Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
A Georgian Christmas in York
23 December 2016Want to recreate an authentic Georgian Christmas? Head to York for inspiration.
Celebrity shopper boosts Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park
22 December 2016A celebrity endorsement by actor Richard E Grant gave Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park a boost in the run up to Christmas.
New collectors' fair at Marlborough College launches this month
12 October 2016The organisers of a new collectors’ fair at Marlborough College say they have had “a tremendous response from the trade” but still have a few spaces left for the inaugural event later this month.
Online vintage firm named after owner’s baby now opens a shop
23 September 2016Back in November 2015 Karl Rutterford declared himself ‘overwhelmed’ when he talked to me about the launch of his online vintage website – named after his then one-year-old son Ralph – with its emphasis on fairground art and branding.
Home Front Vintage design wedding dress from Second World War maps
13 September 2016We meet the imaginative designer who makes wedding dresses from repurposed silk 'escape and evade' war maps.
Ceramic art fair in York holds plenty of northern soul
08 September 2016Forty-two ceramic artists have been chosen from 100 applicants to exhibit at the three-day Ceramic Art York event which opens tomorrow at the city’s Museum Gardens.
Norfolk dealers take over longstanding local antiques and vintage fair
05 September 2016Dealer Philip Crosthwaite and his wife Claire have taken over the 18-year-old antiques and vintage fair in Hingham.
Bank Holiday weekend brings bonanza of antique fairs
26 August 2016The August Bank Holiday is one of the busiest weekend in the fairs and markets calendar. Here’s a quick look at just a few of the many events taking place across the country.
Field Dog duo’s latest business venture – new antiques centre in former Grantham malthouse
15 August 2016Charlotte and Frankie Milford, organisers of Field Dog Fairs, have opened an antiques centre in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Tiny town of Heydon is home to vintage lovers' summer fair
02 August 2016FORMER model and songwriter Zoe Durrant launched her Little Vintage Lover Fairs in Norfolk in 2008, holding the first one at Blakeney, following this in 2010 with Heydon, in north Norfolk, 15 miles from Norwich.
A new Love Fair planned for Brighton Racecourse
01 August 2016Donny Mann of Love Fairs has a second racecourse fair under starter’s orders.
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair attracts Pop Art legend - and new home secretary
29 July 2016Super-salesman and artist Marcus Harvey, one of the 100 artist exhibitors at the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair at Hastings on July 16, had been chatting to Amber Rudd, newly appointed home secretary in Theresa May’s government reshuffle.
IACF shift new Sandown fair to avoid clash with Kempton dates
24 June 2016Launched in March this year, IACF’s monthly Monday antiques and collectors’ market at Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey is having a change of format.
Two castles and a stately home host antiques fairs
16 June 2016With sun and summer weather now here, keep an eye out for these fairs and markets held in grand locations.
The Battersea boot fair – 160 sellers and 2000 buyers
15 June 2016Of all the many car boots in London, the Battersea Boot is one of the best known and the poshest, with its website telling buyers that they can expect to find quality items including “designer goods, vintage, shabby chic, even antiques and collectables, alongside general car boot goods”.
20th century decorative arts fair heads to Norfolk's Voewood House
01 June 2016Bill Jones is a seasoned dealer in Art Deco and Arts & Crafts but a newcomer to the world of organising fairs, an arena into which he has thrown himself recently with gusto.
Dealer plans online market hub as fire destroys shop and stock
28 May 2016A Scottish dealer whose stock and business went up in smoke has vowed to carry on with an online venture
Book on stereoscopy photography featuring Victorian fashion disasters released
27 May 2016While other rock stars were demolishing hotel rooms or setting their trousers and their instruments alight, Queen guitarist Brian May was busy buying Victorian photographs.
Three fairs in Yorkshire this weekend
20 May 2016With the weekend fast approaching, ATG picks three antique and vintage fairs worth visiting if you’re up near the Yorkshire dales over the next two days.
Five venues for Romsey fair as extensive first event aims to draw crowds
06 May 2016Jackie Edwards knows all about the logistics of organising antiques street markets and fairs, having launched and run events across Hampshire.