Muhammad Ali, David Bowie, Martin Luther King junior, Nelson Mandela, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Shackleton, and Alan Turing were the finalists named in the BBC Icons series celebrating individuals who have made the greatest contribution to the 20th century. At the live final held on 5 February 2019, Alan Turing won the public vote and was … Read more
When Alan Turing’s school friend Christopher Morcom died aged 18 in February 1930, Alan wrote to his mother saying, ‘I feel sure that I shall meet Morcom again somewhere & that there will be some work for us to do together, as I believed there was for us to do here.’ Two years after Christopher … Read more
A new book about Alan Turing is due to be published by The History Press in September 2015. Written by Alan Turing’s nephew and fellow Old Shirburnian, Sir John Dermot Turing (Westcott House 1974-78), and using material from the School archives, Prof – Alan Turing Decoded takes a fresh look at the influences on Alan’s … Read more
Benedict Cumberbatch may have gone to Harrow, but his father, the actor Timothy Carlton, came to Sherborne! During his time at Sherborne, Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (g 1953-1958) rubbed shoulders with the nephews of Alan Turing’s school friend, Christopher Morcom, and decided that he wanted to become a professional actor. Read Sherborne’s Turing-Cumberbatch Connection to … Read more