Nicky Weller was a teenage pop fan. Then her brother Paul Weller became a teenage sensation, as singer and driving force of The Jam. It became the family business – with their father John managing the band while Nicky ran the fanclub. Now, Nicky is curating a new exhibition, This Is The Modern World, that features music, clothes and incredible ephemera offering a new view on The Jam and The Style Council. We can see Paul Weller’s school books and reports, the first ever photo-shoot of The Jam (with handwritten rude comments by the singer), handwritten lyrics, that iconic Whaam guitar, torn trousers given away as a fanclub prize in 1977, a talent contest trophy the band won in Woking, a recreation of the cover of The Style Council’s brilliant…
