There are few things which capture the imagination more than Fermat’s Last Theorem, and despite the rather mundane sounding title ‘Rational Solutions of Equations’ the talk given by Professor Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College on Monday 9 May was packed to the rafters with captivated Sixth Formers and staff members, including many from other departments.

The reason for the enthusiasm was probably the speaker’s connection with the most famous Mathematical result of all time. Professor Buzzard is the academic grandson of Andrew Wiles (his PhD supervisor Richard Taylor was a student of Wiles) and he has worked closely with some of the other famous names in the field, including Barry Mazur and Ken Ribet, both of whom feature on the iconic Horizon documentary. Read the full report.