ABOUT THE SPARROWS' NEST
Curating tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters as well as unpublished archival materials, we focus on the history of anarchist groups and individuals in the UK and beyond, as well as the history of other social movements, protests and radicalism in Nottingham and the wider regions of the East Midlands & South Yorkshire.
Due to the Covid-19 Crisis we are not open to visitors as usual at our premises in St Ann’s (every Wed 11am-2pm or by appointment), however you can still access thousands of documents for free in our Digital Library, with more being added all the time.
Established in 2008, we hold huge collections of papers including Freedom, Anarchy (First and Second Series), Black Flag, Direct Action and hundreds of other titles. Pamphlets, punk zines, leaflets, posters, as well as extensive collections of books on history, philosophy, economics and much more are available to be explored.
Local materials include documents from various campaigns such as the fight against the Poll Tax, and the local anti-militarist/peace movement, as well as many rare titles, including Grass Roots/Nottingham Voice, Nottingham Women’s Diary, Gay Nottingham, Outright, Diversion, Virus, Nottingham Anarchist News, Flux and many, many more.
HIGHLIGHTS OF CURRENT PROJECT
In September 2019 we held an exhibition of local alternative and radical news media at the Nottingham Contemporary. Enjoy a visit to the exhibition here.
Enjoy some of our digitalised local titles here. At present we are working through our backlog of unprocessed collections.
To find out more about The Sparrow's Nest Library and Archive and to see some latest additions, you can visit their website here.
Return to the History and Archaeology Festival by clicking here
