Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Books begin new chapter with a binder
11 September 2023An ex-fashion buyer book lover turned bookbinder is one of the stallholders at Home and Vintage Living, organised by Jules Langley.
Organiser adds two Oxfordshire flagship events to busy schedule
11 September 2023Neil Payne, founder of Hidden Treasures, has added two new antiques and vintage fairs to his packed calendar of events. Some of his fairs have been running since the 1970s at locations in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
Henley ticket sales look healthy
11 September 2023Ticket sales are way ahead of the normal level at this stage, says Gary Wallis, organiser of the three-day spring/autumn Henley Décor Fair.
New PBFA fairs launched and rise in membership create positive vibes in books sector
09 September 2023The membership figures for the PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) are looking robust with 25 new members in the past 12 months, bringing the total to around 400.
Inside on a day out: three ideas for antiques market visits
04 September 2023Here we take a look at markets in south London, Brighton and Cardiff
Horti fair back after the holiday
28 August 2023Long-running monthly event misses out August but the gap can encourage both buying and selling
Ready teddy go for keen collectors in Kensington
28 August 2023Anyone who has been charmed by teddies all their adult life since maybe an early adoration of Winnie-the-Pooh could head to the long-running biannual Hugglets Teddies Festival.
Pals prepare for a new brocante in Lincolnshire
21 August 2023Two dealer friends from Rutland who met at a vintage fair where they were both exhibiting are now launching their first event in Lincolnshire.
Three Counties rolls into Bedfordshire
21 August 2023Antiques dealers Marylyn and Ray Wood took over the 30-year-old biannual Three Counties Antiques and Fine Art Fair in 2020 and held their first staging as Castlewood Antique Fairs in September 2021.
Cost of living crisis hits PM Rishi Sunak's local antiques shop
21 August 2023An antiques and vintage shop in the prime minister’s constituency of Richmond in North Yorkshire is set to shut its doors at Christmas.
Classic cars and live music at new Port Eliot event
14 August 2023Alexa Robins, organiser of AFC Fairs’ big antiques and vintage event at the Royal Cornwall Showground, is very excited by news of a new fair she’s been asked to put on.
Farm tools help social enterprise to grow
14 August 2023Antiques furniture dealer Philip Crosthwaite’s popular monthly antiques fair in Norwich will feature Richard Goddard, who sells antique vintage tools for a worthy social cause.
First Suffolk, now on to Norfolk
14 August 2023Inaugural Lomax-organised Southwold event could be joined by another high-end fair also in East Anglia
Curated in the Cotswolds again
07 August 2023The Cotswolds Vintage Fairs has been run annually with various curators in August for 13 years at the village hall at Toddington, near Broadway.
Lily Antiques moves to new showroom in Cirencester
07 August 2023Former kennels at the site of AS Fairs’ new three-day event in Gloucestershire now house a dealership
Over 60 stalls for market in Norfolk Broads town
07 August 2023Antiques and vintage street markets proliferate across the UK, particularly in the summer.
Car park becomes temporary fair venue in Northampton
07 August 2023Northampton’s Monday to Saturday market has had to resort to a temporary location in the Commercial Street car park during the £8.5m renovation of the town’s historic market square.
West Yorkshire's Lotherton Hall hosts vintage event
07 August 2023The lawns at the front of Lotherton Hall, an Edwardian country house at Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, will be buzzing with the sights and sounds of a vintage weekend on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13.
Blackdog Events adds garden setting to growing schedule of fairs
24 July 2023A charming 18th century five-acre walled garden in north Norfolk is the latest in the lengthening portfolio of fairs in interesting venues organised by Suffolk-based Blackdog Events.
Market also offers an indoor event
24 July 2023Last year Adam Game launched his monthly antiques and vintage street market in the Hertfordshire town of Berkhamsted.