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From the Bletchley Park FB page: “Look out for Betty Webb, a Bletchley Park Veteran, on the #RemembranceSunday edition of Love Your Weekend. Betty will be discussing some memories of her time here. Tune in from 9.30 on Sunday 10 November on ITV1, STV and ITVX. You can find out more about Betty on our Roll of Honour: bletchleypark.org.uk/roll-of-h
#BletchleyPark #VeteranStories #LoveYourWeekend#WWII #Codebreakers #MilitaryHistory #MilitaryIntelligence

Bletchley ParkRoll of HonourFind a Veteran by searching the Bletchley Park Roll of Honour, which lists all those believed to have worked in signals intelligence during World War Two.

Mary, Queen of Scots' cryptic prison letters finally deciphered - International codebreakers have cracked the code of Mary, Queen of Scots' cryptic letters. Penned between 1578 and 1584 with a "sophisticated cipher system" that involved a mix of letters and symbols, the letters were written to and from the former Queen of Scotland (also known as Mary Stuart) while she was imprisoned by her cousin, Elizabeth I of England
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#codebreakers #MaryQueenOfScots #cipher

Live ScienceMary, Queen of Scots' cryptic prison letters finally decipheredBy Jennifer Nalewicki

Codebreakers crack secrets of the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
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#MaryQueenOfScots
#LettersWhilstImprisoned
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#CodedLetters phys.org/news/2023-02-codebrea
>Secret, coded letters penned by Mary, Queen of Scots, while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.

Phys.orgCodebreakers crack secrets of the lost letters of Mary, Queen of ScotsBy Science X

The rarity of the letter 'e' is a sign that the #codemakers knew their stuff.
Because 'e' is the most common letter (in old as in modern French), it is what #codeBreakers would be looking for first.
And the fake symbols were simply put in to sow more confusion.
While most symbols represented letters or combinations of letters, others represented whole words - like a needle for English King Henry VIII.
#Codes
#Ciphers
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BBC NewsCharles V: French scientists decode 500-year-old letterA French team has decoded a letter from Charles V, revealing rumours of an assassination plot.

Ok, intro post. It's taken a bit to start the healing from the Other Place, but I'm getting there. I have a lot of interests, so you'll get a variety of posts & boosts from me, but first & foremost I'm here for my communities: #GentlemanJack #KillingEve #WynonnaEarp & other #sapphic #LGBTQ shows. I'm one of the #codebreakers of the #AnneLister journals. And if you don't know the extraordinary #LaraFabian, you will! She can help heal the broken #TwitterMigrant, in 4 languages. #TwitterMigration