The Register has published my walking tour of Cambridge’s computing history from Alan Turing (King’s College) to Clive Sinclair (6a King’s Parade, just across the street). On the way, it takes in Porgy the bear, EDSAC, Acorn, Elite, Robert Maxwell and a fight in the Baron of Beef.
On that ‘fight’ (between Clive Sinclair and Acorn founder Chris Curry), which provides the excuse to end the tour in said pub:
Journalist Michael Jeacock was present and fed the story to the Daily Mirror. The paper published it on Christmas Eve, underneath a picture story of Mirror proprietor Robert Maxwell and magician Paul Daniels headlined: “How to make a £million vanish!”. Daily Express columnist Jean Rook wrote that she found Sir Clive’s fighting spirit sexy.
As noted later, Robert Maxwell knew about making £millions vanish.
The full article is here, and the map (courtesy of OpenStreetMap and Microsoft Paint) is here.