A moving letter written by David Bowie’s father and fan mail from Lady Gaga are among 90,000 items at a new London museum offering intimate insights into the man behind the Ziggy Stardust make up.

The David Bowie Centre, which opens on Saturday, features iconic costumes, instruments and stage props used by the “Space Oddity” singer, who died in 2016, and also elaborate drawings and scribbled notes.

One of the most revealing items is a letter written by Bowie’s father, Haywood Jones, to a company where his son was hoping to work as he made his way as a young musician.

“I don’t think I could have taken all the setbacks he has taken and come up smiling and still be full of confidence and fight,” the letter stated.

“Whenever he takes on an idea of any kind he never lets up and puts everyth

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