians working in different jobs across industry and academia
- 22 May 2023
That is the question
- 22 May 2023
We announce the winners of this coveted prize
- 22 May 2023
Have your say
- 22 May 2023
Can you solve it?
- 22 May 2023
Are you a theorem? Are you an axiom?
- 14 May 2023
Pre-order a copy and/or book your ticket for our launch event
- 30 March 2023
We review the eighth (and last) of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 30 March 2023
We review the seventh of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 28 March 2023
We review the sixth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 27 March 2023
We review the fifth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 23 March 2023
We review the fourth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 22 March 2023
We review the third of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 21 March 2023
We review the second of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 20 March 2023
We review the first of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
- 22 February 2023
We announce the shortlist of our favourite maths-themed books of last year
- 16 November 2022
Celebrate the latest issue with us in London on 28 November
- 9 November 2022
Fields medals, iconic intersections, and things with silly names coming your way in our autumn 2022 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
- 9 November 2022
Find out by answering six simple questions
- 9 November 2022
Follow these simple steps to frustrate anyone who ever dreamed of using their light saber on the USS Enterprise
- 9 November 2022
Have your say
- 9 November 2022
The definitive chart of the best matrices
- 9 November 2022
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
- 9 November 2022
Girl guides, cooking, and public transport find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
- 9 November 2022
Trippy brain massages from Sam Palmer's artwork on the front of Issue 16
- 9 November 2022
We talk to four mathematicians at different stages of their careers
- 7 November 2022
Hear ye! Hear ye! Chalkdust Magazine issue 16 is launching, full of mathematical joy and curiosity.
- 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.