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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.

Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
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
The Wonder Book of Geometry
We review the seventh of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year, and open the vote for the readers' favourite
You don’t need permission to be a great mathematician!
Nira Chamberlain, one of the UK's top 100 scientists, shares his experiences as a black mathematician.
To share, or not to share
A tragic love story of shares and viral songs. To share, or not to share...