Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Now we’re down to Dulwich
20 February 2023The workload of Lucy Ryder Richardson and Petra Curtis, founders of the MidCentury Modern Shows, is now so taken up with the property staging side of their business and other projects that they now focus solely on the fairs they run at Dulwich College.
More like a full English on the menu
20 February 2023Not only does Paula Duggan run Little English House, a business selling antiques and items created from antique fabrics, she organises an interiors fair in Howden, near York. And she is also opening a shop in the market town.
How to be happily tied up in Notts
20 February 2023Young fair organiser keeps very busy by running three events near Newark under Red Fox banner
Antiques on High: Business adds a fair to its roster of centres
13 February 2023Couple already running four branches take on Dunster event to boot
Boon time in Wiltshire town
13 February 2023Mikaela and Roger Boon are all set again for their upcoming Wilton Vintage Fair on Saturday, February 25, at the Michael Herbert Hall in the Wiltshire town of Wilton.
Duo launch Castle Cary enterprise
13 February 2023A new antiques centre is opening in the small town of Castle Cary in south Somerset. It is just five miles from Bruton, now a hub of contemporary design, antiques businesses and the global art dealership Hauser and Wirth Gallery that draws visitors from around the world.
Interiors on offer inside a shop
06 February 2023Up till now antiques dealer Philip Crosthwaite has belonged to a happy band of dealers who run their online businesses from home.
The charms of ephemera as fair is fully booked
06 February 2023“Our ephemera fairs are very popular and the next one on February 26 is fully booked with 43 dealers,” said Etc Fairs’ organiser Kim Jeffery, who added: “This fair only takes place six times a year but interest in the dates is very strong.”
Stan Green launches fair at York Racecourse
06 February 2023Racecourse event launched by a veteran fair organiser after demise of one of the fairs at the same venue
Costs bite for fair organisers but there is a bright side
30 January 2023Two organisers whose London events are on hold also run fairs outside the capital that are booming
Alfies welcomes four dealers from closed Hampstead centre
30 January 2023Four dealers received a warm welcome as they joined Alfies Antique Market from the now closed Hampstead Antique Emporium.
Windmill whirls into a shop
23 January 2023A dealer in 18th to 20th century decorative pieces who launched a shop in the Worcestershire town of Alcester, near Stratford-upon-Avon, in October to complement his online business says business is brisk.
Fresh faces of the antiques fairs world
23 January 2023Younger dealers are making names for themselves at fairs – here we chat to a couple of them about their work
Hampstead Antique Emporium given stay of execution
16 January 2023Asset of Community Value status breathes life into campaign to save Hampstead antiques centre
Derwen event re-establishes roots at Welsh glasshouse venue
16 January 2023Back among the ferns in the Norman Foster glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29, will be 40 dealers including Richard Bebb who specialises in Welsh art.
Hampstead Antique & Craft Emporium granted 'Asset of Community Value' status
12 January 2023An antiques centre in Hampstead forced to close by its landlord has been recognised by Camden Council as an 'Asset of Community Value', delaying any potential sale to give community groups a chance to raise funds to buy it.
Grandma’s Attic Fairs makes move to new Hampshire site
09 January 2023An antiques fair which was traditionally held on New Year’s Day in Winchester since 1985 has moved to a new venue.
Organiser Keeley Rosendale hands over the reins of her vintage home shows
09 January 2023Keeley Rosendale is giving up the vintage home fairs she has run as Discover Vintage since 2012 in Leeds, London and Manchester to spend more time with her family and concentrate on other projects.
Arthur Swallow Fairs has 'high hopes' for 2023
09 January 2023“All things considered, it’s been a pretty good year and we have high hopes of 2023 being a cracker”, enthused Richard Burgoin, director of Arthur Swallow Fairs as he looked back at its fairs and markets in 2022.
York vintage fair future uncertain
09 January 2023The triannual Antique Home & Vintage Fair organised by Richard Cawood of Antique Fair York was cancelled on January 1 due to “unforeseen circumstances”.