Anna's Blog

How my experience of public transport on Barbados led to a new understanding of the number 350

How currency conversion on holiday led to a discovery of magnanimous numbers

How a trip to Barbados brought me into contact with numbers that bring joy.

How my efforts to get my Christmas cards out on time led to the discovery of self numbers.

How my favourite crime novels led to the discovery of some beautiful numbers!

How the membership of a local history society led to an understanding of aspiring numbers

In Chester, where I live in Northwest England, we are preparing for a by-election on the 1st December where we will elect a new Member of Parliament (MP). Our previous MP resigned and it has been a rush to nominate candidates and canvass for all parties. The MP for...

By September 2022 most people I knew had had COVID-19. In our house we had somehow managed to avoid it. However, come the beginning of October, we had both tested positive and were very ill. Now we have both tested negative and feel quite a bit better but still have...

Each post that I have written has been inspired by a number that has occurred naturally during my everyday life. My husband, Howard, and I were cycling out for lunch on what may well be the last sunny day of the year in the UK. Our table at our chosen pub just...

We don’t have enough doctors in the UK: we’re about 12,000 short of where we (apparently) should be. In 2019, 8,730 students graduated with a medical degree in the UK. There is a cap on the number as the training is subsidised by the government and also the students...