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Inside story of the breaking of Hitler’s secret cipher

Posted April 4, 2017April 4, 2017by Over Lord in Films

Launch of the Lorenz book at The National Museum of Computing Capt Jerry Roberts’ autobiography Lorenz, telling the inside story of the breaking of Hitler’s most secret cipher, has been launched at The National Museum of Computing in the presence…

Ada Lovelace Competition winners & Colossus operators

Posted February 2, 2016February 2, 2016by Over Lord in Computers

Ada Lovelace competition winners meet operators of Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer Three winners of the Fascinating Ada Competition designed to inspire female students about careers in computing received their prizes at Oxford University and their entries have now…

Defending Jacob on Apple TV+

Posted June 1, 2020June 1, 2020by Over Lord in Films

Hailed by critics and fans alike for its stellar cast and gripping storyline, Apple’s hit limited series “Defending Jacob” will unveil the Barber family’s fate in its series finale episode premiering this Friday, May 29th exclusively on Apple TV+. Catch…

Royal Mail honours Tommy Flowers with a first class Colossus stamp

Posted February 19, 2015May 16, 2015by Over Lord in Computers, history

This post is something that I rarely do on this blog. Post a whole press release unedited. That's because it's a great one about the Colossus computer, the one that helped win the Second World War, has been honoured by…

From encrypt to decrypt – The full Lorenz story

Posted April 8, 2016April 7, 2016by Over Lord in Computers

The full story of the pinnacle of Bletchley Park code-breaking from encrypt to decrypt 1940’s cutting edge crypto technology revealed at The National Museum of Computing [caption id="attachment_12211" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Colossus vets Betty O’Connell and Irene Dixon[/caption] Handover of a…

Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. And Roy means to take it all. From their very…

When young understudy Betty takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi's Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch…

Drive down Mulholland Drive in 4K

Posted September 28, 2021September 28, 2021by Over Lord in Films

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DRIVE, STUDIOCANAL and CRITERION are thrilled to present a brand new 4K restoration of the iconic 2001 surrealist mystery-drama, supervised by David Lynch himself. https://youtu.be/3oa64ktrwKY 20 years after the film’s original…

In Los Angeles, the City of Angels, a mysterious femme fatale wanders on the sinuous road of Mulholland Drive, clearly injured and suffering from amnesia. She finds shelter at Betty’s…

Margaret Sale – 25 years at Bletchley Park

Posted October 19, 2016October 19, 2016by Over Lord in Films

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Save Bletchley Park Campaign and The National Museum of Computing pays tribute to all those campaigners and specially to Margaret Sale, thought to be the only person still on the Park who…