The Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive
Holding tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other archival materials, we focus on the history of anarchist groups and individuals in the UK and beyond, as well as on the history of other social movements, protests and radicalism in Nottingham & Notts and the wider regions of East Midlands & South Yorkshire. Browse our online catalogue, download digital copies and come and visit us!
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Document of the Month – August 2019

This month we are putting one of our recently added local lesbian magazines in the spotlight, namely:

Diversion #02 - Nottingham Lesbian Magazine (1986)

Read more: Document of the Month – August 2019

New additions to the Digital Library - August 2019

Please see below our latest additions to the Digital Library. As always there were some requests by visitors, but this month we have mostly added the promised additions to local LGBTQ+ papers and newssheets, notably the lesbian papers Lookout! and Diversion. A comprehensive digital archive of all local LGBT+ papers is still a good way away, but we are getting closer!

Furthermore we did finally get round to digitise our (incomplete) set of the Anarchist computer/technology journal Black Chip from the mid 1980s, a fascinating reading indeed.

Many thanks to the Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage for allowing us access to their archives to add to the materials already in our collection.

Read more: New additions to the Digital Library - August 2019

Document of the Month – July 2019

We just posted a long list of recent additions to the Digital Library, and here comes the long overdue new Document of the Month feature!

This month we picked a local title which will also be featured in our upcoming exhibtion, an excellent example for a local alternative newspaper, providing us with that other first draft of history, documenting what other titles preferred to ignore, in this case e.g. by reporting on local resistance to the opening of the NF headquarters right in the City Centre back in 1978:

Nottingham Voice #78 (1978)

New additions to the Digital Library - June-July 2019

Apologies, although we did add materials to the server last month, it has been a while since you a proper update. But we have been beavering away as ever, sorting, cataloguing and digitising materials.

We are currently focussing on preparing for our upcoming exhibition of local alternative and radical news media (and will stay rather busy doing that for a little while yet!), so many of the documents below are local stuff, but as ever they are mixed with various cool things we came across, as well as a good number of documents that were requested by visitors.

Read more: New additions to the Digital Library - June-July 2019

Event: Nottingham Prints - Radical and Alternative News Media from Five Decades

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

Featuring loads of awesome materials!

Read more: Event: Nottingham Prints - Radical and Alternative News Media from Five Decades

  1. Spotlight on: Nottingham's Radical and Alternative News Media
  2. Document of the Month – May 2019
  3. New additions to the Digital Library - May 2019
  4. Spotlight on: Virus & Organise!

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Due to the COVID-19 crisis we are closed until further notice.

We will let you know when we are able to resume our normal opening hours (every Wednesday 11am-2pm & by appointment).

Please note that you can access the Digital Library and use our Online Catalogue as normal.

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