INTELLIGENCE agency GCHQ has taken out an ad for new recruits in a gay magazine – 64 years after the country’s greatest codebreaker was hounded to death for his homosexuality. The service has appealed to gay men and women to join, saying: “Alternative perspectives spark the innovative thinking needed to achieve our mission.” The advert in this month’s Pride Issue of the online magazine Fyne Times reads: “You see things differently. So we can flourish.” It goes on: “By recognising the value of individual differences, GCHQ enables everyone to give their best, so that we can stay one step ahead of the adversaries.”