Hi: I've had several requests for detailed page links related to the very unfortunate dispute at Bletchley Park, a subject which has given rise to a large amount of traffic on the Web and in social media since the BBC News broadcasts of 24 Jan. Here, for those wishing to gain a better understanding of this dispute, is my attempt to identify and provide links to the most significant web pages that have been produced as a result of the BBC News broadcasts, as of 1 Feb 2014. (In many cases the pages I've identified have already had an extensive set comments added to them.) I have no plans to take on a role of unofficial chronicler of this dispute, which I fear is going to run and run unless the senior staff at the Bletchley Park Trust can be persuaded to reverse some of their recent policy decisions promptly, but would nevertheless appreciate being informed of any other/further really significant web pages related to the dispute. Meanwhile I note a very significant spike in the rate of contributions to The National Museum of Computing, so have included a link to their donations page. Cheers Brian Randell ------ THE BBC NEWS ITEMS OF 24 JAN 2014 BBC TV News - a 2.4 min video clip http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25916048 BBC Radio 4 - a 5 min audio clip http://www.vmars.org.uk/sitedata/files/BBC_Bletchley.mp3 OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE BLETCHLEY PARK TRUST Progress in Perspective http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/Progress_in_Perspective-755840.h... Crossed Wires at Bletchley Park http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/Crossed_Wires_at_Bletchley_Park-... OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING Deciphering dissent at Bletchley Park http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/deciphering-discontent-statement-tnm... The bigger picture: fragmenting a heritage site http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/bigger-picture-fragmenting-heritage-... THE BEST (IN MY OPINION) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTS OF THE DISPUTE Disharmony at Bletchley Park http://freelance.halfacree.co.uk/2014/01/disharmony-at-bletchley-park/ UK National Computer Museum Off-Limits At Bletchley Park http://i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/6888-uk-national-computer-museum-o... ACCOUNTS BY (ANONYMOUS) VOLUNTEERS The history behind the Bletchley Park dispute: https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13wgplxnmfgdzibw04cdvehbvqqsrsztk4... Bletchley Park plan to “cull old and infirm” http://maturetimes.co.uk/leisure-and-lifestyle/readers-write/8079-bletchley-... THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING Donations Page http://www.tnmoc.org/support/make-donation -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell