Bertrand Russell at the anti-Polaris protest Whitehall 1961 IN9223 Measures 34cm x 25cm x

Measures 34cm x 25cm x 12cm

It also hints at change to come with the Labour election poster reminding us of the political and social aftermath of the war and the creation of the welfare state

for the Great Northern Railway in 1852

During the late 1920s and early 30s

The Hospital of London Combined Appeal began in 1920

Bertrand Russell at the anti-Polaris protest Whitehall 1961 IN9223 Measures 34cm x 25cm xThe 89 year old philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, seen in the centre of the photograph, was renowned for his social activism during the 1950s and 60s. Russell was a founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958. The anti Polaris submarine launched ballistic missiles sit down protest took place outside the Ministry of Defence in 1961. Russell received a two month prison sentence which was reduced on appeal to one week, for his anti