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Calum is a lecturer in physics at Edge Hill University where he studies topological solitons and enjoys talking about maths and physics to anyone who will listen. He can often be found on the side of a mountain or out on a bike, talking to himself about solitons.

Don’t connect four
David Budd gets carried away joining the dots. Resistance is few-tile.
Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 21
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmions
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.

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Don’t connect four

Oπnions: In defence of toy models

What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 21

Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19

On the cover: skyrmions

In conversation with Martin Hairer