Spokesman the publishing imprint of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation

28/09/2025

27/09/2025

One movement. One goal. End Nuclear Weapons

21/09/2025

Today marks International Peace Day.

The day is celebrated on the 21st September every year and is devoted to “strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and people.”

This year’s theme is ‘Act Now for a Peaceful World’.

This is a poster, produced by the Northern Friends Peace Board, is a reminder that peace is an active and ongoing process that we all contribute to.

18/09/2025

Making music despite displacement

18/09/2025

Mohammed and his daughter Rafif feature on cover of new issue of The Spokesman journal—Palestine Testimonies.

When he saw it, Mohammed graciously responded on X — ‘Your continuous love, support, and care for us give me hope and life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️.’

130 pages | A5 format | ISBN 978 0 85124 9582

17/09/2025

11/09/2025

07/09/2025

Alan Turing's paper, ‘The chemical basis of morphogenesis’, on the spontaneous formation of patterns in systems undergoing reaction and diffusion of their ingredients has had a substantial impact on the fields of biology and chemistry, as well as in other areas as disparate as geomorphology and criminology. Motivated by the question of how a spherical embryo becomes a decidedly non-spherical organism such as a human being, Turing devised a mathematical model that explained how random fluctuations can drive the emergence of pattern and structure from initial uniformity.

To mark the 360th anniversary of the Philosophical Transactions, we're spotlighting landmark papers. View Alan Turing's 1952 in the Royal Society Journals Archive:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.1952.0012

06/09/2025

Haitham Ahmed Abu Rizq was martyred in May 2024 while fleeing Rafah to Khan Younis..

He was 18 years old. He was one of the library's most committed pioneers. He was creative in sports and had a strong interest in volleyball. He dreamed of becoming a prominent volleyball player and representing the Palestinian national team.

06/09/2025