On Saturday I did a thing in a museum with a bunch of maths communicators (as part of #TMiP25). I'm going to write up what we found later, properly, but I wanted to quickly record that we did it: https://tkbriggs.co.uk/talking-maths-in-museums-in-public-in-coventry/
I reviewed the @PseudoRandomEnsemble gig at #TMiP25 for the @aperiodical
https://aperiodical.com/2025/09/review-the-pseudorandom-ensemble-at-tmip25/
Update: What a trip!!! Seeing @standupmaths perform at the Edinburgh fringe and #tmip25 was an amazing way to start off my post PhD world travels. And hitting up tourist spots in London, meeting Sky, experiencing the trains across the UK in between, and just, everything else… It was a constant sensory overload.
Next time I visit (September…) I need to spend a few days in London and go visit a few other cities. I hear Manchester for tech and York for history? Hmmm I wonder if there’s cleanrooms hiring in Manchester willing to sponsor internationals…
Oh and I’ll head over to mainland Europe, any recommendations on where to go? 😊 (Lisbon and Valencia are on my radar to visit friends)
My highlights of #TMiP25 included:
- getting to play in the @PseudoRandomEnsemble show, but specifically hearing the audience-wide belly-laugh as @sam_hartburn nailed the punchline to KMAG
- having the chance to gush at Ian Stewart about his books, some of the first glimmers for me that maths could be communicated in a fun and funny way
- seeing Jon Chase act out the "can you do X?" (quick search) "Yeah, I can definitely do that" dance freelancers do
- watching Prof Julia Gog in conversation with @alisonkiddle talk about dealing with hostile press
- catching up with friends I only see at this sort of event, putting names to faces I know from online, and meeting excellent new people.
I still don't know what I want to do when I don't grow up, though.