Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Flea visitors find warm welcome at Carmarthen Showground
16 May 2022Crowds descend on first event under new ownership in Welsh town
Fair offers avant-garde attractions
16 May 2022A fair featuring books, posters, photographs, pictures and records covering Surrealism, counter culture and underground movements will take place in Paris this summer.
'The Glastonbury of the antiques calendar': Henley suits the mood music
09 May 2022Tunes play an important part at this four-day riverside fair with a festival feel
Event builds on resurgence in vintage cameras
09 May 2022Photographica is back on Sunday, May 22, at the Royal Horticultural Society in London.
Hackney hopes for Pop Up Vintage Fairs
02 May 2022Maxine Stonehill of Pop Up Vintage Fairs popped up in March at the Grade II-listed St John’s Church in Hackney, which has had a £6m restoration and is now a busy music and events venue as well as remaining a working church.
Well-presented stands essential at the park
02 May 2022“The sun will shine, the cow parsley will be out and we can’t wait to see you all again”, said Caroline Zoob, co-organiser with Hetty Purbrick of the annual Decorative Living Fair.
How Londoners got stuffed
02 May 2022Book on offer at fishing tackle fair tells story of East End taxidermists who preserved catches
Returning tourists give business boost for Portobello Road
25 April 2022Tourists returning to London gave Portobello Road traders a significant boost over the Easter period.
A round up of antiques fairs including a new event at Hartlebury Castle
25 April 2022Spotlight on atmospheric venues hosting art and antiques fairs including a new event.
Retro fair makes call on name change
25 April 2022The National Vintage Communications Fair has rebranded itself and is now called RetroTechUK.
Big day out promised at racecourse festival
18 April 2022York vintage event returns as first to be staged for three years
Driving bargains at Beccles Antiques Markets
18 April 2022Taking away a toy car for possible restoration for a young driver is this buyer at one of the biannual Beccles Antiques Markets.
The ‘summer of salvage’ for Arthur Swallow Fairs
18 April 2022Ripley Castle’s website describes a history of persecution, plague, loyalty, social turbulence and recklessness.
Mill venue weaves atmosphere in West Yorkshire
18 April 2022Sunny Bank Mills at Farsley near Leeds has been in the Gaunt family for six generations.
Four upcoming car boot fairs in the UK from Wilton House to Stonor Park
11 April 2022The country house car boot season is back, dominated by the mammoth annual boot event held for 40 years in aid of the local Rotary Club at Wilton House.
Hunt celebrates 25 years at IACF
11 April 2022Claire Hunt is celebrating 25 years working for the fair organiser IACF.
Fair's new organiser tells tales of tiles
11 April 2022Dealer promises to promote Nottingham specialist fair
A man with textiles in the blood
04 April 2022Dealer offers vintage and new design art after more than 30 years in family weaving company
Antiques events taking place this Easter weekend from Cornwall to Glasgow
04 April 2022Weather forecasters say that the Easter weekend is likely to be a sizzler and as this is a traditionally mega-busy time on the fairs and market scene there may be cheers all round across the bank holiday. Here is a short snapshot of a few events.
Preparing for Peterborough: Organiser IACF looks forward to first Easter festival edition since it took over event in 2019
28 March 2022Managing director of IACF William Thomas is building up the momentum to the bumper crowds which are expected this Easter at the two-day 'Peterborough Festival of Antiques'.