Alan Turing

Due recognition for Poland’s codebreaking pioneers | Letter

Letter: A memorial at Bletchley Park honours their contribution to winning the war, says Michael Saunders

28, Dec, 2022 @5:36 PM

New musical tells the story of wartime hero Alan Turing

Edinburgh Fringe show sets out to tell the tale of the code-breaker whose crucial work on German cyphers helped win the second world war

Vanessa Thorpe

06, Aug, 2022 @4:00 PM

Intelligence Factory exhibition sheds light on secret Bletchley Park operation

Top secret second world war code-breaking centre in Buckinghamshire was the forerunner of GCHQ

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

22, Apr, 2022 @3:42 PM

Pure folly: Turing family join fight to save ‘blue-skies maths’ from neglect

As hard-pressed universities axe abstract study, the codebreaker’s great niece and top mathematicians are fighting back

Michael Savage

11, Jul, 2021 @8:50 AM

How to slow down in a fast-moving world | Brief letters

Brief letters: Olga Tokarczuk | Flags | Music festivals | Alan Turing | Art

Letters

29, Mar, 2021 @4:17 PM

New £50 note featuring Alan Turing to enter circulation in June

Polymer banknote pays tribute to scientist who cracked Enigma code during second world war

Rupert Jones

25, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM

GCHQ releases 'most difficult puzzle ever' in honour of Alan Turing

12 riddles linked to new £50 note featuring the codebreaker may take seven hours to crack

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

25, Mar, 2021 @6:00 AM

Bletchley Park: third of staff face redundancy because of coronavirus

Trust that runs the museum says it expects to lose about £2m in 2020

Matthew Weaver

22, Aug, 2020 @11:18 AM

Silent film reel shows staff connected to Bletchley Park for first time

Footage, preserved in original canister, shows people who worked at secret wartime site

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

03, Apr, 2020 @11:59 AM

Scientist Alan Turing's degree, medal and memorabilia recovered in Colorado

Computer pioneer’s items were taken from British school in 1984 and seized after woman offered them for loan to university

Martin Pengelly

21, Jan, 2020 @1:41 PM

The Guardian view on ethics for mathematicians: an essential addition

Editorial: Science may be morally neutral but scientists can’t be. They need to take seriously the ethical consequences of their work

Editorial

18, Aug, 2019 @5:25 PM

Alan Turing inquest verdict is questionable | Letters

Letters: Co-authors of The Turing Guide say that recent scholarly publications have highlighted the possibility Turing’s death was the result of a fatal accident rather than suicide