Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Event moves from church to church
26 June 2026A TV casting director who launched a vintage and mid-century fair in March at the Grade I-listed St Stephen’s Church in Hampstead (with another in June) is moving to another ecclesiastical setting on Saturday, July 11, for the third event, also in north London.
Second home for dolls’ houses
26 June 2026Dolls’ houses, these tiny homes and their teensy furniture, create passionate collectors.
Expect ‘great fun and serious buyers’
26 June 2026As Premier Fairs, Richard Burtonshaw organises two glass and decorative fairs in the UK.
Let there be lights at showground
19 June 2026One of the big antiques love-ins that dominate Love Fairs’ portfolio is the antiques and collectors’ two-day Detling fairs .
Slip in to the historic dockyard
19 June 2026Launched last June at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard by a saleroom based in the yard, Medway Auctions, the next regular antiques and vintage fair will run at the No 5 slip at the wharf on Sunday, June 28.
Vintage fuels your happiness
19 June 2026“You can’t buy happiness but you can buy vintage and that’s kind of the same thing.”
Down the straight and into summer
12 June 2026Stephanie Castell and Ben Cooper, of Two C’s Antique Fairs, are coming down the straight for their antiques fair in Shropshire on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.
The fair that runs for almost a week
12 June 2026Not many antiques fairs run for five days but the regular antiques fair held in the market town of Kingsbridge in south Devon does just that.
From castle lawns to market squares
12 June 2026Cherish Vintage is staging brocante events in Kent and across two sites in Midhurst this summer
Barn-storming brocante in Kent
12 June 2026Make a note in the diary about The Brocante Barn at Forstal Farm at Lamberhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
Two textile dates to remember
05 June 2026Key events for dealers in and collectors of antique and vintage textiles are the Textile Society’s two annual events: one in Manchester on Sunday, June 14, with 60 dealers and the other in London in October.
Lincs connects dealers
05 June 2026Two fairs have been launched with 40-50 traders at each taking advantage
County show combines agriculture and antiques
05 June 2026If the weather’s good you can’t beat the atmosphere at an agricultural county show which will often include antiques and vintage spots.
Pen shows are write on time
29 May 2026UK Pen Shows runs pen fairs across the country and is launching a Cheltenham Pen Show at the town’s racecourse on Saturday June 27.
Action stations at shipshape mill to accommodate more dealers
29 May 2026Expansion on way at historical premises built using timbers of famous American naval frigate
Trio who launched high street centre are also excited about a Rochester antiques trail
29 May 2026Antiques trails are proving to be a popular way of promoting the shops and centres in a particular place or region.
Summer success for Norfolk brocante
29 May 2026Black Dog Events is known for seeking out historic locations for its brocantes held across East Anglia.
Back for the annual brocante in north Norfolk
22 May 2026An all-time favourite with dealers in East Anglia is the annual Bayfield Brocante held on parkland beside Bayfield Hall near Holt.
We’re open to suggestions...
22 May 2026Gloucester centre wants to hear ideas on how to use space available now restoration has finished