Ashbourne Festival 2026 presents 'Around the World in 80 Games' exploring how maths, games and culture have long been intertwined. A brilliant passionate communicator, Professor Marcus du Sautoy's talk will be an inspiration to mathematicians, gamers and travellers, young and old. He holds the Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His book 'The Music of the Primes' was judged the best popular science book of the year.