Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict. The site is now a museum and heritage attraction, open daily. The Bletchley Park Podcast brings you fascinating stories from Veterans, staff and volunteers on the significance and continued relevance of this site today.
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Conversations between a daughter, Jane Craigie, and her father, Iain Craigie. Iain spent a career in Intelligence from the late 1950s until the early 2000s, living in the UK, Cyprus, India, Turkey, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Labuan. The podcast covers the technology used, the methods of spying, the targets, the relevance of place and time and the historical context. The observations and intrigues of a life in surveillance make compelling listening, as well as what it was like having an adve ...
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Join CovertSwarm and special guests, as they discuss the latest Cyber Security news, trends, 0-day exploits and research. www.covertswarm.com
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Join us as we travel across England visiting well-known wonders and some lesser-known places on your doorstep – all of which have helped make the country what it is today. From a hut in Bletchley Park where modern computing evolved, to the iron railings in London to which suffragettes chained themselves in the fight for women’s right to vote, we’ll step back in time to the very roots of our national identity to bring you the people and the stories that have helped shape England. Irreplaceabl ...
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Director Morten Tyldum discusses his latest film The Imitation Game, which is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of Alan Turing. One of Britain's most extraordinary unsung heroes and the pioneer of modern day computing, Turing led his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Hosted by Dave Calhoun at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Women in WW2 at home in Britain had their lives turned upside down. Anna Parker-Naples shares her research and creative writing process as she creates her first novel based on events that happened in her home town Leighton Buzzard, Q-Central and nearby Bletchley Park. From the factory girls at Gossards who made the parachutes for Spitfires, to the Land Girls who fell in love with POW's and the WAAF's and WRN's billeted in the town alongside thousands of East End evacuees, Anna's intention is ...
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Welcome to Action Packed Travel! Our podcast features amazing travel stories...without having to go anywhere. The episodes are interviews with people who've been inspired by their adventures. They're also full of information and useful links, all of which you can find on our Show Notes. Our podcast can be used for future travel ideas and plans for the days when we can explore the world again! About us: we're Felice & Peter Hardy and we’ve spent half a lifetime travelling to just about every ...
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The National Archives Podcast Series will remain live, but will not be updated with new content. For new podcasts from us head over to On the Record at The National Archives.
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August 2024 Hut 6 was the section at Bletchley Park which broke the German army and air force Enigma ciphers. Historical accounts usually focus on the early part of the war, when a small and inexperienced team was established in a newly-built wooden hut. But by 1944 Hut 6 looked very different. It was a hardened unit of several hundred people, supp…
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Send us a text Bletchley Park is a country mansion 35 minutes by train northwest of London, where Alan Turing and his team of cryptanalysts cracked the complicated codes of the German Enigma machine. Music © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Episode 29 - DEF CON: Las Vegas Special
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Earlier this month, our Swarm of ethical hackers attended DEF CON 32 in Las Vegas, one of the most anticipated events in the hacking community. On this episode, join our Head of People and Culture and host, Ellie Lancaster, as she interviews our colleagues Faith, Alex, and Joao about their standout moments from the event. Learn about the different …
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E167 - The Forgotten Army
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July 2024 In early 1942 one of the most disastrous defeats of the war saw British forces pushed out of Burma, now known as Myanmar. Two years later, the multi-national Fourteenth Army, the ‘Forgotten Army’, had learned to fight and beat the Japanese, inflicting their largest defeat of the war at Imphal and Kohima, and was poised to begin the reconq…
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Loneliness of a Long-Distance Sailor
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Send us a text How do you survive on your own for days on end? So far, seven women have completed the Vendée Globe, the toughest round-the-world race. Joan Mulloy, a brand ambassador for Helly Hansen and a mother of two from the west coast of Ireland, is determined to become the eighth woman to compete and the first to win it. Music: © Barney & Izz…
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Episode 28 - DEF CON: Badge Life
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Those of you at DEF CON 31 might remember the badges our swarm members had. Well, this year, we've got something even better! With DEF CON 32 around the corner, we are ready to introduce the team behind the awesome badge we will bring to the event. Meet our host and Head of People and Culture, Ellie Lancaster, as she discusses with Paul, John, and …
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Revisiting Cyprus after 50 years
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Iain Craigie and daughter Jane revisit Cyprus after over 50 years. The island is now divided between the Greek and Turkish ruled areas, after separation in 1974. The island remains strategically hugely important, given its location in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and the unrest in the middle east. Iain and Jane, also visited Famagusta, where…
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The Whale in the Living Room
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Send us a text Veteran underwater cameraman, John Ruthven, talks to us about his book and a lifetime of exploring the deep. He is also a producer of Sir David Attenborough's The Blue Planet, a zoologist, film director, writer, editor and stylist. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Episode 27 - From America's Insurance Capital: Let's Talk About Fraudsters
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The YOU DESERVE TO BE HACKED™ slogan has reached Hartford, the insurance capital of North America, to challenge the cybersecurity approach of CISOs in the industry. On this episode, listen to our host and CRO, Will Morrish, and Ilan Fehler, our first hired member in the US, as they explore the type of fraud companies are exposed to, what we have le…
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E166 - D-Day80 Part 3 Block D to Bocage
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June 2024 To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we are releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This third part is a brand new episode looking beyond the beaches. Bletchley Park made a vital contribution to the planning and preparation of D-Day, but the landings were only the beginning. There would be another …
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E165 - D-Day80 Part 2 Overlord
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June 2024 To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This second part is a complete remastering of our original Overlord episode with the addition of much new content. 80 years ago today, more than 150,000 Allied troops were boarding planes, gliders and landing cr…
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E164 - D-Day80 Part 1 Tide of Victory
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May 2024 Over the next 6 weeks, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This first part is a complete remastering of our original Tide of Victory episode with the addition of much new content. This first episode takes us to the south coast of Britain which, in …
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Episode 26 - Understanding DORA and NIS2
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Listen to our host and Swarm Director, Louis Blackburn, as he discusses with our new Hive Member, Ben Stickland, their interpretation of DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) and NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) and how they will help financial entities and critical infrastructure sectors to strengthen their cybersecurity pos…
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A Century of Cottar's Safaris
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Send us a text This week we're in Kenya talking to safari camp owner, Calvin Cotter, whose family came here from the Great Plains of the Midwest in the years before World War One.Par Felice & Peter Hardy
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Episode 25 - SwarmCon 7 at Bletchley Park
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Immersed in the world of cryptography, WWII espionage and the remarkable story behind Alan Turing and his team's groundbreaking efforts to crack the Nazi encryption system, the Enigma code, our Swarm came from all over the world to share, learn and collaborate with each other. On this episode of our podcast, our host and new Head of People and Cult…
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The Ultimate Childcare for Skiers
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Send us a text This week, we're exploring the fraught subject of taking small children skiing for the very first time. We're going to start and end with a warning to listeners: If you want to book a nanny service-inclusive holiday for the coming winter, there is really no time to waste. You need to book right now.…
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E163 - The Women of Newnham College
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April 2024 Women were the backbone of Bletchley Park during World War Two. At its peak in January 1945, the workforce was 75% female, but even at the start of the war, women comprised a significant portion of GC&CS’s numbers. Women were recruited in a variety of ways, but a significant quantity of them, particularly early in the war, were selected …
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The Secret Resort of Le Grand-Bornand
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Send us a text Le Grand-Bornand is not a name like Morzine or Chamonix that trips easily off the tongue when we mention skiing, but it's typically and traditionally French.Par Felice & Peter Hardy
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E162 - Before the Codebreakers
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March 2024 Bletchley Park is famous as the home of World War 2 codebreaking. But what was there before the Government Code and Cypher School moved in? Who built Bletchley Park, and what remains of the pre-war country estate? In this episode, Research Historian Dr David Kenyon and Head of Content Erica Munro examine the people who made Bletchley Par…
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Episode 24 - Initial Access Brokers
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On this episode meet our CEO, Anders Reeves, as he interviews Swarm Director, Louis Blackburn, on the topics of the 'Cyber Kill Chain' and how 'Initial Access Brokers' (IAB) play a key role in enabling mass negative impact by threat actors seeking to deploy Ransomware, and more. Watch on YouTube! Thanks for listening! Follow us on LinkedIn.…
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E161 - Learning: Past, Present and Future
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February 2024 In 2023, Bletchley Park Trust completed its biggest refurbishment project to date – a £13 million, three-phase project, to open up wartime buildings at the heart of the site for the very first time. The final phase saw Block E, once the wartime Communications hub of Bletchley Park, transformed into two new resources – the Block E Lear…
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Episode 23 - The Red Teaming Paradigm
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Listen to our COO Luke Potter and our new Swarm Director talking about red team services, how the industry looks and how to ensure you choose the perfect cybersecurity partner. Thanks for listening! Follow us on LinkedIn.Par CovertSwarm - The Podcast
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North American Dream in the French Alps
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Send us a text It's the twentieth anniversary of Arc 1950. The resort began as the idea of Canadian resort developer, Intrawest, creator of Mont-Tremblant in Quebec and manager of some 20 other resorts in North America – from Whistler to Mammoth. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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E160 - Colossus in Context Part 2
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January 2024 Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the story of World War Two codebreaking. The machines have also been described as the world’s first large-scale electronic digital computers – direct precursors…
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Episode 22 – New Cyber Maturity Rating Feature
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Our Offensive Operations Center just received a major upgrade that will benefit all our users from January 2024. Listen to our CEO Anders Reeves, our COO Luke Potter and our Head of Product Ronan Mccrory dive into this new feature, its functionality and how our clients could make the most of it to evaluate their cyber maturity benchmark beyond surf…
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E159 - Colossus in Context Part 1
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January 2024 Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the story of World War Two codebreaking. The machines have also been described as the world’s first large-scale electronic digital computers – direct precursors…
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Wild Travels In Africa and Asia
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Send us a text This week we're talking to someone who specialises in creating holidays that are entirely different – taking you to places you probably thought were out of bounds to all tourists.Par Felice & Peter Hardy
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E158 - We Shall Fight to the Last Shell
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December 2023 Eighty years ago this month Britain was marking its fifth Christmas of the war with still no end in sight. D-Day still lay in the future and the campaigns in Italy and on the Eastern Front ground on. However on Boxing Day 1943 the Royal Navy achieved a significant, if grim success over the German Navy, sinking the Scharnhorst, one of …
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Episode 21 - Product Thinking in Security
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Understanding the user needs and translating them into a product strategy and road map is crucial to stay on top of other Attack Surface Management Platforms in a fast-moving industry such as cybersecurity. Today’s host and COO, Luke Potter, talks with our new Head of Product, Ronan Mccrory, who discusses his industry experience and his thoughts on…
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Send us a text We caught up with Rory Dixon who organises skiing-touring trips off a boat in Norway and Greenland, life-changing adventures to distant corners of the world. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Send us a text Jess Isbrecht is a digital nomad who travels full time with her horses. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Episode 20 - Transitioning from Bug Bounty to Constant Cyber Attack
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Bug Bounty programmes can form an effective component of an organization's security strategy. However, they are prone to testing blindspots, variable quality, and uncertainty around tester skillsets and backgrounds. Join CovertSwarm COO, Luke Potter, as he interviews Ignacio Garrido on his move from working with popular Bug Bounty vendors over to j…
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E157 - Security & Insecurity Part 2
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November 2023 For our tenth anniversary episode, E141 “Security & Insecurity”, we discussed one of the most important factors in wartime codebreaking – secrecy. We looked at its effects on operations at Bletchley Park and the lives of those who worked there. We had so much to talk about on that occasion that we didn’t have the chance to explore bey…
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The World's Most Travelled Man
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Send us a Text Message. Harry Mitsidis has travelled to every country in the world, at least twice. He's the founder of a website called NomadMania. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Send us a Text Message. To discover a little of what former Royal Marine, Sam Cox, will experience living alone at -30°C, podcaster Peter Hardy spends time in an industrial freezer. Music: © Barney & Izzi HardyPar Felice & Peter Hardy
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Episode 19 – From Punk to Cyber with Chris Edkins
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Earlier this year Chris joined CovertSwarm having taken an unusual and inspiring route into offensive cyber security from being a member of a successful punk and metal band, through to a prolific music production career, and more recently seeing him join the world of cyber security. Hear Chris' story and how 17 years of music performance, productio…
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E156 - Italian Tiebreaker
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October 2023 The fight up the Italian peninsula involved some of the most arduous battles of the war for Allied soldiers, but they were being supported at every stage by intelligence from Bletchley Park. Ultra intelligence helped inform Allied strategy in Italy, kept commanders constantly up-to-date about enemy forces, and sometimes proved the diff…
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