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IWall Street Journal. Available at: http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/11/14/worlds-first-business-computer-celebrates-60th-anniversary

IT Now, Autumn, entry for year 2001, notes 50th anniversary of first LEO job with picture of John Pinkerton and picture of W.D.& H.O. Wills LEO II installation.

Waitrose Weekend, page 7, October 31st issue. From penniless immigrants to industrial titans, the story of the family behind the famous teashops is told by one of their descendants, Thomas Harding, in his new book ‘Legacy’. The article documents the company’s highs and lows in 5 thumb-nail texts with photographs illustration episodes in Lyons history. The 1947 episode tells the LEO story and includes a photo of LEO I with a female operator. The link below is broken as it appears point to local file

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Computing, September 30th.

The Times Newspaper, Chairman’s report notes sale of all of the Lyons LEO Computers shares to English Electric and formation of English Electric LEO Marconi, June 14th

LEO Computers Society, editor Bernard Behr, Newsletter and Review, Summer 2015, Vol. 2, pp. 16-17. Apply to Frank Land or Bernard Behr for copy if required.

Celebrating 50 years of British Technology Innovation, Computer Weekly, April 5-11, pp. 23-29. http://www.bitpipe.com/fulfillment/1459781780_511

Computer Weekly, June 13th. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252465041/Computer-Scienist-Frank-land-receives-an-OBE

Cliff Saran tells the story of Bakery Valuations the world’s first business application in November 1951, Computer Weekly, https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Cliff-Sarans-Enterprise-blog/LEO-Office-automation-is-still-going-strong

presentation at the London School of Economics on 14th October 2016. The presentation took the form of a conversation between the speaker, the Executive Chair of Alphabet, the Google parent company, and Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou of the LSE and the audience. The presentation can be heard on the LSE podcast at Podcast The event was jointly sponsored by LSE’s Department of Management and the LEO Computers Society. It was intended to be the first of an annual LEO lecture.