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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
Easy to state, hard to prove: The Collatz conjecture
90 years later, we're still unable to prove this surprisingly simple statement
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
Should you buy a Valentine’s day present?
For those of you tackling this dilemma, here's your answer...
Top Ten: Mathematicians’ haircuts
The undisputed Top Ten Mathematicians' Haircuts!