Film Weekly

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Realm of secrets

January 21 - 27, 2015
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IT remains a great British tragedy that one of the nation’s truest heroes led a life of utter secrecy, with his legacy only being celebrated decades after his name was indignantly dragged through the mud due to his ‘personal preferences’.
 
Of course, I am referring to Alan Turing, the now-legendary mathematician and cryptanalyst who pioneered the study of computer science and was a key figured in cracking the Enigma code used by the Germans in World War II.