Missed this month's Finite Group livestream? We're planning our next one as we speak, and if you sign up as a paid member now you can watch back recordings of the last three streams - details in Discord when you sign up. For more info, visit the website:

According to the 49th Mersenne prime (found in 2016) has now had all the numbers between it and the one below checked and confirmed non-prime. Why not visit to recite some of the 52nd Mersenne prime, before the computers catch up?.

In case you missed it: I'm part of the Finite Group, a connected graph of mathematicians with a free Discord community and regular monthly livestreams with great people about cool bits of maths. Our next livestream is tomorrow! Find out more and join at

I'll be speaking at the Innovation and Creativity in Teaching Mathematics conference this month, organised by the wonderful FMSPW - join us on 11th July at Cardiff University:

There are still spaces available on this all-day maths comm training course I'm running with @SparksMaths next week in Edinburgh - join us for just £15 to pick up tips on speaking & presenting, hands-on maths activities, storytelling & other useful skills:

I'm part of the Finite Group, a free Discord community for maths people, with the option of monthly livestreams about maths. Our next livestream is on Weds 25th June, and we'll be joined by special maths pal guest James Grime! Find out more and join at

#SciCommBurrito is tonight! Join us from 6.30pm at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens to meet other science communicators who also like to eat burritos! Who's coming?.

Only a week to go until #SciCommBurrito! Who's joining us for salsa and sci-comm banter?

Did you know that I've got an online shop of fun maths activity resources? Me and Alison Kiddle are sharing our favourite 15-minute maths activities as printable resources (including slides, presenter notes and equipment lists) at

The next #scicommburrito in Manchester will be on Monday 2nd June - we'll be meeting at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens from 6.30pm, and having a burrito and chatting about science communication! You're welcome to join us - for more details visit

Do you, or anyone you know, want to improve your maths communication skills? Me and @SparksMaths are running our one-day maths comm training course, in Edinburgh on 11th June and online on 24th June, and tickets are just £15. More info and sign up here:

Do you have a spare 3-4 minutes to be part of a daft online thing? We're collecting YouTube videos of people saying digits of the newly discovered Mersenne prime - and we'll keep going until we've got them all (or they find another one). Find out more at

Ooh, my next episode of @Lateralcast is out - visit to hear me trying to work things out using my brain, alongside some other cool people!.

FYI: I'm part of the Finite Group, a friendly bunch of mathematicians with a free Discord community and monthly livestreams about cool bits of maths. Our next is 23rd May, when I'll be chatting with Ayliean about maths & Rubik's cubes! Join us at

RT @thinkmaths: Inspire your Y7 -10 students this June and July with Summer Celebration: Mathematical Surprises, a virtual show with @ZoeLG….

Do you know anyone who likes maths and might enjoy watching monthly livestreams of people chatting about interesting maths? You can buy a gift membership to our Finite Group community to give someone livestream access for a number of months of your choice!

Do you like saying integers aloud? We're still going with our collaborative online project to get people to say digits of the most recent Mersenne prime, in the hope we can say all 41 million digits before someone discovers a new largest prime! Details at

I'm still part of the Finite Group, an ephemeral cloud of mathematicians with a free Discord community and monthly livestreams with interesting people about fun bits of maths. Our next livestream is Tuesday 29th April, and I'll be on it! Find out more at

It's tonight! Who's coming for a #scicommburrito in Manchester from 6.30pm? Details at

Tomorrow is #scicommburrito from 6.30pm at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens! Join us for science communication chat and Mexican cuisine! More info at