17th December 2025

Today we have the big treat of going to the panto! It's only our second time in 25 years, and when some cheap tix became available at school we snapped them up. This year it's...

Though I'm not sure many 11 year olds know who Lesley Joseph is (as the wicked Queen) and maybe they have seen Judge Rinder on telly. He plays the flamboyant Man In The Mirror (not actually in a mirror) and yes, they use the Michael Jackson song for his entrance each time (rather than the Human League's Mirror Man).

It's a fantastic night out, with an over-reliance on fart jokes, one reference to 6-7, but lots of audience participation and fourth-wall breaking reference ("Don't call me Lesley!").

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Advent Calendar 2025

1st December 2025

Hello! We've sort of lost count, but think the first Advent Calendar was back in 2003, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine says it looked like this: Of course all the links are dead, but the thing it has in common with this year's is that it is still coded in HTML, probably the last thing I will ever rely on coding for. Now it looks like this: Happy Advent! We have gone for the Bonne Maman JAM Calendar again this year, after leaving it too late last year and it selling out at both Fenwick and Selfridges! We get a fresh pot of jam every day to enjoy with our tartines and Ovomaltines. We also have the Domino's "Merry Crustmas" leaflet, and a MUJI calendar we'll show you later in the month. Do let us know what you are opening every day! You can leave a message below, or email us your ideas and suggestions for future days at robotmaths@outlook.com Have a great day!

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