For the last 40 years Jones has been hoarding memorabilia from his explorations through popular culture. As The Clash's lead guitarist he stood at the very heart of the punk movement, and with songs like White Riot and London's Burning he and the late Joe Strummer articulated the tensions simmering in the suburbs.

Entitled The Rock and Roll Public Library, the collection includes many items garnered during the days of The Clash and Jones' subsequent band, Big Audio Dynamite. Guitars and stage clothes nestle by posters, books, album covers and videos. Flight cases hinting at The Clash's globe-spanning tours and the gold disc for their greatest album, London Calling, remind us of their commercial success. More recent are the wellington boots that Kate Moss and Pete Doherty customised for Jones to wear at Glastonbury, and a painting that Doherty smeared with his blood and gifted to Jones, who produced two of Doherty's albums with The Libertines and Babyshambles.

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