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Tuesday, 10 May, 2022

Advice & Comment
We need to talk about money
Britons must be open about number skills and personal finances, especially with economic woes mounting
Friday, 14 May, 2021

Advice & Comment
The power of pandemic maths
Numeracy has never been more important, but too many UK adults have poor skills
Saturday, 19 December, 2020

Investments
Strictly Come Dancing: lessons for investors
As viewers prepare to cast their votes in the final episode, there are some surprising hidden money lessons
Friday, 30 October, 2020

Personal Finance
Numeracy skills: what’s not adding up in the UK?
Bank of England’s Andy Haldane and celebrity maths teacher Bobby Seagull debate Number Confidence Week
Thursday, 7 May, 2020

Advice & Comment
Pandemic is also a test of our maths skills
As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?
Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Personal Finance
The puzzle of managing money
Why do so many people act illogically over their savings?
Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Advice & Comment
Summing up: FT Money’s festive quiz
Our maths guru reveals the answers and, of course, his working out
Friday, 20 December, 2019

Personal Finance
Bobby Seagull’s Christmas Quiz
A festive brain workout will test your maths skills — with prizes for winners
Friday, 17 May, 2019

Personal Finance
Podcast: Why are women less confident with numbers than men?
FT Money writers discuss this week’s personal finance news
Wednesday, 15 May, 2019

Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast28 min listen
National numeracy day - women and maths
In honour of National Numeracy Day we're looking at why so many women say they're le…
Wednesday, 15 May, 2019

Personal Finance
Women and maths — what’s not adding up?
On National Numeracy Day, the great school gender divide and how it multiplies in adult life
Thursday, 21 February, 2019

Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast21 min listen
How to crack your credit score
FT money editor Claer Barrett is joined by Money Mentor Lindsay Cook to discuss crac…
Friday, 15 February, 2019

Advice & Comment
To sum up, it pays to be pernickety
Bad at sums? Maybe your personal finances don’t add up either
Friday, 21 December, 2018

Life & Arts
Has Google killed the trivia star?
Even as search engines find answers in a flash, there is a role for nurturing knowledge
Friday, 26 October, 2018

Your chance to quiz Bobby Seagull
‘University Challenge’ star to appear at FT reader event
Friday, 26 October, 2018

Advice & Comment
Maths is a potential life changer — from wages to dating
If you love sums, the chances are you’re good with money too
Friday, 24 August, 2018

UK schools
Crossing the great divide to pass GCSE maths
Exam success is down to a ‘can do’ attitude as much as numeracy skills
Monday, 30 July, 2018

Television
The maths of ‘Love Island’
How many viewers of Monday’s final are also readers of the Financial Times?
Thursday, 17 May, 2018

UK schools
We need to change how maths is taught in schools
‘Urban maths’ would teach financial survival skills to the consumers of tomorrow
Thursday, 17 May, 2018

Banking & Savings9 min
The Money Show - The Money Maths Rap
The FT's Claer Barrett introduces a musical podcast guide to number awareness
Thursday, 5 April, 2018

Personal Finance
Bobby Seagull: who wants to be a maths millionaire?
Number-crunching is exciting when there’s a cash prize
Thursday, 11 January, 2018

Personal Finance
Bobby Seagull: How to make teenagers love maths
Those with a mastery of numbers can decipher the adult world