Welcome to the Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive

Based in Nottingham (UK), we look after tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other items documenting the anarchist movement in the UK and beyond, as well as local radical history. Browse our catalogue, access digitised records in our free Digital Library and get in touch to arrange a visit.
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We are delighted to reveal the new Sparrows' Nest artwork!

Made possible by the generousity of our late dear friend and comrade Chris Richardson, we were able to commission Craig Humpston to create the new images. We are so happy with how they turned out and Craig was a pleasure to work with.

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