Our brand new films were launched to huge audiences at Glastonbury. The three films – which make up the ‘Don’t Buy It’ project – star Alistair McGowan and James Redmond and urge people to think again about Trident renewal. See the films and project website here – www.dont-buy-it.org

Tuesday 16th August, 10 – midnight, ₤14   Edinburgh International Conference Centre Get Up Stand Up! back for a 6th year with a glorious gala performance of comedy and politics featuring a whole host of top comedians: Mark Thomas, Josie Long, Robin Ince, Isy Suttie, Gordon Southern, Phil Nichol, Patrick Monahan, Paul Sinha, Craig Campbell, [...]

Using traditional global symbols and myths to help pupils understand complex issues of conflict and peace. Thank you to everyone at the NASUWT Conference who made our stand so successful. Thanks especially to those who took our new trial materials on Global Citizenship, Talking Peace. It would be great to get your comments on the [...]

The WMD Awareness Programme was once more proud to work with the Hay Festival to host the Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture. Dr Elbaradei, beamed in live form Cairo by satellite, was in discussion with Jon Snow. They discussed his book, The Age of Deception – Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times, a very undiplomatic book as [...]

In conjunction with the British Pugwash Group, we hosted US scientist Dr Richard Garwin from 2nd – 5th March. Dr Garwin gave evidence, on behalf of four US scientists, to the Defence Select Committee inquiry in January 2007 on the future of Trident. This caused such a stir in the media and with the MOD [...]

The WMD Awareness Programme had a massive success at this year’s Bestival with an installation that engaged thousands of people with the urgent need for nuclear disarmament. All around the festival a thousand origami peace cranes – a longstanding symbol of nuclear disarmament – were placed, each with a unique reason for getting rid of [...]

The Get Up Stand Up! show took place in glorious sunshine on the Blazing Saddles stage. Despite the hundreds of other bands playing around the site (not to mention the football on at the same time) a large crowd gathered. We got off to a flying start this year as Isy Suttie (the wonderful Dobby [...]

Thanks to author Basharat Peer, to Jon Snow and to Peter Florence for making this such a wonderful event yet again, in memory of Nobel Peace Laureate Joseph Rotblat. To read more about Basharat Peer’s fascinating book Curfewed Night see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/20/curfewed-night-basharat-peer-dalrymple Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer A new star of Indian non-fiction is born with [...]