Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side
Prof Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story. Photograph: King’s College/CambridgeView image in fullscreenProf Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story. The short story, she said, shone light on a man who loved literature, was enjoying life and was not ashamed of his sexuality.“I hope it will go some way towards resetting the narrative around Turing,” she said.
- ▪Prof Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story.
- ▪Photograph: King’s College/CambridgeView image in fullscreenProf Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story.
- ▪The short story, she said, shone light on a man who loved literature, was enjoying life and was not ashamed of his sexuality.“I hope it will go some way towards resetting the narrative around Turing,” she said.
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Prof Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story. Photograph: King’s College/CambridgeView image in fullscreenProf Sarah Dillon with the Alan Turing short story. Photograph: King’s College/CambridgeAlan TuringRacy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ sideWriting from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academicMark Brown North of England correspondent Fri 24 Jul 2026 00.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured.
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