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Bletchley Park wins £460k in lottery funding
News Bletchley Park has won £460,500 in lottery funding for its restoration, and is in line to receive a further £4.1m to help it become a heritage and educational centre. The base for Britain's codebreakers during the Second World War, Bletchley Park...
[September 29, 2009, 12:48]
Coders to hold Bletchley fundraiser
Blog A developer body is to hold a conference at Bletchley Park to raise money for the home of British WWII code-breaking. Tickets will cost £85 for ACCU members and £95 for non-members, while all proceeds will go to Bletchley Park.
[September 28, 2009, 12:13]
Why Turing matters
Blog Comment Is it also notable that we decided to destroy all trace of the achievements at Bletchley Park in the cause of secrecy, whereas the Americans turned their cryptography achievements into a multi-gadzillion dollar business?
[September 11, 2009, 15:40]
Why Turing matters
Blog The story of Bletchley Park is still new and somewhat raw, but it shows the resilience and capabilities of a free society dedicated to its cause, in the face of a ferocious enemy utterly devoted to injustice and the ascendency of self-serving power.
[September 10, 2009, 23:36]
Official apology for Alan Turing
Blog Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made an apology to Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work at Bletchley Park had profound consequences in shortening World War II. Turing, whose pioneering work in computer theory remains hugely...
[September 10, 2009, 22:40]
Bletchley to restore oldest working computer
News On Thursday, The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park will become the home of Witch, a 1951 computer first used in atomic research. The Bletchley Park restoration will be funded by the sale of 25 shares at £4,500 apiece to members of the...
[September 3, 2009, 14:50]
Our Government is disgusting!
Talkback Why doesn't this decision surprise me? Our government can hand out millions upon millions to save private companies from their own stupid mistakes but can't summon up the effort to save a place that contributed to the ultimate freedom of this country!
[September 2, 2009, 9:28]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Bletchley Park is just as important as things like Nelson's ship and even more so than things like the London dome, the government do have a responsibility for it as do others. Knapper never jump to conclusion's the UK government is renowned in...
[August 29, 2009, 18:51]
Bletchley Park disappointed by funding rebuff
News Bletchley Park, the home of British code-breaking during World War II, has called Number 10's refusal to provide it with additional funding "disappointing". More than 20,000 people signed a public petition to the prime minister asking for £250,000...
[August 28, 2009, 16:58]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment What you've been doing is just the support Bletchley Park needs, not petitions demanding cash from central government. Let me put it this way, if the support you've been showing the place was common among those within the IT industry, Bletchley...
[August 28, 2009, 13:42]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment I complain loudly about the government's lack of interest in Bletchley Park. @knapper Mind what you say please. I visited twice this year, and paid full price. The first time I could have got in cheaper, and I could have used the ticket the second...
[August 28, 2009, 9:36]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment The money is there within the industry to provide Bletchley Park with the money it requires, but it doesn't. If those 22,000 people hadn't signed a petition, but had actually donated money, say 10 pounds each to Bletchley park, that would have...
[August 28, 2009, 9:35]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment We just got comment in from Sue Black, one of the leading campaigners for the survival of Bletchley Park: Bletchley Park not only saved countless British lives and shortened the war by two years, but it is also the birthplace of modern computing...
[August 28, 2009, 9:33]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Bletchley Park is an icon representing this country standing up, despite overwhelming odds and fighting against an overbearing tyrannical state determined to crush individual liberty forever. Not the sort of example the government wants set these...
[August 27, 2009, 14:14]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog The government has rejected a petition calling for extra funding to save Bletchley Park, the base for the UK's codebreakers during World War II. The Bletchley Park Trust receives no external funding," the petition read.
[August 26, 2009, 12:55]
MP calls on government for Bletchley funding
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK code-breaking during World War II. Simon Greenish, director of the Bletchley Park Trust, said the push for operational support was "very positive".
[July 24, 2009, 13:15]
Government to honour Bletchley veterans
News The government is to give Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers a badge to commemorate their efforts during the war. The commemorative scheme, which will be open to all military and civilian personnel who served at Bletchley Park and its outstations...
[July 13, 2009, 16:54]
Museum of Computing finds new premises
News The good news follows last week's blow to Bletchley Park, home to The National Museum of Computing, after the government refused a request for more funding to support the site while restoration work is carried out.
[May 27, 2009, 8:50]
Easy Solution
Talkback Just make a claim that the manor house, is a second residence for the occupants of hut 6. Should be able to get a grant of at least 100k for refurbishment that way.
[May 21, 2009, 9:33]
Scandalous!
Talkback Cancel the Olympics (or make it entirely self funded by the participants and the spectators) and redirect the public money that will be wasted on that nonsense to Bletchley Park. It's a public disgrace that Brown is prepared to allow our heritage...
[May 20, 2009, 22:01]
