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Review: Getting Triggy With It – Matt Parker Does the Maths, Fringe 2025

August 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Both hilarious and fascinating, Matt Parker’s “Getting Triggy with It” turns topics like sort functions and Python code into pure entertainment. Parker is a charismatic host who ensures everyone, from dedicated fans to reluctant partners, will leave having laughed and learned. A perfect blend of smarts and silliness, highly recommended.

Review of Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Fringe 2013

August 17, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For the second year in the row Festival of the Spoken Nerd has been one of my favourites. Presented by the impressive trio of Matt Parker, Helen Arney and Steve Mould the FOTSN takes the audience through some impressive and hilarious science. We had fire tornadoes. We had demos that used flying beads to illustrate […]

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