Recently, it was reported on Twitter that Benedict had attended the world premiere of James McCarthy’s “Codebreaker” piece at the Barbican. Considering the piece was in honor of Alan Turing, and Benedict is playing the mathematician in The Imitation Game, his spot in the audience shouldn’t have come as a surprise (or at least it wasn’t […]
Before you run for the hills because you really can’t stand ‘any of that new age stuff’, please bear with me. I am actually the last person to get behind things like meditating. I am a sceptic when it comes to most things that aren’t based on some hard scientific evidence (meditation actually really appears to have some […]
“For all those whose weddings I have danced at and have yet to dance at! What a great groove from a master at the height of his powers. Thanks to Martin Freeman for properly introducing me to the full brilliance of [Stevie Wonder]. – Benedict Cumberbatch Thanks to Martin Freeman, indeed – for this and […]
*Bing Bong* Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are currently part way through our flight from Yverdon-les-Bains to Zurich. I would like to thank you for choosing to fly with us today. Especially a distance that, according to Google, takes about 2 hours and 5 minutes in the car (in current traffic). […]
After looking at the various elements of the Enigma machine in Chapter 4 Part 1, we will now go into a bit more detail on how the 26 letters are linked in 13 letter pairs through electrical circuits. Grasping this aspect will make it easier to understand the concept behind the Bombe, the codebreaking machine […]
Benedict is a born and bred Londoner and he often mentions how much he loves the place. I understand completely. I have been madly in love with London for the last 15 years and living there for 6 blissful months only deepened my feelings for that magical city. Benedict often speaks about his favorite places […]
How To Disappear Completely by Radiohead is such a difficult song for me. I listened to it for the very first time after Benedict had mentioned his really surreal and heart wrenching history with the song it in this wonderful Two Paddocks article: “The only reason for honing onto this track as opposed to any […]
“All the things we didn’t talk about!” he lamented. “The Simpsons, New York at new year, Iceland… I’ve seen and swam and climbed and lived and driven and filmed. Should it all end tomorrow, I can definitely say there would be no regrets. I am very lucky, and I know it. I really have lived […]
WHILE Benedict was filming series three of Sherlock last August, he did something a little out of the ordinary. Clearly unhappy with press photographers lurking on set trying to get clues as to the plot direction of the series, and perhaps inspired somewhat by the filming and release of The Fifth Estate at the same […]
Elements of the Enigma Machine A simplified circuit diagram of an Enigma machine (Figure 1) with 4 of the 26 keys and indicator lamps shows the principle of how the various elements are connected to each other. If no key is pressed, there is no closed circuit, electricity cannot flow, and the lamps remain dark. […]
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