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Enric is a PhD student at Imperial and UCL. He works mostly with singularities in differential geometry, AKA when smooth things become pointy. When he’s not in his office, you can usually find him cooking or playing board games.

On the cover: Folding hydrogels, encoding mathematics
Ellen Jolley and Kat Phillips know when to hold, and when to fold
In conversation with Jens Marklof
Bethany Clarke and Enric Solé-Farré chat to the professor and new president of the London Mathematical Society about academia, access and awards
Top Ten: Mathematical Monties
The definitive chart of the best monties
Automated joke generation
I like my towns like I like my Alex: Bolton
Bend it like Newton: curves in football
Discover the mathematical equations that describe the most commonly observed trajectories in football
Proof by storytelling
Sit in your favourite chair and do away with those tedious algebraic proofs