Items

• 2 Flyers about the events of May 1968 in Paris (Autour De Gaulle and Les Jeunes Assument..)
  Printed amid the Paris student and worker uprisings of May 1968, these ephemeral flyers carry urgent calls for protest. Their rough printing captures the spontaneity and immediacy of revolutionary street literature.
• Africa, Europe, Caribbean: Political Commentaries
  This flyer advertises the sale of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (Trinidad and Tobago) pamphlet 'Africa, Europe, Caribbean: Political Commentaries'. The pamphlet was available for sale directly from the Union in San Fernando, Trinidad, and also in London at New Beacon Books. Co-founded by John La Rose, New Beacon Books was the UK’s first Black publisher and bookshop, and is still running today.
• Divine: The Incomparably Insane Star of Pink Flamingos [...] With Accompanying Leaflet Queer Ephemera
  This poster, published by Camp Books in 2018 as part of the Queer Ephemera series, reproduces a Xerox flyer advertising drag icon Divine at Boston’s Pipeline nightclub on 12 March. The flyer exemplifies the DIY aesthetics of queer nightlife promotion, where photocopied posters circulated within underground club scenes. Both celebration and archive, it reflects the visibility, creativity, and resilience of LGBTQ+ communities and their cultural spaces in the late twentieth century.
• Do You Hate Children!!!
  In the 1960s and 1970s, the provision of low‑cost healthy meals and milk for British schoolchildren became politically charged following government cuts to education and welfare budgets. Do You Hate Children!!! is a single‑sheet typescript flyer that staunchly attacked the Conservative government’s plans to raise the price of school meals and abolish free school milk, highlighting the impact these measures would have on the health and education of working‑class children. The flyer was likely produced for the trade unions’ day of protest on 8 December 1970. The following day, protestors gathered in Downing Street to oppose the cuts proposed by the Education Secretary, Margaret Thatcher.
• Invitation to a Social Gathering of the WSPU
  This flyer, issued by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), advertises the Women’s Suffrage Pilgrimage of July 26th, 1913. Organised by constitutional suffragists under the leadership of Mrs. Henry Fawcett, the march brought women from across England and Wales to London, converging in Hyde Park for a mass demonstration. Unlike the militant tactics of the suffragettes, the NUWSS emphasised law-abiding, peaceful protest to prove widespread public support for women’s enfranchisement. The flyer calls for participation, hospitality, and crucially funds, embodying the collective effort and determination behind the campaign for political equality.
• La Zapatera Prodigiosa
  Federico García Lorca’s play 'La Zapatera Prodigiosa' (The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife) reflects the Spanish poet and dramatist’s flair for blending folklore, humour, and social commentary. This edition, with its striking illustrated cover, celebrates Lorca’s enduring influence on Spanish literature and theatre.
• Penny Readings in the Corn Exchange
  These eight flyers, issued by the Worksop Mechanics’ Institute between December 1865 and February 1866, advertise a series of penny readings at the Corn Exchange. Penny readings were popular mid-Victorian entertainments, combining accessible instruction with amusement through songs, recitations, and music, all for the affordable price of one penny. Such events reflected the Mechanics’ Institutes’ mission to provide education and self-improvement for working communities, balancing learning with leisure. Printed by local firm Sissons & Sons, the surviving flyers, creased, foxed, and once folded, bear witness to their circulation and the enduring demand for affordable cultural life in industrial towns.
• Stop the City
  This flyer publicised the Stop the City protest in March 1984, a grassroots demonstration against capitalism and financial institutions in London. Featuring illustrations and a map, it symbolises direct action challenging the economic and political power of the City.