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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News and events

News and events from The Sparrows' Nest.

We have spent November 2022 updating our website, catalogue and Digital Library. Please note that a number of URLs have been updated. We have corrected links where possible, but if you come across an unresponsive one, run the title in the catalogue to find the updated URL. Any issues, please get in touch!

We have added another three volumes of Freedom to the Digital Library. 72 issues, covering Jan 1991-Dec 1993. Full, good quality OCR, c54MB per file. Dive in!

We have added another 229 items to the Digital Library, inlcuding a lot of AF/ACF materials. Dive in!

We just added another 89 items to the Digital Library. Many thanks to the estate of Colin Ward who so generously entrusted us with many treasures from his home office.

We have added another 117 items to the Digital Library, featuring a lot of local CND materials, some publications regarding disputes in the mining industry and a mix of anarchist periodicals. Dive in!

  1. New additions to the Digital Library - May 2022
  2. New additions to the Digital Library - March 2022
  3. Digitising oversized documents!
  4. New additions to the Digital Library - December 2021

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