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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
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 11
Grant applications, musical media and last-minute Olympics training are the topics readers have sent in to the professor's postbox this issue
Chalkdust Issue 07 – coming 13 March
Join us at our upcoming launch party!
In conversation with Bernard Silverman
We chat to the chief scientific advisor to the Home Office about the role of scientists and mathematicians in politics