He was still only twenty-two. The fellowship carried with it GBP 300 a year for three years, which would normally be extended to six, and no explicit duties. He was entitled to room and board when he chose to reside at Cambridge, and to dine at High Table.
Alan Turing's biography reads like a thriller, situated in the era of Brideshead Rivisited. I am now close to the point where he starts thinking about his (Turing) machines.
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