Tuesday 22 September 2026
07:45
Marcus du Sautoy FRS OBE
Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity
Join us for breakfast with professor, mathematician and author, Marcus du Sautoy, at the second of our quarterly breakfasts we will be hosting in partnership with Hay Festival Global.
Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is author of nine books including his most recent book Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity (Fourth Estate 2025). He is author of two plays including I is a Strange Loop (Faber 2021) which was performed at the Barbican in London in which he was also lead actor. He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a four part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.
Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, University of Oxford
Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is author of nine books including his most recent book Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity (Fourth Estate 2025). He is author of two plays including I is a Strange Loop (Faber 2021) which was performed at the Barbican in London in which he was also lead actor. He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a four part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.