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.

The Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum (NNRF) has been working with and for refugees and asylum seekers since 2000, having supported thousands of people over the course of more than two decades.

We have been helping them to set up the NNRF Archive.

Update Sep 2024 - We have added a few items to the archive.

An exhibition of photographs and local campaign materials at Broadway Cinema, in collaboration with People's Histreh, featuring photographs by Alan Lodge (Tash).

21st to 24th September 2023 – Free Event.

After the original slot could not go ahead due to a power outage at Broadway, we are very glad that new dates have now been confirmed!

We have built a contraption to digitise oversized documents!

We are delighted to reveal the new Sparrows' Nest artwork!

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

  1. Out House Papers
  2. Nottingham Prints - Exhibition report
  3. Event: Nottingham Prints - Radical and Alternative News Media from Five Decades
  4. Anarcho-Punk Fanzines - Event report

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