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‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay

Ubiquity of then-illegal relations at King’s College, Cambridge, explains puzzling 1952 admission, says scholar

For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to th…

4 months ago

‘We shared a quick sense of humour’: Novelist Alan Garner on Alan Turing, and experiencing time slips in the Pennines

At 90, the author reflects on his friendship with the renowned mathematician, quantum realities and how his grandfather inspired his latest book

Alan Garner is a few days from his 90th birthday when w…

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