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.

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 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.

We have built a contraption to digitise oversized documents!

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.

  1. Nottingham Prints - Exhibition report
  2. Event: Nottingham Prints - Radical and Alternative News Media from Five Decades
  3. Anarcho-Punk Fanzines - Event report
  4. Event: From the Pistols to the Miners’ Strike: Fanzines of the Anarcho-Punk era, 1976 to 1984

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