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 built a contraption to digitise oversized documents!

Thanks to the amazing work of a volunteer, the majority of our Digital Collections can now be accessed through the Internet Archive.

Last month (27-29 Sep 2019) we held our very successful Nottingham Prints exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary. It was an exhausting, but excellent weekend.

We have the pleasure to announce that we have been entrusted with documents relating to the Out House Project, a Nottingham based LGBTQ+ project which worked between the 1980s and mid 2000s to establish a community centre.

Exhibition of Local Alternative and Radical News Media @ Nottingham Contemporary Sep 27-29 2019.

Featuring loads of awesome materials!

  1. Anarcho-Punk Fanzines - Event report
  2. Event: From the Pistols to the Miners’ Strike: Fanzines of the Anarcho-Punk era, 1976 to 1984
  3. The Meaning of Anarchism, via twelve libertarians - Resources
  4. Spotlight on: Our Digitised Collections

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