V&A acquires Tommy Cooper archive of jokes, props " but no fez by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

Items from collection, which includes personal correspondence, posters and programmes, will go on display in the autumnThere are thousands of meticulously filed gags, props for his generally disastrous illusions, a tiara that he wore as a panto ugly sister " but a newly acquired Tommy Cooper archive has a significant gap."I know, I know!" said the V&A curator Simon Sladen, "We don't have a fez! That icon. If anyo…

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