CONTENTS 3 LETTER FROM THE CEO Iain Standen highlights the importance of World War One codebreaking for Bletchley Park and introduces an exciting upcoming exhibition 4 NEWS Updates on the restoration and a look at future projects 7 MYTHBUSTERS Mick Smith asks: are the rumours about Winston Churchill and Bletchley Park true?
46 VISITOR INFORMATION Tickets, opening times and members’ events 48 MY BLETCHLEY Insights from historian and author Sinclair McKay, who knows Bletchley Park inside out
F E AT U R E S 18 UNTOLD STORY Bletchley Park hosts the first major exhibition about the Codebreakers of World War One. What does it uncover? 26 ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN SECRET INTELLIGENCE LAND A Lewis Carroll parody, written by two Codebreakers and performed in 1918, provides a curious window into their world
8 ONE FROM THE ARCHIVE How a comic novel from the 1920s became a low-tech instrument of espionage 12 VETERAN STORIES A former Wren, a WAAF Teleprinter Operator and a Cryptanalyst share their World War Two memories
40 THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN – REMEMBERED The authors of two recent books share stories of the vital but often overlooked women who worked at Bletchley Park
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