Bletchley Park in the NewsThe following stories are from around the Internet and around the world and are kindly provided by the Yahoo! News service. Bletchley Park nominated for £100,000 national museums awardWednesday, Feb 8, 2012 4:32 The ten museums longlisted for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize 2012 have been announced, with not a single institution in London in the running. Sponsor a Colossus valve to help Museum of ComputingWednesday, Feb 8, 2012 2:22 Britain's National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park is raising funds by offering users the chance to "sponsor a... Art Fund Prize longlist revealedTuesday, Feb 7, 2012 12:57 Four newly-opened museums are among the 10 institutuions on the longlist for this year's £100,000 Art Fund Prize. Official Turing pardon refusedMonday, Feb 6, 2012 12:09 The government rejects a petition for computer pioneer Alan Turing to be granted an official pardon. Clare in the CommunityFriday, Feb 3, 2012 5:58 The Artist leaves one of Clare's client's inconsolable Harry Venning Building the future of computing in schoolsTuesday, Jan 31, 2012 8:00 Michael Gove's speech has set the wheels in motion, now the work needs to be done – how teachers can enhance their knowledge of ICT plus share expertise and views My office at The Open University is just down the road from Bletchley Park, the war-time code-breaking centre which now houses the National Museum of Computing . Seventy years ago in this quiet countryside setting, the "father of ... Simple clear advice in plain EnglishFriday, Jan 27, 2012 4:24 Bletchley Park is to release four first day covers celebrating Alan Turing's centenary year. The £9.99 covers , which it intends to be restricted to just 500 each, will carry a single 1st class Royal Mail "Turing Bombe" stamp cancelled with a unique first day of issue postmark. Bletchley Park flogs Alan Turing first day coversMonday, Jan 23, 2012 9:38 Enigma codebreaker puts his stamp on 2012 Computing pioneer and Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing is to be commemorated next month in a series of limited edition first day covers for stamps designed to celebrate the centenary of his birth and help raise some more funds for the renovation of Bletchley Park.… Restoring the wartime birthplace of the modern computerMonday, Jan 16, 2012 16:17 For six years, famed mathematician Alan Turing and his code-breaking colleagues laboured secretly to bring an end to the Second World War. Over the years, the ramshackle huts in which they worked were left to rot. Now, with a resurgence of interest, the British historical site is being refurbished and, with it, the memories of their herculean efforts Bletchley Park 'database' building listedTuesday, Jan 10, 2012 2:01 A building that housed mechanical equipment used by World War II code-breakers has been given Grade II listed status by... |