OUR civilisation ‘rests’ on the ‘three Rs’.

Even if maths was your weakest subject in school you couldn’t fail to be intrigued by this stylish thriller in which four mathematicians are invited by a mysterious stranger, the Fermat of the title, to come to an isolated location the better to work on the world’s great enigma.

After Week Two of the new season with the unlikely sight of the blue half of Manchester leading the way the Examiner’s chief soccer correspondent Liam Mackey argues the toss with you over the latest controversy and decides which contributor is most deserving of this edition’s star prize.