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Hello Bletchley Hello Bletchley is a public artwork for Bletchley town centre, commissioned by MKCC.

Created by artist Nick Ryan, it will be an interactive and dynamic sculpture shaped by local unheard voices, real-time data and Alan Turing’s visionary thinking.

06/10/2026

Alan Turing’s life story is equal parts heartbreaking and inspiring. Safe to say the world today would be quite different without him.

Watch as reflects on the legacy of this incredible man.

Thank you .college again, for letting us r***e through your archive, and sharing your wonderful images.

This drawing by Alan Turing’s mother shows him as an inquisitive kid. His endless curiosity led him to find patterns whe...
29/09/2026

This drawing by Alan Turing’s mother shows him as an inquisitive kid. His endless curiosity led him to find patterns where others just saw flowers, eventually inspiring his work on Morphogenesis.

Bringing his theories back to Bletchley feels like a full circle moment, as we use his equations, along with your local stories, to grow our sculpture.

Thank you to King's College and Sherborne Boys for sharing this wonderful sketch.

Here’s how Alan Turing’s devastating personal loss set off a chain of ideas that eventually led to modern AI and the Uni...
16/09/2026

Here’s how Alan Turing’s devastating personal loss set off a chain of ideas that eventually led to modern AI and the Universal Machine.

Long before his career started, there was just a 17-year-old trying to figure out where the mind goes when the body is gone.

Image: Morcom at Sherborne School, c. 1929

08/09/2026

Ever wondered if a machine can think?

This was the question Alan Turing was exploring back in 1950. But his interest in computation went beyond numbers - he was also thinking about emotion and what it really means to think.

talks about how the ideas behind Hello Bletchley and why Turing’s legacy continues to inspire us.

03/09/2026

This visitor at certainly understands the value of the great outdoors. We love that A1 compared him to action man!

Thanks to everyone who spoke to our machine, we can’t wait to share the sculpture we’re crafting out of these responses.

11/08/2026

When we built A1, we didn’t know how people would respond. But what’s surprised us the most is the level of honesty people have shared with our machine.

Thanks to everyone who spoke to it! Your contributions and the emotions drawn from them are now being coded into a sculpture for Bletchley town centre.

28/07/2026

Can’t help but feel that mountain sliding is going to be our new favourite hobby - sorry A1 you won’t be coming with us this time 😂

Another Bletchley resident shares what makes her feel at home and this answer was very unique!

Thanks to everyone who told A1 their stories, we’ll be sharing more soon.

16/07/2026

It wasn’t until about 1974 that the incredible work done at became public knowledge.

This meant many pioneering workers at Bletchley Park, including Alan Turing himself, didn’t live long enough to see their impact celebrated.

And that’s why this project is so important to us at Hello Bletchley. We’re creating a space that will bring the personal histories of both past and present Bletchley residents into the open.

Watch as we explore the spots that started it all and follow along as we move towards building the final sculpture.

While Turing’s post-war life was cut tragically short, his foundational theories on computing still dictate much of our ...
09/07/2026

While Turing’s post-war life was cut tragically short, his foundational theories on computing still dictate much of our digital world today.

To honour this, the generative code shaping our public artwork references structural patterns inspired by his early computing concepts - more proof that his legacy isn’t just a footnote in history, but an active, evolving part of our daily lives.

Swipe for rare archival documents including a letter of condolence to Turing’s wife from Eric Milner-White, courtesy of our friends at King's College, the £50 note he appears on and a section of his Royal Pardon letter.

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