Luxurious, decadent and pretty much irresistible, Hartwell House is part of living history. The present building dates back ...

The invention of the computer is a tricky thing to pinpoint. There were some early attempts that were not well known and some ...

Different sources have different ideas. All seem to include Hertfordshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Kent, some include ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Alan Turing and his assistant Donald Bayley celebrated victory in their quiet English way, by taking a long walk together. They had been working side by side for more than a year in a secret ...

Operation Bletchley was launched in 2017, encouraging participants to walk or run a total of 40 miles over the course of January, with each 4 miles completed unlocking a new puzzle. These puzzles ...

But for Alan Turing and his young assistant Donald Bayley, it was just another day in a secluded laboratory in the English countryside. They briefly stepped away from their benches and cables, taking ...

That brought the war very close’ Gwen Watkins, who has died aged 101, brought her talents to bear on the efforts to crack Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park, about which she published a memoir in ...

During that conflict, Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, was where top-secret work took place to crack coded messages used by the Nazis and German high command. In November ...

BLETCHLEY PARK, UK—The sound of freedom at this English country estate is a rhythmic whirring and clacking made by dozens of drums spinning back and forth in a closet-sized enclosure—a ...

Star guard LaMelo Ball has been listed as questionable for the contest and forward Miles Bridges is also listed as questionable. If neither of them can go, it would make life much easier for the ...

Network Rail signallers are poised to welcome trains on the new East West Rail route between Oxford and Milton Keynes using ...