Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Grandma’s Attic organises antiques marquee at county show for the first time
30 June 2025The average total footfall for the annual three-day 'New Forest & Hampshire County Show' held at The Showground in Brockenhurst comes in at a gigantic 85,000 to 90,000.
Cobwebs cleared after 50 years
30 June 2025A specialist antiques shop in Southampton, a city rich in maritime heritage, is set to close at the end of August after 50 years of trading.
Stately homes host car boots
30 June 2025Two stately home car boots held for charity take place this month and next including the ‘biggie’ at Wilton House, near Salisbury.
Arthur Swallow Fairs celebrates 30 years in the antiques trade
23 June 2025Fairs organiser run by the Burgoin family started with a single event but now operates at several venues
In with the Old as vintage booms
23 June 2025Alan Old of So Last Century fairs launched his first vintage and retro fair at Beckenham Place Mansion in south London 10 years ago.
Book fairs: New event fills a north-west hole
16 June 2025Kirkby Lonsdale is the first of three fresh PBFA fairs this year with Frome and Dorchester to follow
Good news for fleamarket visitors devoted to finding bargains
16 June 2025Fleamarkets offer an endless variety of stock to draw in buyers and two ‘giants’ are coming up soon, one in Somerset, the other in London.
Dealer seeking a mooring in Cornwall
09 June 2025Seafaring man-turned dealer in nauticalia, Robin Langford is searching for reasonably priced shop premises near St Ives where he deals online as Clipper Maritime.
Premier Fairs launches Penshurst event
09 June 2025Midlands-based Richard Burtonshaw, organiser of glass and ceramic fairs under the banner Premier Fairs, is moving south for the second of his three events this year.
Follow the Petworth path
02 June 2025Art and antiques trail will be launched in the picturesque West Sussex town with a view to being a regular fixture
Community cornerstone: antiques and vintage shop opened by dealers in Scotland
02 June 2025Dealers Douglas and Brett Coupar-Fleming have spent the past year renovating a former department store in the seaside town of Leven on the east coast of Scotland.
Gloucester antiques centre’s historic home given a makeover
02 June 2025A medieval timber-framed townhouse that hosts the Gloucester Antiques Centre has recently been restored by heritage specialists.
Sport collectors also like to play with older purchases
26 May 2025With golfers looking forward to the US Open in June and the British Open in July, as well as the Wimbledon Tennis Championships running for two weeks from June 30, these sports are about to hit the headlines.
Storeroom becomes showroom in Swindon
26 May 2025Firm specialising in Mid-century items can now offer two floors of furniture and interiors browsing
Between lake and lawns at Bayfield Hall
26 May 2025The annual Bayfield Brocante is back again on Sunday, June 8, in the parkland around the Grade II-listed 18th century Bayfield Hall, near Holt in north Norfolk.
Need for a bigger venue in Bromley
19 May 2025The two events launched in Kent earlier this year by organiser Paul Ellison of Needful Things Antique Fairs were busy that he has changed to a larger venue.
Events that will have you in stitches
19 May 2025Here we focus on three events this summer of interest to textiles enthusiasts
Dealer duo exhibiting antique garden tools at Chelsea Flower Show
12 May 2025If you are green fingered but also like getting your hands on antiques, then Louise Allen and Piers Newth’s stall at the 'RHS Chelsea Flower Show' in London from May 20-24 will be of great appeal.
Book fairs find a new London home
12 May 2025Etc Fairs has announced the new London location for the three autumn book events which have been changed venues due to renovation work at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, their regular spot.
IACF Stoneleigh ‘not financially viable’
05 May 2025International Antiques and Collectors’ Fairs (IACF) has announced that its biannual Celebration of Antiques held at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC) Stoneleigh will not be returning to the venue following its event at Easter.