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Arts Council England doesn’t need ‘swagger’, it needs reform | Letter

Reader Chris Hodgkins proposes a dual‑pillar system that safeguards national institutions while establishing a dedicated…

New map projections don’t make the Mercator wrong | Letter

The transverse Mercator projection was created for European sailors – and it worked for their world, writes Paul Harwood…

The dark art of maths and the AI revolution | Letter

Bev Littlewood reminds us that mathematics has been the prime driver of the rise in AI, in response to an editorial You …