September 2021 – Westminster Guides

St James's Square, London

St James’s Square: Henry Jermyn’s field of dreams

Post author:CWGLA Articles
Post published:September 17, 2021
Post category:History Local Stories Royalty
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From the start a desirable area to live, St James's was close to both the royal palace and Westminster and so handy both for courtiers and politicians. But how did Henry Jermyn get his hands on what had been St James's fields?

St James's Underground station, Broadway, London, facing the building that housed the Cipher School in the 1920s and 1039s

Westminster’s code breakers

Post author:MarkLubienski
Post published:September 12, 2021
Post category:History Local Stories
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Mark Lubienski shines a light onto the secret world of the cryptanalysts whose wartime successes in deciphering Nazi communications inspired the film the Imitation Game