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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Hello everyone! We hope this finds you all well. Please feel free to read this as a pdf document (also featuring pretty pictures!).

Hello everyone! We hope this finds you all well. Please feel free to read this as a pdf document.

Hello everyone! We hope this finds you all well. Please feel free to read this as a pdf document.

Hello everyone! We hope this finds you all well. Please feel free to read this as a pdf document.

We are happy that we had a little bit of time this month to add a few more items to our Digital Library, as always free to use without the need to register.

  1. Nest Update - Apr 2026
  2. Nest Update - Mar 2026
  3. New additions to the Digital Library - Mar 2026
  4. Nest Update - Feb 2026

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