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39 hours ago

Prof Sarah Dillon says the short story, Pryce's Buoy, offers fresh insights into the codebreaker.

44 hours ago

Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academic

When people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humour…

7 months ago

Codebreaker Ruth Bourne, from HIgh Barnet, north London, who worked alongside Alan Turing to crack the German's Enigma code, has died aged 98.

What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz

From Cecil at Waitrose and Slinky at Tesco to an app designed to be deleted, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 In 1932, Australia declared war on which bird?
2 What became the world’s talles…

9 months ago

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies ⊕⊕

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of compu…

The 'untouched' Lorenz SZ42 machine was introduced by the Germans in 1942 after the Bletchley Park codebreakers led by Alan Turing cracked the Enigma.

A quietly observed New York police story explores desire, friendship and the pressures of identity

One day, someone is going to make a film about a cop who goes undercover and doesn’t get too close to…

Add to playlist: the 70s-inspired avant-pop of actor-academic Paul Grimstad and the week’s best new tracks

The writer, lecturer and all-round culture maven’s restless creativity ranges from prog to pop to psych and boogie rock in a catchy, sometimes alarming mix

From New York
Recommended if you like Todd Ru…

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