Glam-rock revival!

Slade bassist Jim Lea’s iconic red suit is painstakingly restored to make it fit for display at the V&A...

- HANNAH DAVIES, SEAN MARLAND

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum isn’t all about ancient artefacts and dusty old relics, it has a reputation for the quirky, too – and as Secrets of the Museum returns, we step back into the 1970s!

Among the museum’s collection are thousands of stage costumes, including a red Lurex and velvet suit recently donated by Slade’s bass guitarist Jim Lea, which he wore back in the band’s glam-rock heyday.