Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Only here for the Beer – and antiques
27 June 2022A jewellery dealer with years of experience honed at Portobello, Greenwich and Covent Garden markets now owns a busy antiques shop in east Devon.
A Bright idea for a new museum
27 June 2022After 50 years of buying at markets and shops, Oscar winner opens new venue to the public.
Cygnus takes flight in Berwick
27 June 2022Named after the Cygnus swan constellation on the Milky Way with a nod to the White Swan Inn nearby, a shop in Berwick-on-Tweed is certainly looking starry since it opened in mid-June.
Trade boosted with pub grub and strawberries
20 June 2022Innovative marketing ideas are part of the package for a Norfolk event
Festival fun will include the arcade in Tunbridge Wells
20 June 2022Among the places to see in and around Tunbridge Wells is the The Pantiles Arcade.
Antiques centre owners open second shop in Beccles
20 June 2022A new antiques shop opens in listed 18th century building following refurbishment
Dealers prepare for next PBFA online book fair
20 June 2022The next PBFA online book fair goes live on June 29 with a wide range of dealers exhibiting.
Packed summer of fairs across the UK
13 June 2022Sunbury Antiques Market holding a Sunday staging at Kempton, Love Fairs’ launch of an annual antiques festival in Tunbridge Wells and a fresh location for Flea London are among the latest new events this summer.
Out and about in summertime
13 June 2022Rundown on some of the events taking place countrywide in July and August.
Ideas to get into the swing of it
06 June 2022With Wimbledon on the way at the end of the month we look at options for memorabilia
Dealers hoping for a jubilee bounce in Windsor and Berkshire
30 May 2022American customers are reappearing and dealers are hoping for a jubilee trade bounce
Experience Italy: How to combine visits to beautiful towns and cities with an antiques buying trip
23 May 2022Visit to beautiful towns and cities can be combined with an antiques buying trip
Busy line-up across Surrey and Berkshire events
16 May 2022Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events is getting even busier with the antiques, brocantes and art markets she runs across southern England: nine at the last count.
Saturday visit to church in Wanstead
16 May 2022Karen Stuckey is back with an impressive array of dealers at the Saturday, June 4, outing of her Wanstead Vintage Fair.
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.